Department of Psychology

Programme

The Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Social Sciences offers a four-year programme leading to the bachelor degree of Social Sciences in PSYCHOLOGY. The BSS in Psychology is a dynamic programme that is nationally competitive and of international standard, and focuses on developing a good research base, critical knowledge application and flexible skills development.

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Programme Intended Learning Outcomes

• Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
• Describe applications of psychology.
• Interpret, design, and conduct basic psychological research.
• Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice.

Objectives

The BSS Psychology programme is designed to achieve the following objectives:

1. To provide high quality academic education and training opportunities in the field of psychology so that graduates will have an excellent background for careers in human resource management, management in tourism or other business, marketing, sales, public relations, financial management, counselling, social work, law enforcement and education.

2. To offer an international standard training in psychology that will enable graduates for postgraduate training locally, in China, or in other countries.

3. To disseminate research findings to academics, policy makers and concerned professionals or organizations and citizens.

Unique Features

One of our unique features is to maximize students’ flexibility of choice in psychology courses and courses in other relevant disciplines. To provide a broad exposure to different areas in psychology and other disciplines, our programme allows for:

– 66 credit units in psychology courses;

– 15 credit units in Languages and Skills;

– 3 credit units in Community and Peer Education;

– 24 credit units in General Education;

– 12 credit units of free elective courses.

The proposed programme of compulsory psychology courses is designed to establish a solid and sufficient knowledge in psychology among graduates who might either pursue their career in psychology or go on to further postgraduate training anywhere in the world. The programme offers compulsory courses such as: General Psychology, Psychology Statistics, Developmental Psychology, Sensation and Perception, Personality Psychology, Human Learning and Cognition, Social Psychology, as well as Abnormal Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Psychology of Testing, Clinical Psychology, and Research Project..

There are also several elective courses such as: Cultural Psychology, Psychology of Addiction, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology of Leadership, Consumer Psychology, Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Cognitive Development, as well as Organizational Psychology, Great Ideas in Psychology, Evolution, Human Nature and Behaviour, Intelligence and Creativity, Social Cognition, etc.

Degree Structure

The BSS in Psychology is offered by the Department of Psychology Programme in the Faculty of Social Sciences. Students are required to complete all the 120 credits in four years. Courses specified in the programme are designated as: (A) Compulsory Courses; (B) Required Elective Courses; (C) General Education Courses; (D) Languages and Skills, (E) Community and Peer Education, and (F) Free Elective Courses.

The structure is divided into ten groups over four academic years:

*Languages and Skills (15 credits)

Students who test out of some or all of the Languages and Skills course(s) are required to make up the credits by taking additional Free Elective(s). For more details, please visit this link: https://reg.um.edu.mo/current-students/curriculum-model/ug-curriculum-model/languages-and-skills/

English language (0-9 credits)
– EELC1001 Interactive English I (3 credits)
– EELC1002 Interactive English II (3 credits)
– EELC1003 Academic English (3 credits)
Chinese or Portuguese language (0-3 credits)
– CHLL1000 University Chinese (3 credits)
– PORT1000 Portuguese Language I – Introductory Portuguese (3 credits)
Information technology (0-3 credits)
-CISC1000 Information Technology Fundamentals and Practices (3 credits)

*Community and Peer Education (3 credits)

For more details, please visit this link: https://reg.um.edu.mo/current-students/curriculum-model/ug-curriculum-model/community-and-peer-education/
CPED1000 Residential College Experiential Learning (1 credit)
CPED1001 Physical Education I (0.5 credit)
CPED1002 Physical Education II (0.5 credit)
CPED2000 Communication Skills and Leadership (1 credit) (for year 2 or above students)

*2017/2018 GE Model (24 credits)

*2017/2018 GE Model (24 credits)
Students are required to complete the following 4 compulsory GE courses and also complete the remaining 4 GE courses from 4 GE areas (Global Awareness, Literature and Humanities, Science and Technology, Society and Behaviour);

4 GE areas:
– Global Awareness
Compulsory GE course: GEGA1000 Macao and Chinese Civilization(offered by DHIST)

– Literature and Humanities
Compulsory GE course: GELH1000 Chinese Language and Culture (offered by DCH&PHIL)

– Science and Technology
Compulsory GE course: GEST1002 Quantitative Reasoning for Social Sciences (offered by FAH)

– Society and Behaviour
Compulsory GE course: Ethics, Values, Law and Society
1. GESB1001 – FBA-MMI – Applied Ethics (1 credit)
2. GESB1002 – FAH-PHIL – Foundations of Moral Values (1 credit)
3. GESB1003 – FLL – Law and Society (1 credit)

Remarks: Additonal GE credits cannot be counted towards other course types.

Admissions

Admissions to the psychology major programme are done in accordance with the University Admission Regulations. Applications through the Admission Examination will be required to excel in English and Mathematics in order to gain access to the programme.

Medium of Instruction

All psychology courses are taught in English.

Graduation

Complete a minimum of 120 credits; and pass all Compulsory courses/Required Elective courses with a minimum GPA of 2.0.

*Psychological Registration Requirements (Health Bureau, Macao SAR)

Students who wish to be a registered psychotherapist in Macao must complete the following 13 courses listed on the Macao Health Bureau’s Psychological Therapist Registration Requirements (澳門衛生局治療師(心理治療)資格認定基準) through the undergraduate programme, and must meet other advanced courses and internship requirements through postgraudate programme. Please be mindful that students who have ONLY completed the following 13 courses without fulfilling other requirements stated on the Psychological Therapist Registration Requirements are not eligible for registration.

1. PSYC1000 General Psychology
2. PSYC1001 Psychology Statistics I
3. PSYC2000 Developmental Psychology
4. PSYC2001 Sensation and Perception
5. PSYC2002 Human Learning and Cognition
6. PSYC2003 Social Psychology
7. PSYC2004 Personality Psychology
8. PSYC2005 Psychology Statistics II
9. PSYC3000 Abnormal Psychology
10. PSYC3004 Physiological Psychology
11. PSYC3021 Experimental Psychology
12. PSYC3022 Psychology of Testing
13. PSYC4005 Clinical Psychology

For more details, please visit this link: Psychological Therapist Registration Requirements( 《治療師(心理治療)資格認定基準》)