Psychology
6.053.00.00 Psychology
Qualification awarded: Bachelor of psychology
Entry year: 2021
Mode of study: full
Program duration: 4 years
Institute: Institute of Jurisprudence, Psychology and Innovative Education
Number of credits: 240 ECTS credits
Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: NQF Level 6 (First cycle of QF-EHEA / EQF Level 6)
Field(s) of study: Social and behavioral studies
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning: If the previous level was obtained in another country, nostrification is required and is carried out by Lviv Polytechnic.
Characteristics of the educational program: Object of Study:
Mental phenomena, their origin, functioning, and development; behavior, activity, actions; human interaction in small and large social groups; psychophysiological processes and mechanisms underlying various forms of mental activity.
Learning Objectives:
To develop scientific understanding of the nature of the psyche, the methods and outcomes of studying mental phenomena; to foster the ability to apply psychological knowledge in professional practice.
Theoretical Content of the Subject Area:
A system of psychological knowledge, basic categories and concepts, regularities, mechanisms, methodological approaches, explanatory principles, and applied scientific tasks.
Methods, Techniques, and Technologies:
Methods of theoretical and empirical research, valid and standardized psychodiagnostic tools, data analysis methods, and technologies of psychological assistance.
Instruments and Equipment:
Psychological devices, computer technology, modern information and communication technologies.
Gained competence: 1. Analyze and explain mental phenomena, identify psychological problems, and propose solutions.
2. Understand the regularities and specific features of the development and functioning of mental phenomena in the context of professional tasks.
3. Search for information from various sources, including using information and communication technologies, to solve professional problems.
4. Justify one’s own position and draw independent conclusions based on the results of personal research and analysis of literature sources.
5. Select and apply valid and reliable psychodiagnostic tools (tests, questionnaires, projective techniques, etc.) for psychological research and psychological support technologies.
6. Formulate the purpose and objectives of research, possess skills in collecting primary data, and follow appropriate research procedures.
7. Reflect on and critically evaluate the reliability of the obtained results of psychological research and formulate well-founded conclusions.
8. Present the results of one’s own research orally and in writing to both professional and non-professional audiences.
9. Propose individual approaches to solving psychological tasks and problems in the course of professional activity, make and justify personal decisions regarding their resolution.
1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social psychology of human communities, including the foundations of their formation, development, functioning, and life activity, as well as socio-psychological phenomena present in society.
2. Design and implement a counseling process plan, taking into account the specifics of the client’s request and individual characteristics, and ensure the effectiveness of one’s actions.
3. Develop and implement programs of psychopreventive and educational activities, including psychological assistance in the form of lectures, discussions, round tables, games, trainings, etc., according to the client’s needs.
4. Engage in interaction and communication, be clear and understandable, and demonstrate tolerance toward individuals with different cultural, gender, or age-related backgrounds.
5. Effectively perform various roles within a team when solving professional tasks, including demonstrating leadership qualities.
6. Demonstrate a responsible attitude toward professional self-improvement, learning, and personal development.
7. Know, understand, and adhere to the ethical principles of psychological professional activity.
8. Demonstrate socially responsible and conscious behavior, guided by humanistic and democratic values in professional and public activities.
9. Take effective measures to maintain health (both personal and that of others), and when needed, identify the content of a supervision request.
1. Communicating information, ideas, problems, solutions, and personal experience in the field of professional activity to both specialists and non-specialists.
2. Ability to effectively develop a communication strategy.
Academic mobility: Based on bilateral agreements between Lviv Polytechnic National University and universities in Ukraine as well as partner higher education institutions abroad.
Programme director: Kateryna Serhiivna Pavlenok, PhD in Psychology
Access to further studies: Obtaining the second (master's) level