Presentation
The Inter-University Bachelor’s Degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques is a three-year programme delivered predominantly online. The degree is jointly awarded by the two partner universities, Sapienza University of Rome and Unitelma Sapienza.
Through an active and participatory teaching methodology, students experience the potential and advantages of e-learning, while concretely enhancing their key competences and the curricular knowledge specific to the programme. Although it is a distance-learning course, it combines traditional delivery methods (recorded video lectures) with a wide range of interactive learning activities, both individual (self-assessment tests and individual assignments) and collaborative. These activities are carried out online through the learning platform, with the support of course tutors.
The programme provides a solid and up-to-date foundational education across the main areas of psychological disciplines, with particular attention to the methodologies that characterize their scientific study.
From a cultural and academic perspective, the Bachelor’s degree provides an appropriate foundation for Master’s degree programmes in Psychology, particularly those offered by the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome. From a professional perspective, it prepares graduates to carry out activities in the psychological field under the supervision of a licensed Psychologist (registered in Section A of the Professional Register), also interacting, where required, with other professionals working in related areas (such as anthropologists, sociologists, communication experts, teachers, and educators).
To achieve these objectives, the programme:
includes courses aimed at providing an appropriate framework for psychological and cognitive disciplines within the broader context of natural, human, and social sciences;
offers learning activities designed to ensure the acquisition of theoretical foundations and operational skills in: general, social, and developmental psychology; research methodologies; statistical methods and data processing procedures; psychophysiological mechanisms underlying behaviour; and the dynamics of human relationships;
includes seminars and applied experiences, in real or simulated settings, aimed at developing competences in experimental methods and in the use of assessment and research tools in personal and social contexts;
incorporates internship and traineeship activities (10 ECTS credits) carried out in companies, public or private institutions, and professional bodies.
Following the introduction of qualifying degrees (Law 163/2021 and Ministerial Decree no. 654/2022), and in order to allow students enrolled in Bachelor’s programmes to acquire a number of professional training credits required for professional qualification, the curriculum includes an additional 10 ECTS credits of Professionalizing Educational Activities (UAFP), to be completed through Traineeship activities.
The study plan includes 19 modules, two of which provide an interdisciplinary foundation designed to offer students two complementary perspectives: a biological perspective and a sociological one. Training in non-psychological areas is further supported by related and complementary disciplines that integrate the study of psychology. In addition to the core psychological examination areas, all PSI disciplinary sectors are included among the programme’s core (characterizing) activities, in line with other three-year Psychology degree programmes.