The Bachelor's Degree in Pedagogy trains specialists in the study of the mind and all its psycho-physiological processes and correlates, interpersonal relationships, groups, organisations and social movements. As a discipline in the field of health, it has an extensive practical component, and professionalisation objectives.
Students who wish to take psychology studies need to have a diverse knowledge base, to the extent that the field of knowledge they intend to delve into is too. Studying psychology requires an interest in philosophical and epistemological subjects, where reflection on people and their development are developed. It likewise requires an interest in methodological subjects, insofar as psychological knowledge is founded on systematised practices for gathering and analysing information. It requires an interest in biological, social and cultural subjects, since it is about the behaviour and development of people in their context, and, finally, it requires an interest in the subjects of health, where people’s welfare and quality of life are involved.
Learning objectives
Educating professionals at the service of people and groups and social organisations, based on specialist theoretical knowledge and practical training, with a great variety of functions in areas as diverse as the promotion of health and quality of life, education, sport, justice, work, traffic and road safety and social intervention.
Skills acquired
The education will enable students to acquire the scientific knowledge needed for understanding, interpreting, analysing and explaining the behaviour; the skills for evaluating and intervening in the individual and social area throughout the life cycle and, finally, the appropriate attitudes for promoting health, welfare and quality of life.
Psychologists can work in a great variety of centres and services (in some areas a specialisation is required): courts, prisons, formal and non-formal educational centres, sport and leisure entities, general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, private firms and services, media, associations and foundations, security forces, companies and organisations, etc.
Master's degree The UdG offers an extensive range of masters degrees. Master's degree courses offer advanced, specialised or multidisciplinary training, aimed at providing students with an academic or professional specialism or an introduction to research. These are official courses that enable students to move on to study for a doctoral degree.
Doctorate degree The aim of Dral studies is to provide students with advanced training in research techniques and the programmes include the production and presentation of a doctoral thesis, consisting of an original research project. To join a doctoral programme you need to have a minimum of between 60 and 120 ECTS credits at official university master's degree level or equivalent.
Postgraduate courses and specialization. University of Girona foundation: Innovation and Training is a centre that hosts and organises ongoing training activities with the aim of meeting ongoing higher level training needs. If offers own masters, postgraduate courses, specialization courses and other postgraduate activities covering all areas of knowledge.
Within the framework of their studies, students have to acquire a series of credits that correspond to practical work experience placements , in companies or institutions related with the degree that they are studying. The teaching load is determined in accordance with the curriculum.
Students can complete part of their degree programme abroad through the Erasmus programme, which enables them to carry on their studies whilst undertaking an international exchange with academic value in a European university.
They also have access to grants for placements at Spanish universities and those on other continents, thanks to bilateral agreements, the SICUE programme and the expansion of the Erasmus+ Programme.