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The University Of Georgia
Program name: Psychology
Study Level: Undergraduate
Program leader: Nana Burduli
Study language: Georgian
Qualification: Bachelor of Psychology
Program capacity: 240
Program permission: Enrollment of students at the first level of academic higher education (undergraduate programs) is conducted based on the results of unified national exams or the order of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia No. 224/N (December 29, 2011), passing administrative registration and the order of the presidents. The goal of the program is to train highly competent psychologists whose knowledge is based on liberal-humanistic values, equipping them to achieve success through honest work.
Program goals:

The goal of the bachelor's program in psychology is to prepare psychologists with a broad profile, providing them with knowledge in the main areas of scientific psychology; basic mental processes and their characteristic regularities; stages of human mental development and their peculiarities, regularities of interpersonal and intergroup relations existing in social reality; The essence of personality and the theories surrounding its research, about the appropriateness of human behavior according to the general psychological theory of attitude; In addition, - they will be able to apply the general principles of research production within the framework of professional ethics, to select research features and specific methods, to plan, conduct, and process and analyze real empirical research.

Graduates of the program will be able to be employed as a psychologist-assistant and assistant psychologist in the fields such as human resources management services of any state and private organization (banks, corporations, ministries, pharmacy chains, store chains), kindergartens and schools, training centers, research organizations, services of psychological consultants of educational institutions, counseling and rehabilitation centers and clinics for children and adults.

Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes:
  • Lecture-seminar
  • Method of working on the book
  • Explanatory method
  • Demonstration method
  • Interactive lectures
  • Role-playing
  • Analysis of news
  •  Practical work
  • Conducting small studies
  • Team work
  • Exercises focused on solving problems
  • Critical analysis
  • Project-based learning
  • Case study and analysis
  • Literature review
  • Searching for relevant material in electronic format or in the library
  • Method of written work
  • Presenting presentations
  • Discussion-debate
  •  Verbal, i.e. oral method
Learning outcomes:
Date of approval: 08-30-2016
Approval protocol number: 27-16
Date of program update:
Update protocol number: 01-21
Program details:

In addition to the humanitarian-social and STEM blocks, students have the opportunity to accumulate 96 additional credits through specialization, optional program components, or free credits. The program is designed to allow for differentiation among students based on their language competencies. The student's English language level is determined based on the assessment received in the unified national exams and the internal exam, allowing them to start at the appropriate stage corresponding to their knowledge.
The maximum raw score determined on the unified national exam

  • If 63% is achieved, the student is admitted to the B1/1 level of English;
  • In case of receiving 64% to 86% - at B1/2 level;
  • In case of receiving 87% to 100% - at B2/1 level.
  • If a student scores above 93%, they will be required to take a language proficiency test. If a student achieves the required threshold score, he/she can register at the B2/2 level of English. If the student does not pass the threshold, he/she will be admitted at the B2/1 level.
  • In case of obtaining more than 93%, if the student does not appear for the test, he/she will be admitted at the B2/1 level.

 

Teaching Process Characteristics:

To obtain the academic degree of Bachelor, the student needs to complete 240 credits, which means 144 ECTS from the main subjects of the program; 6 ECTS from humanitarian-social block and 6 ECTS from STEM block; 18 ECTS free credits; The mentioned change does not apply to students who were enrolled before 2021 among the 66 ECTS program elective subjects (which are thematically structured). The language of instruction of the program is  Georgian, with separate English-language components. Therefore, the majority of components are delivered in Georgian, except for courses that utilize English-language literature.

Humanitarian-Social Block

Code Subject ECTS Semester
ANTH3130Basics of Cultural Anthropology6 1
BUSN4433Economy, business, management6 1
HIST1118Civilizations and Mankind Development6 1
HIST1222History of Russian occupation in Georgia6 1
LAWB1155Debates and Critical Thinking6 1
LAWB1177Thinking and Morality6 1
LAWB1195Citizenship in the modern world6 1
LITR1212The great Books6 1
POLI2260Basics of Political Ideologies6 1

Credits sum:

6

STEM Block

Code Subject ECTS Semester
MATH1414Analytical and Quantitative Reasoning6 1
STEM0002Ingenuity, entrepreneurship and technology6 1
STEM0003Experiments that changed the world6 1
STEM0004Game theory6 1
STEM0005Modern technologies6 1
STEM0007Mathematics and Civilizations6 1
STEM0010Logic6 1
STEM0011Computational reasoning6 1
STEM0012Biology and Health of the Human6 1,2
STEM0013Basics of Cyber Hygiene6 1,2

Credits sum:

6

Program Core

Code Subject ECTS Semester
ENGL3213English Language VI (B2/2)6 1
PSYC1221Principles of Psychology I6 1
PSYC1240Biological Basis of Behavior6 1
PSYC1223Principles of Psychology II6 2
PSYC1241History of Psychology6 2
PSYC1331Developmental Psychology6 2
PSYC1335Research Methods in Psychology 16 2
PSYC1315Social Psychology I6 3
PSYC1320Cognitive Psychology I6 3
PSYC1350Research Methods In Psychology 26 3
PSYC1430Personality Psychology I6 3
PSYC1313Social Psychology II6 4
PSYC1323Cognitive Psychology6 4
PSYC3167Experimental Psychology6 4
PSYC3260Personality Psychology II6 4
PSYC1270Statistics for the Social Sciences I6 5
PSYC2210Psychology of Set I6 5
PSYC4415Work and organizational psychology6 5
PSYC1231Clinical Psychology6 6
PSYC2190Statistics for the Social Sciences II6 6
PSYC7710Psychology of Set II6 6
PSYC1426Bachelor Thesis in Psychology18 8

Credits sum:

144

Program Elective

Code Subject ECTS
PSYC1341Psychology of Conflict6
PSYC15206
PSYC4416Psychology of Leadership6
PSYC1311Practice in Clinical Psychology6
PSYC1314Research Practices in Psychology6
PSYC1415Psychological characteristics preschool aged child6
PSYC1421Psychosomatic Medicine6
PSYC1428Social Skills Training6
PSYC1432Interpersonal Communication6
PSYC1435Psychology of Influence6
PSYC1436Issues of Violence Against Children6
PSYC1515Psychology of Advertising6
PSYC1516The major movements of psychology in the ХХ century6
PSYC1525Behavior disorders6
PSYC1530Basics of Psychotherapy6
PSYC3115Fundamentals of educational psychology6
PSYC3131Abnormal Psychology6
PSYC4190Basics of Psychodiagnostics6
PSYC4270Psychology of Religion6
MGMT3121Basics of Organizational Behavior6
PHIL2130History of Philosophic Thought6
PSYC1260The child's Mental disorders6
PSYC1316Practice in Labour and Orgazation Psychology6
PSYC1317practice in educational and developmental psychology6
PSYC1345Forensic Psychology6
PSYC1351Conflicts and Negotiations6
PSYC1355Psychology of Management6
PSYC1414Professional English for Psychologists6
PSYC1425Psychological characteristics of children of school age.6
PSYC1518Problem-based learning in Psychology6
PSYC3295Consulting Psychology6
PSYC4231Neuropsychology6
SOCL3110The Principles of Sociology6

Credits sum:

198









Matrix Of Privequisites


Point GPA The university assessment   The general assessment in Georgia
97-100 4,00 A+ A Excellent
94-96 3,75 A
91-93 3,50 A-
87-90 3,25 B+   Very good
84-86 3,00 B B
81-83 2,75 B-  
77-80 2,50 C+   C good
74-76 2,25 C
71-73 2,00 C-
67-70 1,75 D+   D Satisfactory
64-66 1,50 D
61-63 1,25 D-
51-60 1,00 E E Sufficient
Not passed
41-50   FX FX Insufficient
<40   F F Failed



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