Diploma IN PSYCHOLOGY(Single Subject)

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Textbooks

 The basic text for the course is: ‘A First Course in Psychology’ by N. Haynes (Nelson Publishers)

 

Supplementary reading

 B. Woods ‘Basics in Psychology’

 

N.Hayes & S. Orrell, ‘Psychology: an Introduction’

 

B Woods, “Discovering Psychology’.

 

G.Davenport, ‘Introducing GCSE Psychology.’

 

Nations Library

All students are eligible to become members of Nations Library and utilize the extensive collection of Psychology books. All of the textbooks above are available in the library.

 

Classes

Classes for the Diploma will be held one evening per week, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Fees

Examination Fee

 

G$9,000 for the examination.

 

For Single Subject Diploma courses there is no yearly registration fee.

 

Course Fee

 

G$48,000 for the Single Subject Diploma. This can be paid in eight monthly installments of $6,000.

 

Invigilation Fee

 

G$2,000 for invigilation of the examination and to courier scripts. 

 

Diploma total = G$59,000

The Single Subject Diploma in Psychology covers twenty five topics as follows:

 

About Psychology, Inheritance and Behaviour Attachment, Maternal Deprivation, Socialisation, Play, Theories of Child Development, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Measuring Mental Characteristics, The Development of Language, Non-Verbal Communication, Thinking and Remembering, Perception, Sensory Information Processing, The Central Nervous System, Emotion, Learning, Abnormal Psychology, Social Pressure, Social Perception, Work, Environmental Psychology, Life-Changes, Ageing.

 

Single Subjects

 ICM Single Subject examinations enable business students, and those in employment, to select and study individual subjects which are relevant to their current or future careers.

 

Studying subjects on a Single Subject basis is particularly suitable for mature students and those in employment whose time and work commitments make it impossible for them to study on anything other than a part-time or evening basis.

 

Suitability

Single Subject Diploma courses are suitable for both school leavers, who have reached Fifth Form and those with a minimum of one years practical work experience.

 

Assessment

Assessment is via examinations set and marked in the UK. Examinations are held in: March, June, September and December each year. Students need to register for the exam eight weeks before the exam date.

 

Entry requirements

Having studied up to Form Five

                                  or

Having been working for a minimum of 1 year.

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Minimum numbers:

NB: The course will be offered only if a minimum of eight persons register for the course.

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