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How to get a degree and work at same time

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  • 15-06-2009 11:41pm
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    Berberis
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    Ok my situation,
    In my late forty's married with school going kids and one also attending college.I would love to get a degree/qualification in the field of behavioural psychology.
    Have worked in this area on the ground for many years now, basiclly doing the donkey work for the specialist, and at this stage feel that i am doing 70 to 80% of the work that a specialist does so heck I may as well go and get recognised qualifications and further my prospcts in the field.
    Problem is i would have to still be able to maintain my job to survive, but I would be able to attend a college at least one day a week as i could make up the hours so I do my weeks work in four days if you get my drift.
    I have a leaving cert (1978) but just have five subjects passed or the odd C all ordinary level) But i do have aheap of level 5 fetac certificates and a fetac level 6 certificate.
    So question is: how do I go about it, I live in Dublin but don't mind travelling anywhere in the country


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    paperclip2
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    If its a basic psychology degree that you are looking for as a foundation to specialise in Behavioural Psych then the DBS part-time degree in Psychology is PSI recognised, so too is the Open University Psychology degree. It takes a long time to qualify though afaik..

    If you could go full-time the Psych degree from American College Dublin has an emphasis on Behavioural Science throughout the degree.
    http://www.amcd.ie/course.jsp?id=1

    Trinity College has a MSc in ABA, full-time over one year but as to whether they would accept prior experience as a substitute for a full undergrad qualification is doubtful.


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