Psychology

Explore human behaviour and understand people and how the world works. Learn about contemporary issues impacting every area of psychology and gain practical skills for an impactful career in psychology and beyond.

Build your expertise in understanding human behaviour, mental health and neuropsychology with our British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited course. Develop analytical and research skills to explore decision-making, social interactions and lifespan changes. These skills should prepare you for a career in a range of settings in healthcare, research, business and beyond.

• Contemporary topics: explore how psychology has grown as a science, from its early roots to modern topics like diversity and cyberpsychology. Learn how the brain works, how its connections shape our thoughts, and how people behave as individuals, in groups and in society.

• Research and analytical skills: develop skills for independent research and ethical practice. This should help you apply your skills in research design, data collection and analysis to develop and deliver projects that align with your interests.

• Career-focused: this BPS-accredited course is your first step towards a career in professional psychology practice. Course content has been designed to prepare you for further study in professional psychological practice (clinical, counselling, forensics, education and sport) or a career in marketing, human resources, artificial intelligence (AI) or computing.

  Why you should study this course

• Professional accreditation: successfully completing this course to the required standard of accreditation means you will be eligible for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS), which is necessary for further postgraduate study in psychology (including professional doctorates). See accreditation section for more information.

• Trending topics in psychology: teaching is designed to reflect current trends and sector debates. For example, you’ll explore topics that are shaping the societal landscape, such as artificial intelligence, gender identification and contemporary psychological interventions.

• Innovative learning tools: you’ll have access to a range of psychology-specific programmes to support your studies, including statistical and research methods software.

• Gain insight from academics and industry practitioners: learn from experienced professionals and researchers with strong industry links with local schools, prison services and clinical and counselling organisations.

• Psychology in action: through problem-based learning, you will actively engage in real-world, meaningful projects such as case study strategies, designing community outreach programmes and presenting your findings to others. Work on complex problems, create tangible solutions and develop essential skills such as critical thinking, collaboration and communication.

Where our graduates work
Many of our graduates have pursued postgraduate study (e.g., MSc, PhD, DClinPsy) and continued their work as practising psychologists (e.g., becoming clinical, forensic, sport, educational psychologists etc). Previous graduates have secured employment in applied and research institutions such as St Andrew’s Health Care, Victim Support and the NHS. Other graduates have also been successful in gaining positions as teaching assistants, working in human resources, becoming research assistants and using their digital literacy skills to support in meaningful interventions in hospitals and start-up companies looking for innovative thinking.

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