Education Studies with Psychology

Education Studies with Psychology BA (Hons) offers a dynamic blend of education, lifelong learning, and psychology. Explore educational systems, policies, and practices while delving into the psychology of the mind and behaviour.

You’ll study key areas of psychology, including biological, cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, along with personality and intelligence. You will also engage with essential education modules such as the History of Education, Perspectives on Education, Ways of Learning and Wellbeing, and Inclusion and Diversity. Plus, you’ll have the flexibility to choose from specialized modules in topics like Special Educational Needs, Disability and Neurodiversity, Radical Education, Global Education, and Creativity in Education.

If you’re driven to make a lasting, positive impact on young people’s lives and society, this course provides the perfect foundation.

Graduates have gone on to careers in teaching, educational practice, youth work, early years childcare, educational publishing, and the creative industries. Many choose to further their studies with postgraduate courses, such as our Education Practice MA.

• Personalise your learning: Tailor your studies to your interests with optional modules, including Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, and Counselling Psychology.

• A teaching pathway: Complete the course to lay the foundation for progressing to Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and becoming a qualified teacher in the UK.

• International opportunities: Take part in student exchange programmes with Spain, Finland, or Denmark, or explore Placement and Enterprise years between your second and third years.

• Boost your employability: Enhance your CV with placements and volunteering at schools, museums, and learning centres.

• Global experience: Benefit from DMU Global, which offers international experiences such as exploring museum education in Amsterdam, addressing inequality in New York, and supporting refugees in Berlin.

• Focused learning: Block teaching lets you focus on one subject at a time, with a balanced schedule for better engagement.

FIRST YEAR:
Block 1: An Introduction to Education: history and academic discipline
Block 2: Perspectives in Education
Block 3: Applied Psychology
Block 4: Contemporary and evidence-based issues in Education

SECOND YEAR
Block 1: Understanding Learning and Wellbeing
Block 2: Researching Education
Block 3: Psychology and Mental Health
Block 3: Psychology of Social Problems
Block 4: Inclusion and Diversity

Optional Placement Year or Enterprise Placement Year

THIRD YEAR
Block 1:
One module from:

• Creativity in Education
• Radical Education
• Global and Comparative Education
• Music in the Life of Primary Schools

Block 2:
One module from:

• The Practice and Policies of Primary Education
• Special Educational Needs, Disability and Neurodiversity
• Education and Equality: Race, Ethnicity and Social Class

Block 3:
Two modules from:

• Human Sexual and Reproductive Behaviours
• Forensic Psychology
• Psychology of Health & Illness
• Psychology of Eating Behaviour
• Perception
• Psychology and Education
• Cyberpsychology

Block 4: Dissertation

This is a full-time course. Each module is worth 30 credits. You will be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, independent research and self-directed study. Assessment may include, but is not limited to:

• Presentations
• Micro-teaching sessions
• Contributions to electronic discussion boards
• Creating wikis and lesson planning
• Blogs
• Essays