Psychology

Explore human behaviour and develop valuable graduate skills with our Psychology degree, accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
This course provides an engaging exploration of human behaviour, cognition, advanced research methods, and hands-on experiential problem-based learning.
You will explore human experience across a range of contexts and lifespans, from understanding the biological basis of behaviour to questioning the impact of social media on child development. Part of your degree will be practical, focusing on research techniques, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, data handling and analysis skills, laboratory reports, and communication skills.
Our software and equipment for collecting experimental data includes the Biopac data acquisition system, MindWave Neurosky headsets, which are used to study and analyse brainwave patterns, and E-prime software for designing and running psychological experiments.
Lectures and seminars are taught by passionate academics, all of whom are researchers and practitioners, which allows you to benefit from their expertise and cutting-edge research. Our lecturers will get to know you individually to ensure you get the most out of your degree and feel supported throughout.

Module Examples

- Psychology in Action \

• Introduction to Data Analysis \
• Introduction to Psychopathology \
• Development, Brain and Cognition \
• Research Methods and Statistics \
• Social and Community Psychology \
• Individual Differences: Abilities, Personalities, and Measuring Differences \
• Psychological Literacy and Careers \
• Counselling and Coaching Psychology

https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate/psychology/

Assessments will support the development of skills, offer feedback and mark areas for improvement.

Assessment styles include:

• Written assignments
• Unseen in-class tests
• Presentations and reports
• Innovative and employability-focused tasks such as case study analysis, problem-based activities and reflective logs

In your first year, several modules involve a portfolio assessment model which enables you to develop and evidence a range of skills critical to success in years 2 and 3.

In each module, you have the opportunity to engage in summative and formative assessments. Summative assessment refers to work submitted for module and programme credit and is used to assess whether you have achieved the relevant learning outcomes in a module. Summative assessment is captured in the overall mark awarded for each module. Formative assessments occur in each of the modules to scaffold future summative assessments.