Psychosocial Studies

This psychosocial studies course was designed to provide a social sciences programme that encourages you to consider individuals' lived experiences in a comprehensive manner.

Rather than focusing solely on a psychological or sociological viewpoint, it offers a more holistic understanding.

Society profoundly influences how we all perceive our surroundings, while our internal experiences shape our thoughts, actions, and relationships. To excel as a professional community practitioner, you need a theoretical and ethical grasp of people's personal motivations, circumstances, beliefs, backgrounds, behaviours, and cultures, as well as a critical awareness of the societal structures and systems that impact lives.

Foundation Year:
Mental Wealth and Professional Fitness, Health and Education Study Skills, Health and Education Analytical Skills, Media and Communication Skills, Educators of Tomorrow, Exploring Communities, Reading the Body Psychosocially, Digital Sociology, Globalisation and Society.
Year 1:
What’s Going On (How Do We Know, and What Can We Do About It?): Mental Wealth 1, Constructions of Identity, Psychology: Perspectives for Psychosocial Community Work, Communication for Psychosocial and Community Work Relationships, Preparation for Working with Communities, Psychosocial Work in Community Settings.

Year 2:
Knowledge, Skills, Practice and the Self (Mental Wealth 2), Mad, Bad or Sad? Understanding Mental Disorder, Professional Practice in Communities 1, Counselling: Therapeutic Skills and Practice, Research Methods, Difference, Race, Diversity, Inequality, Children, Young People and Families.

Year 3:
Knowledge, Skills, Practice and the Self (Mental Wealth 3), Professional Practice in Communities 2, Applied Research Project in Social Sciences, Managing and Leading in the Not-for-Profit Sector, Leaders, Followers and Fanatics, Health, Community and Activism, Gender, Difference and Empowerment.

On this psychosocial studies degree we use a range of assessment methods to ensure students have engaged with the learning outcomes of our modules, these include essays, plans, presentations, journals, blogs, portfolios, photography, and case studies.

Knowledge is assessed by essays, plans, presentations, journals, blogs, portfolios, photography, and case studies.

Thinking skills are assessed by reflective logs, project work, poster presentations, research reports, case studies, and responses to reflective questions.

Practical skills are assessed by research proposals, portfolios, blogs, presentations, practice learning logs, fieldwork, and practice experience.

All grades count towards your module mark.

More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides. Feedback is provided within 15 working days in line with UEL's assessment and feedback policy.

YEAR 1: Coursework 100%
YEAR 2: Coursework 100%
YEAR 3: Coursework 100%