Psychology with Clinical Applications [with Placement year]

Learn about the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health difficulties.

If you’re passionate about understanding human behaviour and helping people overcome mental health challenges, this course is for you.

On our accredited degree course, you’ll learn about the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health difficulties and how these skills are applied in healthcare settings.

Together, we’ll explore the science behind what we do and who we are, and you’ll develop critical thinking and research skills, under the guidance of a wide range of enthusiastic lecturers and tutors who are renowned experts within their fields.

Immerse yourself in the science of mind and behaviour – and take the first step towards a career as a chartered psychologist, or training as a clinical psychologist.

Why ARU?

• Our course is fully accredited by the British Psychological Society. Successful completion can become a springboard into a range of careers in the mental health field

• Our staff are qualified clinical psychologists who share their extensive clinical experience and expertise to ensure you have an authentic learning experience

• Bring the world of work to life through Live Briefs; designed and developed with regional employers to give you exposure to ‘real world’ problem-solving

• Explore world-leading research with 98% of our Psychology research being recognised as internationally significant (REF 2023)

• We provide an efficient on-campus teaching schedule coupled with excellent online support. Our Psychology course offers a quality study-life balance allowing time to be part of the university and to gain work experience

Course Modules

Year 1

• Becoming a Researcher (30 credits)

• Self and Society (30 credits)

• The Psychology of Everyday Life (15 credits)

• Mind and Behaviour (30 credits)

• Clinical and Health Psychology (15 credits)

• Into ARU

Year 2

• Research in Action: Statistical Thinking (15 credits)

• Social Psychology: Development and Difference (30 credits)

• Ruskin Module (15 credits)

• Research in Action: Qualitative Methods and Psychology in Practice (15 credits)

• Brain, Body and Mind (30 credits)

• Diagnosis and Formulation in Mental Health (15 credits)

Year 3

• Placement year

Year 4

• Psychology Project (30 credits)

• Professional Skills in Clinical Settings (15 credits)

• Psychological Assessment (15 credits)

• Atypical Development (15 credits)

• Psychological Therapies (15 credits)

• Cognitive Neuroscience (15 credits) *

• Culture and Health (15 credits) *

• Educational Psychology (15 credits) *

• Psychology in the Workplace (15 credits) *

• Groups in Conflict: Social Psychological Issues (15 credits) *

• Cyberpsychology (15 credits) *

• The Neuroscience of Self (15 credits) *

*optional

Throughout the course, we’ll use a range of assessment methods to help you and your tutors measure your progress. These will include exams, essays, reports and presentations. There’ll also be some laboratory reports, preparing you for your work after graduation. You’ll write a dissertation in your final year to demonstrate your learning and show us you’ve developed the knowledge and skills to complete the course.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• British Psychological Society