Business Psychology (with a Placement Year) BSc (Hons)

Program Overview

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The Business Psychology (with a Placement Year) BSc (Hons) at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London, blends psychology and business management, covering topics such as neuroscience, organizational change, and digital business strategy. The four-year program includes a placement year, providing students with practical experience. Graduates develop transferable skills and pursue careers in fields such as psychology, human resources, marketing, and corporate consulting.

Program Outline

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Outline:

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Course Content:

• Blends psychology and business management
• Covers topics like neuroscience, relationships, economic psychology, health, illness, and wellbeing, organisational change, financial management, and digital business strategy.

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Structure:

• 4-year program
• Includes a placement year between the second and final year.

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Modules:

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Year 1:

• Research methods and statistics I
• Introduction to social and developmental psychology
• Introduction to business psychology
• Research methods and statistics II
• Introduction to cognitive and biological psychology

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Year 2:

• Financial management
• Qualitative research methods
• Neuroscience: social and individual differences
• Behavioural economics
• Contributing to the community

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Year 3:

• Quantitative research methods and statistics
• Lifespan development and relationships
• Economic psychology
• Independent project
• Political psychology
• Psychology of health, illness, and wellbeing
• Management of organisational change

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Year 4 (Placement Year):

• Undertake a year of experience in an organisation.

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Year 4 (Final Year):

• Optional modules in contemporary issues in marketing, managing in the workplace, building a start-up business, neordiversity, digital business strategy, social enterprise, and management in the workplace.

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Assessment:

• Range of assessments including business proposals, business pitches, case studies, essays, e-portfolios, examinations, group work, oral presentations, literature reviews, poster presentations, practical reports, reflective diaries, report documents, research proposals, and workbooks.
• Increased focus on coursework and decreased reliance on exams as students progress through the program.

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Careers:

• Develop essential transferable skills like critical thinking, communication, and leadership.
• Potential job roles include psychologist, entrepreneur, human resources executive, marketing executive or manager, and corporate consultant.

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Other:

• 98% of graduates are in employment, vocation, or further study within 15 months of graduation (HESA, 2023).
• Extensive specialist resources available, including laboratories with advanced psychological testing tools, SPSS software, Gorilla Experiment Builder, EEG and TMS tools, and traditional resources.
• Support from St Mary's University with securing a placement and developing job search skills.

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• Home: £9,250
• International: £16,320 (£1200 during placement year)
Please note: these fees are annual and may increase in line with inflation each year subject to the Government's review of Higher Education Funding.