BSc (Hons) Psychology

Program Overview

This professionally accredited Psychology program explores human behavior through scientific methods to understand its influence on individuals. By delving into core psychology disciplines and completing work experience placements, graduates are equipped for careers in fields such as criminal justice, education, social work, and healthcare. The program also offers robust career support through a dedicated careers programme that provides placement assistance and personalized mentorship.

Program Outline

On this course, we explore human behaviour using sound scientific methodology – observation, measurement, and testing – to understand how and why people function in the way they do. Gaining a professionally accredited psychology degree is an essential first step to a career as a psychologist or to move on to postgraduate study. Our graduates thrive in careers where an understanding of societal issues is key – in criminal justice, education, social work, research, advertising, human resources and healthcare. On the course you’ll study core areas including biological, cognitive, developmental and social psychology, and you’ll cover personality and intelligence, research methods, and historical perspectives. You’ll also complete a work experience placement where you’ll see academic theory applied in practice.

Careers:

Graduates from this course have gone on to work in a variety of roles across a range of well-respected industries including police services, teaching, social work, human resources, healthcare, research, and advertising. Psychology graduate Shanley Lewis is now working as an assistant psychologist for the NHS, after she was inspired to pursue a career helping others when her dad suffered a stroke.