Psychology

• Accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership – your first step towards   becoming a Chartered Psychologist.
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Psychology is concerned with understanding all aspects of human behaviour and underlying thoughts, feelings and motivations. It is a rich field of academic study and, increasingly, a profession that applies knowledge in educational, health, forensic, clinical, counselling, sport and exercise and organisational contexts.

At Levels 1 and 2 you study core elements in psychology. These core elements include social psychology, research methods, cognitive psychology, biological psychology, psychopathology and health and individual differences. There are a range of optional modules in areas such as applications of psychology, effective career skills, children in context and relationships, which you can also study.

At Level 3 you extend your study of core areas into developmental psychology and psychological theory. You can look at a range of applied areas such as health, counselling and criminal psychology, and specialist topics such as The Psychology of Drugs and Autistic Spectrum Conditions. You will also undertake a substantial piece of research in the form of an empirical project during your third year, where you have the opportunity to contribute your own findings to existing research and theory.

To prospective employers, psychology offers a combination of analytic and personal skills. Graduates are able to analyse problems, use computer skills and design investigations and are especially aware of human relationships.

A number of psychology graduates pursue careers as professional psychologists in the areas of organisation, health, counselling, education, forensic and clinical practice, while others find employment in industrial, commercial and public sector organisations.

Many of our psychology graduates have been very successful after completing this course. For example, Dr Juliet Conlin (graduated 2001) works at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, where she is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

Dr Elisa Back (graduated 2002) is a Research Fellow and has recently received the BPS ‘Neil O’Conner’ award for producing the best article for the year on research into developmental disability, which was published in the journal ‘Child Development’

• Forensic Psychology
• Psychology with a Foundation Year
• Sport and Excercise Psychology

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