Psychology with Business

Award

BSc (Hons)

Location

Stoke-on-Trent campus

UCAS code

C880

Start dates available

  • September 2027
University of Staffordshire Courses

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Two specialisms in one degree

Broaden your career prospects with a wide range of transferable skills

Discover what makes humans tick and how you can use psychological insights to solve problems, motivate people and shape workplace improvements.

By combining two disciplines in one degree, you’ll learn from two teams of specialist experts and will develop a broad skillset for your future career. You’ll also receive lots of support and encouragement from our approachable staff.

The degree can lead to a variety of job opportunities. You could go on to train as a professional psychologist, become a wellbeing practitioner or coach, or work in fields such as marketing, HR or business development.

You won’t just study the theory – you’ll investigate it:

  • Applying your knowledge through research projects, case studies, business challenges and assessments that reflect the world of work
  • Getting hands-on with eye-trackers and VR headsets, measuring human physiological responses, and carrying out experiments in our cognitive cubicles

You’ll get real-world experience:

  • Building your professional practice as you study, with the chance to undertake placements and work experience tailored to your career interests
  • Developing your CV with opportunities to do psychology research internships and collaborate with businesses in our AI and Marketing Hub

You’ll develop a breadth of knowledge:

  • Gaining a foundation in core areas of psychology, including how the brain develops, principles underpinning perception and memory, and how psychology affects society and group dynamics
  • Applying your knowledge to human behaviour in the workplace, such as how to understand customer decision-making, motivate staff and improve organisational performance

This new course has been designed to meet professional body accreditation requirements. We are currently going through the accreditation process with the British Psychological Society (BPS).

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Psychology with Business

Duration

University of Staffordshire undergraduate courses are usually 3 years for full-time study.

Courses which offer other study options have longer durations:

  • Full-time with a placement year, 4 years
  • Full-time with a foundation year, 4 years
  • Part-time, 4-9 years

Course content

The course is all about applying your knowledge of psychology and business to everyday life.

You’ll be investigating scientific questions and putting your skills into action using simulated scenarios that mirror the real world. You won’t just understand what people do, but why they do it and how this shapes organisations and wider society.

You’ll explore core areas of psychology, including developmental changes over a person’s lifespan and the biological underpinnings of sensation, perception, learning, memory, and neurotypical and atypical development.

A crucial part of becoming a psychologist is being able to conduct and analyse scientific research. We’ll begin by building your understanding of quantitative and qualitative research. By your final year, you will be leading your own research project – collecting and analysing data, report-writing and reflecting on your practice. You can also showcase your findings at a student conference and our GradEX Degree Show.

On the business side, you’ll examine real cases of global branding and explore sustainability, ethical business practices and other contemporary issues. To understand new venture creation, you can also pitch your own business concept.

You can tailor your optional modules to either psychology or business, with a wide range of topics.

Employability is embedded into the degree at every level, including career planning, CV preparation and practical work experience. Alongside this, you will develop transferable skills in communication, problem-solving, teamwork, digital capabilities and critical thinking.

Modules

The tables provide an indicative list of the modules that make up the course for the current academic year. Each module is worth a specified number of credits. Our teaching is informed by research, and modules change periodically to reflect developments in the discipline. We aim to ensure that all modules run as scheduled. If for any reason a module cannot be run we will advise you as soon as possible and will provide guidance on selecting an appropriate alternative module where available.

Year 1 compulsory modules
Applying Psychology 30 credits
Becoming A Researcher 1 30 credits
Foundations In Psychology 30 credits
Foundations Of Business Management 30 credits
Steps To Success 1 N/A
Year 3 compulsory modules
Contemporary Issues In Business 30 credits
Psychology Project 30 credits
Society And The Mind 30 credits
Steps To Success 3 N/A
Show 2 optional modules

Entry requirements

We understand that you might have experienced a challenging run up to higher education and may have not met the entry requirements as listed. If this is the case don’t worry, contact us and our team of expert advisors can guide you through the next stages of application, or help you find the perfect course for your needs.

Careers

Students on this programme have the opportunity to enhance their studies with a placement year, gain valuable work experience, and take part in international activities—potentially supported by the Turing funding.

All students have access to Careers, Placements & Employability, our dedicated careers team.

Teaching and assessment

Learning support

In addition to the excellent support you will receive from your course teaching team, our central Academic Skills team provides group and one-to-one help to support your learning in a number of areas. These include:

  • study skills such as reading, note-taking and presentation skills
  • written English, including punctuation and grammatical accuracy
  • academic writing and how to reference
  • research skills
  • critical thinking and understanding arguments
  • revision, assessment and examination skills
  • time management

Additional support

Our Student Inclusion Services support students with additional needs such as sensory impairment, or learning difficulties such as dyslexia.

Fees

For the course starting on 20 September 2027, the tuition fees are:

Study option UK / Channel Islands International
Full-time £10,050 per year of study £17,285 per year of study

UK and Channel Island students: This tuition fee is agreed subject to UK government policy and parliamentary regulation. If the UK government passes appropriate legislation, the fee for subsequent years of study may increase in each academic year. But this increase will not exceed the rate of inflation as measured by RPIX**. Any change in fees will apply to both new and continuing students. The University will notify students of any change as early as possible. Further information about fee changes would be posted on the University’s website once this becomes available.

**RPIX is a measure of inflation equivalent to all the items in the Retail Price Index (RPI) excluding mortgage interest payments.

Accommodation and living costs

Accommodation and living costs are not included in our fees. 

Sources of financial support

If you receive funding from Student Finance you may be eligible to apply for additional benefits. Details can be obtained by reading our additional funding web pages, or visiting www.gov.uk.

Scholarships and additional funding

As an undergraduate student at Staffordshire, you may be eligible for additional financial support through one of our scholarships and bursaries. You can visit our funding page to find out more and check your eligibility.

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Rules and regulations

If you are offered a place at University of Staffordshire, your offer will be subject to our rules, regulations and enrolment conditions, which may vary from time to time.

Students of University of Staffordshire enter into a contract with us and are bound by these rules and regulations, which are subject to change. For more information, please see: University Policies and Regulations.

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