BSc Psychology (Study Abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BSc Hons in Psychology (Study Abroad), a psychology degree focusing on the scientific study of how humans think and behave. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Human Behaviour. This four-year course is accredited by the British Psychological Society and includes a third year spent studying abroad at an international partner university, alongside an independent final-year research project. The first year covers core themes through modules such as Cognitive and Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Neuropsychology, Foundations of Psychological Research, and Introduction of Psychological Research, with optional choices available in criminology and languages. The second year advances core knowledge through Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Experimental Methods for Psychology, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Psychology, and Social Psychology. The third year is dedicated to the study abroad placement. The final year centres on the Psychological Dissertation alongside optional modules covering topics such as Clinical Psychology, Cyberpsychology, Forensic and Criminological Psychology, and Teaching, Outreach and Public Engagement.
Modules
- Cognitive and Social Psychology
- Developmental Psychology and Neuropsychology
- Foundations of Psychological Research
- Introduction to Psychological Research
- Explaining Criminology
- Exploring the Criminal Justice System
- Foundations of Language
- Language in Mind and Society
- Languages
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Experimental Methods for Psychology
- Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Study Abroad
- Psychological Dissertation
- Clinical Psychology
- Cognition: From Laboratory Research to Everyday Behaviour
- Current Directions in Social Psychology
- Cyberpsychology
- Forensic and Criminological Psychology
- Innovations in Developmental Psychology
- Teaching, Outreach and Public Engagement
- The Lying Brain: the Neuroscience of Hallucinations, Delusions, and Disorders of Consciousness