BSc Psychology
Entry requirements
GCSE: 5 GCSE subjects at grade C/4 or above are preferred and this does not necessarily need to be Mathematics and English subjects. A level: 112 points from a minimum of two A levels from any subjects. Other combinations and non-A level qualifications considered; please contact admissions@plymouth.ac.uk . BTEC: DMM in any subject. All Access courses: Pass Access (preferably Science, Humanities, Social Sciences but any subject considered), with at least 33 credits at Merit or Distinction. T level: Merit overall in any subject. International Baccalaureate: 28 points overall.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Psychology. Core topics include statistics, research methods, project management, and human behaviour. The course includes an optional placement year and culminates in a supervised final-year research project. Students also complete interprofessional learning modules and select from specialist option topics in the final year.
Modules
- Cognitive Psychology
- Clinical and Developmental Psychology
- Environmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Perception and the Brain
- Motivation and Performance
- Interprofessional Learning 1
- Career and Placement Planning
- Interprofessional Learning 2
- Designing and Conducting Research
- Qualitative and Mixed Methods for Research
- Individual Differences, Social, and Developmental Psychology
- Cognition and Biological Psychology
- Psychology in Education
- Health and Wellbeing
- Placement: Psychology
- Careers Planning
- Research Project
- Interprofessional Learning 3
- The Psychology of Emotion
- Current Topics in Psychology 1
- Psychology in Practice
- Current Topics in Psychology 2