BSc Psychology with Professional Placement
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (some preference is given to science A levels, including Psychology) IB: 34 points overall
About this course
BSc in Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), leading to eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC). Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Research Methods, and Clinical Skills. The course includes a professional placement year spent working within an NHS clinic, research lab, or related organisation. The final year culminates in an independent research project requiring literature review, data collection, and a written report.
Modules
- Applied and Professional Psychology
- Debates in Mental Health
- Introduction to Psychological Research
- Learning about Learning
- The Person and the Brain
- Introduction to Neuroscience Methods
- Language in the Brain
- Cognitive and Biological Psychology
- Development Across the Lifespan
- Professional and Clinical Practice
- Research Methods in Psychology
- Social Psychology and Individual Differences
- Behaviour Change
- Scientific Computing for Psychologists
- Professional Placement
- Project
- Communicating Current Psychology
- Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
- Clinical Neuroscience
- Emotion and Motivation
- The Psychology of Pain and Ill Health
- Neurodegeneration: Theory and Practice
- Developmental Psychopathology
- Forensic Psychology: Applying Theory and Practice
- Computation and Modelling in Psychology
- Nutrition, Cognition and Mental Health
- Neurodevelopmental Differences
- Psychology of (In)Equity