BSc Education and Psychology
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB IB: 33; 32, with B in the Extended Essay
About this course
BSc in Education and Psychology, an education and psychology degree centred on human development and learning processes. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Psychological Assessment, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Human Behaviour, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Students complete a dissertation in the final year. The first year covers the foundations through What is Psychology?, Unpacking Education, Unlocking Research, and Development across the lifespan, introducing core concepts in the discipline. The second year progresses with Psychology and Learning Communities, Research Toolkit for Education and Psychology, The Social Self, and Neuroscience Explained: Brain Behaviour and Genes, examining social and biological aspects. The final year involves compulsory study including Research Dissemination in the Social Sciences and Perspectives on Mental Health and Wellbeing alongside a dissertation in psychology and education. Optional modules allow specialisation in areas such as Reading Development and Disorders, What is Learning?, and Evaluating Complex interventions.
Modules
- What is Psychology?
- Unpacking Education
- Unlocking Research
- Professional Skills for Education and Psychology
- Mind, Metrics and More
- Development across the lifespan
- Psychology and Learning Communities
- Research Toolkit for Education and Psychology
- The Social Self
- Pathways to Adulthood
- Neuroscience Explained: Brain Behaviour and Genes
- It's All In The Mind
- Core: - Research Dissemination in the Social Sciences - Perspectives on Mental Health and Wellbeing - Dissertation in Ps