Psychology and Sociology
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff points: 112 A-level: BBC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: M
About this course
BA/BSc (Hons) in Psychology and Sociology, bringing together the study of individual behaviour and broader social structures. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Historical Research, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The course includes a Work Project module offering placement experience with local organisations, and the final year requires an independent research dissertation in either psychology or sociology.
Modules
- Exploring Psychology
- Research Approaches in Psychology
- Sociology: Approaching the Crisis
- Sociology in Practice
- Visual Sociology
- Introduction to Tutoring
- Sociology: from Origins to Present
- Cognitive Neuroscience and Biological Approaches
- The Individual and the Social World
- Research Skills in Psychology
- Evolution and Human Behaviour
- Psychology in the Modern World
- Experimental Psychology
- Animal Behaviour
- Practical Research in Sociology
- Psychological Perspectives on Mental Health Difficulties
- Applied Sports Psychology
- Applied Forensic Psychology
- Development and Change in the Global South
- Work Project
- Sociology of “Race”: Global Perspectives
- Digital Sociology
- Environmental Sociology
- Psychology Research Project (Dissertation equivalent module)
- Sociology Dissertation
- Work Based Learning
- Business Psychology
- Coaching Psychology
- Positive Psychology
- Cyberpsychology
- Social Cognition & Emotion
- Understanding Trauma and Violence
- Living with Long Term Conditions
- Negotiated Topics in Psychology
- Psychology and the Media
- Environmental Psychology
- Perception and Action
- Counselling Skills in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Voices and Rights: Children and Young People in Society
- Pornography and Modern Culture
- History of Sexuality
- Sociology Extension Module
- Education and the Sociological Imagination
- Constructing Emotions
- Global Power: Sociological Perspectives
- Sociology of Religion