BSc Psychology (available with Specialist Pathways) with Foundation Year
About this course
BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) Psychology (available with Specialist Pathways) with Foundation Year, a Psychology degree centred on human thought, emotions, and behaviour. Core topics include Research Methods. The curriculum begins with a foundation year designed to build academic confidence before progressing into the main degree structure, featuring a final-year research project. The course starts with Year 0, covering Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence, Psychology Project, Foundations in Psychology, and Researching and Applying Psychology. Year 1 introduces modules such as Exploring Human Experience, Investigating Mechanisms of Behaviour, Perspectives in Psychology, and Being a Successful Student, alongside optional modules in Counselling Psychology in Context, Educational Psychology in Context, Forensic Psychology in Context, Health Psychology in Context, Occupational, Business and Marketing Psychology in Context, Sport and Exercise Psychology in Context, and Psychology in Context. Year 2 continues with Mind, Brain and Social Behaviour, Transforming Lives, Difference and Diversity, and Being a Successful Graduate, plus optional choices spanning Concepts in Psychology and Contemporary Issues in Psychology. Students may follow designated specialist pathways including Psychology (Counselling Perspectives), Psychology (Education and Child Development Perspectives), Psychology (Forensic Perspectives), Psychology (Health Perspectives), Psychology (Occupational, Business and Marketing Perspectives), and Psychology (Sport and Exercise Perspectives). The final year requires the Psychology Research Project and Professional Learning Through Work, while offering optional modules such as Cyberpsychology, Illusions, Biases and Cognitive Impairment, Coaching Psychology, Understanding Trauma, Working with Offenders, Psychology of Serious Crime, Psychology of Stress and Illness, Psychology of Mental Health and Distress, The Developing Mind: Children's Literature, Children, Families and Cultural Diversity, Occupational and Business Psychology (Occupational, Business and Marketing Perspectives Pathway), Marketing Psychology, Psychology in Competitive Sport, and Sport Focused Health and Behaviour Change.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 64 UCAS tariff points Applications are welcome from mature students with few formal qualifications. Any previous relevant work experience and learning will be assessed and, where appropriate, we may offer an alternative way to assess suitability to study. This course is not available to students on a Student Route Visa.
Modules
- Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence
- Psychology Project
- Foundations in Psychology
- Researching and Applying Psychology
- Exploring Human Experience
- Investigating Mechanisms of Behaviour
- Perspectives in Psychology
- Psychology in Context
- Counselling Psychology in Context
- Educational Psychology in Context
- Forensic Psychology in Context
- Health Psychology in Context
- Occupational, Business and Marketing Psychology in Context
- Sport and Exercise Psychology in Context
- Being a Successful Student
- Building My Future
- Mind, Brain and Social Behaviour
- Transforming Lives
- Concepts in Psychology
- Concepts in Counselling Psychology
- Concepts in Educational Psychology
- Concepts in Forensic Psychology
- Concepts in Health Psychology
- Concepts in Occupational, Business and Marketing Psychology
- Concepts in Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Contemporary Issues in Psychology
- Contemporary Issues in Counselling Psychology
- Contemporary Issues in Educational Psychology
- Contemporary Issues in Forensic Psychology
- Contemporary Issues in Health Psychology
- Contemporary Issues in Occupational, Business and Marketing Psychology
- Contemporary Issues in Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Difference and Diversity
- Being a Successful Graduate
- Psychology Research Project
- Professional Learning Through Work
- Cyberpsychology
- Illusions, Biases and Cognitive Impairment
- Coaching Psychology
- Understanding Trauma
- Working with Offenders
- Psychology of Serious Crime
- Psychology of Stress and Illness
- Psychology of Mental Health and Distress
- The Developing Mind: Children's Literature
- Children, Families and Cultural Diversity
- Occupational and Business Psychology (Occupational, Business and Marketing Perspectives Pathway)
- Marketing Psychology
- Psychology in Competitive Sport
- Sport Focused Health and Behaviour Change