Vocational qualification

In Salford

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Description

  • Type

    Vocational qualification

  • Location

    Salford

Students studying Psychology at Pendleton College will benefit from highly-qualified, dedicated staff who keep abreast of their subject by regular attendance at conferences for examining and professional bodies.

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Location

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Salford (Greater Manchester)
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Dronfield Road, M6 7FR

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Course programme

PSYCHOLOGY

Why should I come to Pendleton College?
Students studying Psychology at Pendleton College will benefit from highly-qualified, dedicated staff who keep abreast of their subject by regular attendance at conferences for examining and professional bodies.

What will I study?
Year one (AS Level) Students will study the following:
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Physiological Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • The Psychology of Individual Differences
  • Psychological Investigations
Year two (A2 Level) Students will look in depth at two areas chosen from:
  • Psychology of Education
  • Health and Clinical Psychology
  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Forensic Psychology
All students will study:
  • Psychology Research


What will I achieve?
The award of AS/A2 Psychology opens up a wide range of opportunities particularly for any career that involves dealing with people such as management, teaching, Police and nursing. This qualification also leads to specific careers in psychology such as a criminal or educational psychologist.

How is the course assessed?
In both years there are three examinations.

What else will I do?
As Pendleton College has links with a number of universities, students will have the opportunity to visit their departments. Students have recently been on a residential to Rome, visited Crown Courts and taken part in an 'Investigating Murder Crime Day'. Visiting speakers have included senior detectives, crime scene investigators, forensic and clinical psychologists.

Psychology

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