Psychology BSc (Hons)

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Guildford

  • Duration

    3 Years

sychology is the scientific study of behaviour, mental health and neuropsychological functioning. It seeks to understand what makes us who we are, how our minds work, and what influences our behaviour and social relationships.

Using a range of cutting-edge equipment, you will learn about core areas of psychology, research methods and statistics. You will also be able to tailor your degree by choosing your final-year modules and dissertation research topic. You can also pursue an optional Professional Training placement in a field relevant to your career aspirations.

Our course is informed by leading research conducted by ourmultidisciplinary research groups, including developmental psychology; environmental psychology; social emotions and equality in relations; health psychology; clinical interventions and practice; and the Surrey BabyLab.

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Guildford (Surrey)
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GU2 7XH

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About this course

Our research-led BSc Psychology course will provide you with a combination of personal, professional and academic opportunities.

Taught by research-active lecturers, our graduates are well-placed to train as practising psychologists and therapists and are also highly valued in any sector that requires transferable skills like critical thinking, analysis and communication.

As one of the few universities to offer work experience as part of the course, we’ve established links with many outstanding professional training partners. This course is also accredited by the British Psychological Society.

You’ll also be able to benefit from our brand-new £5m teaching facilities that opened in Spring 2019.

A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.

The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.

Recent graduates have also embarked on careers in law, accountancy, teaching, computer programming and general management. Virtually all graduates of the course find satisfactory employment or postgraduate study within six months of graduation.

Graduates over the last few years have been employed in roles such as:

Assistant Clinical Psychologist, St George's NHS Trust
Primary Wellbeing Practitioner, Broadmoor Hospital
Trial Coordinator, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Clinical Trust
Assistant Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Rehabilitation Assistant, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
Account Manager, Genesis Medical
Recruitment Researcher, Walker Hamill
Marketing Analyst, Masterclassing
Junior Market Research Project Manager, Kantar Health
Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, ThinkAction
Graduate Leadership Scheme, Waitrose
Assistant Crime Analyst, National Crime Agency.

Overall: ABB. Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass.

Required subjects: N/A.

Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.

GCSE or equivalent: English Language at Grade B(5) and Mathematics at grade B(5) (or equivalent).

BSc (Hons) - British Psychological Society (BPS)
Accredited against the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS).

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Subjects

  • International Relations
  • Politics
  • Psychology
  • Teaching
  • International
  • Statistics
  • Health Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Personality
  • Theory
  • Biological
  • Research

Course programme

Year 1

Module
  • BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS 1
  • CLASSICS IN PERSONALITY THEORY
  • DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS 1
  • INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS
  • COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS 1
  • CONCEPTUAL AND HISTORICAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY
  • FURTHER STATISTICS AND CRITICAL THINKING
  • SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS 1
Year 2

Module
  • ADVANCED STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS
  • BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS 2
  • PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
  • SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS 2
  • COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS 2
  • DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS 2
  • PERSONALITY, INTELLIGENCE AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
  • QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
Year 3

Module
  • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • KEY QUESTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • MORALITY AND EMOTIONS
  • NEURAL EFFECTS OF AGEING, STROKE AND DEMENTIA
  • PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
  • SOCIAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT
  • SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
  • SPATIAL COGNITION: DEVELOPMENT, THEORY AND INTERVENTION
  • THE SELF AND RELATIONSHIPS
  • THINKING AND REASONING
  • THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE
  • TREATMENT PROTOCOLS FOR NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
  • APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC POLICY
  • GAMIFIED AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY
  • HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
  • HISTORY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
  • OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • PERSONALITY AND LIFE COURSE DEVELOPMENT
  • SOCIAL COGNITION
  • SOCIAL UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SUST)
  • PSYCHOLOGY DISSERTATION
Optional modules for Year 3 - FHEQ Level 6

Two Level 6 modules are CORE to the BSc (Hons) Psychology programme: PSY3065 (Dissertation) and PSY3095 (General Psychology).

In addition, students select 4 optional modules (2 in each semester). Each year a range of optional modules from across the breadth of psychology, selected from the full catalogue listed in the programme diet, will be available. Please note that whereas some modules will run every year, other specialist modules from the catalogue will be rotated so that every year each area or 'stream' of psychology is represented, but the specific option within these areas may vary. The list of optional modules to be offered in a given year will be determined and available to students during the spring/early summer of the previous academic year. Please contact the programme leader if you require more details.

Note: Students who take temporary suspension should be aware that one or more of their chosen optional modules may not be available on their return in the following year. Students who take temporary suspension partway through the semester will have the choice to take a replacement module, or, if they have already completed an assessment for the original module, to attend classes from a new optional module within the same stream (area of psychology) and complete an alternative assessment based on this content that meets the learning outcomes of the original module.

Psychology BSc (Hons)

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