BA (Hons) Psychology in the Community

The programme provides an understanding of human psychology and a contextualised approach to working with people with a knowledge of psychology. It provides knowledge about modes of psychological understanding, analysis and interpretation, and an understanding of how to apply this knowledge contextually in practical ways.

Key areas of investigation:

• Major perspectives, issues and debates in the psychological study of human behaviour


• Key concepts and theoretical approaches which underpin the psychological study of the human mind and human behaviour


• The ways in which psychological knowledge is socially contextualised and applied


• The historical development and social diversity in relation to psychological topics


• Social divisions and social diversity in relation to psychological topics


• The basic principles of psychological research as applicable to individual and social topics


• Graduate employment skills through the development of transferable and problem-based learning skills

Year 1:

• Understanding Research Methods in Social Psychology


• Academic Professional Development


• Psychology in Context


• Introduction to Social Psychology


• Introduction to Human Development


• The Social Self

Year 2:

• Doing Research in Social Psychology


• Work-Related Learning


• Individual Differences


• Human Relationships and Interpersonal Communication


• Psychological Interventions in Human Behaviour


• Organisational Behaviour

Year 3:

• Dissertation


• Problematic Populations


• Psychology, Empowerment and Self


• Working with Human Exceptionality


• Managing Change in the Workplace