BA Psychology
Bachelor's degree
In Colchester
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
3 Years
About the course
How do we understand relationships and interpret the behaviour of others? What drives people to act, respond, remember and recognise things in the way they do? Is it possible to predict with complete certainty how someone will behave? At Essex you can satisfy your curiosity about how our mind works and what drives human behaviour
Psychologists undertake scientific study to try to explain and predict how people work
It is the study of our mind and body, our thoughts and behaviour, feelings and perceptions
We conduct experiments in order to investigate how people develop throughout childhood, the way in which they acquire language, and the behavioural changes that can occur as a result of brain injury, disease, or life experience
On our course you experiment, explore and research why we think, feel and act the way we do
You cover core areas of psychology including:
Sensation and perception
Learning and memory
Clinical psychology
Personality and individual differences
Social and health psychology
We provide one of the most immersive and exciting experience of studying the human mind in the UK
You learn from our researchers and can work together in the same space via our Research Experience Scheme (RES) which gives you the opportunity to work one-on-one with a psychologist as their research assistant
Our Department of Psychology is top 20 in the UK for research quality, with 90% of our research rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2014)
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Subjects
- Human Behaviour
- Psychology
- Teaching
- Employability
Course programme
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Discovering Psychology: The Science Behind Human Behaviour
Research Methods in Psychology
Statistics for Psychologists
Preparing for University Psychology
Psychology Careers and Employability
Applied Psychology (optional)
Year 2
Psychology Research 2nd Year
Developmental Psychology
Social Psychology
Brain and Behaviour
Personality and Individual Differences
Cognitive Psychology I
Cognitive Psychology II
Psychology Careers and Employability
Final year
Psychology Project
Intelligent Behaviour (optional)
Emotion (optional)
Animal Behaviour (optional)
Cultural Psychology (optional)
Visual Attention : From Lab to Life (optional)
Human Sexuality
Psychology Careers and Employability
Placement
On a placement year you gain relevant work experience within an external business or organisation, giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market and providing you with key contacts within the industry. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Year abroad
On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Teaching
A typical timetable includes around eight to fourteen one-hour lectures per week with associated classes or laboratories
We combine small and large-group teaching with regular laboratory-based research exercises
Assessment
Your assessment is based on written essays, practical lab reports, and examinations
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BA Psychology