BSc (Hons) Psychology with Sociology

• A Level: Must include passes at A2 in at least one subject.
• BTEC: Extended Diploma (QCF) or Diploma (QCF)
• International Baccalaureate: Diploma with 24 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
• Other equivalent qualifications accepted by the university.

Note: We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths (See below for accepted equivalences)

English Language Requirements:

• Overall IELTS 5.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in Writing and Speaking; minimum 5.5 in Reading and Listening (or recognised equivalent).

Your grounding in the core areas of psychology will give you a broad working knowledge of the subject before you apply the particular critical focus around which we’ve built this course. 

That means you’ll be looking at a wide range of psychological models, including forensic, occupational, cognitive, social and developmental. Specific core and optional modules on offer to you include: Thinking Sociologically; Applied Child Psychology; Drugs and Addictive Behaviours; Psychology of Emotions; and Surveillance, Technology and Society.

You’ll learn to apply layers of scientific reasoning and critical thinking to the data you survey. At all times you’ll be aware of how any piece of information can be the subject of multiple perspectives and approaches.

In practical terms, this degree will build your ability to design and conduct research, and to evaluate a wide range of data. You’ll also become highly aware of ethical issues and principles in research.

In your final year, you have choice of 22 optional modules to choose from – one of the widest range of modules offered by a university in the country.

Year 1

• Introduction to Cognitive and Developmental Psychology
• Perspectives on Behaviour: Biological, Social and Differential
• Researching Psychological Worlds 1
• Thinking Sociologically

Year 2

• Topics in Cognitive and Developmental Psychology
• Applications of Psychobiology, Individual Differences and Social Psychology
• Researching Psychological Worlds 2 
• Social Theory: Classical and Contemporary Approaches 

Year 3

• Psychosocial Research Project 
• Employability and Developing your Graduate Career Pathway
• Psychology, Identity and Society 

Optional:

• Research Conference 
• Forensic Psychology
• Occupational Psychology 
• Health Psychology 
• Psychological Perspectives on Power Politics and Political Violence
• Psychology of Choice 
• Applied Child Psychology
• Applied Child Psychology with Placement
• Drugs and Addictive Behaviours
• Psychoneuroimmunology 
• Psychology of Emotions
• Mental Distress in Context 
• Evolutionary Psychology 
• Frontiers in Cognitive Science 
• Wellbeing and Resilience in the Face of Conflict Disaster 
• Psychology of Belief 
• Anomalistic Psychology
• Constructions of Race in Culture and Politics
• Life Histories 
• Surveillance, Technology and Society 
• The Sociology of Identity and Difference
• Generations, Age and Meaning