Bachelor of Arts Psychology

In Year 1, you will become familiar with the British Psychological Society core areas of psychology (including biological, cognitive, social, developmental and individual differences) and the basic methods of psychological research. You'll undertake a range of practical coursework, where you'll gather data, analyse your findings and write your own report. If you are a single honours student, you'll also complete additional practical exercises, develop your key skills in psychology, explore past and present philosophical and theoretical issues in psychology, and receive an insight into the work of applied psychologists through talks from practitioners in the field.

Year 2 builds on the foundations of Year 1 and includes some more in-depth and specialised modules. If you choose the single honours route or take psychology with at least 50% of psychology modules, you will learn more about research methods and their practical application, develop your work-related and key skills in psychology, build more specialist subject knowledge.

In Year 3, you'll also develop more specialised knowledge in personality and individual differences. You'll also continue to develop your research skills and carry out your own empirical research project, designing, conducting, analysing and presenting your study under the supervision of an allocated member of staff.

The University has general minimum entry requirements which all students must meet before they register with us.

At the point of registration onto the first year of a degree, we require you to have achieved:

• a minimum of two A Levels or
• a BTEC National Diploma or
• a combination of BTEC and A Level qualifications equivalent to two A Levels, such as a BTEC subsidiary certificate and one A Level or
• an Access to Higher Education Diploma or
• an International or Welsh Baccalaureate or
• a Higher National Diploma/Higher National Certificate or
• a minimum of two Advanced Highers from Scotland or
• the Irish Leaving Certificate or
• the European Baccalaureate Diploma or
• an equivalent overseas qualification.