The first two years of your Applied Psychology degree will be focused on coverage of psychology core areas as required by the British Psychological Society for accreditation. You will take three 40 credit compulsory modules in each of your first and second years. In your final year, you will take a compulsory 40 credit dissertation, a compulsory 20 credit module planning an applied psychology intervention and three 20 credit optional modules.
Year One
Methods & Evidence in Psychology (40 credits)
Introducing Psychology (40 credits)
Psychology Applications (40 credits)
Year Two
Understanding & Researching Psychology: Cognitive, Biological & Historical Perspectives (40 credits)
Understanding & Researching Psychology: Developmental, Social & Individual Difference Perspectives (40 credits)
Psychology in Practice (40 credits)
Year 3
In your final year, you will complete an Applied Psychology Intervention Project and an Advanced Research Methods: Dissertation. You will be expected to undertake a research dissertation based on a topic that interests you. You will be responsible for the design, execution analysis and reporting of your project and will complete a dissertation report, a supervision reflection log and an oral presentation of your research findings.
You will also choose 3 options from a range of specialist modules to match your interests and aspirations. These include :
Biological Psychology & Cognitive Neuropsychology
Memory: Development, Function & Dysfunction
Health Psychology
Occupational Psychology
Developing an Understanding of Clinical Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Advanced Issues in Sport Psychology
Applications of Psychology in Sport
Psychology of Ageing
Development in Adolescence & Adulthood
The Way Children Think & Learn (10 credits) taken in combination with Play & Development (10 credits)
Person & Place: Psychology of Identity & the Environment
Anomalistic Psychology
Learning and teaching methods
The Applied Psychology degree is taught through lectures and seminars, as well as practical workshops and tutorials. You will also have the chance to work on projects independently. There is strong emphasis on research methods, so you will develop your practical psychology skills in our purpose-built laboratories. Many different psychological tools are available, including eye-tracking equipment and electroencephalography (EEG) machines. You may even be able to spend part of your second year studying abroad in Europe, Australia or the USA.
As well as our excellent teaching facilities, the School of Psychology has become the first in a UK university to offer a wide range of psychological services to the public through a clinic. These include play therapy, behaviour analysis, and health and sport psychology interventions. Clinic activities support our postgraduate opportunities, and undergraduate students can also get involved in some of the clinic’s work.