This degree program is typically delivered over 3 years at full time.

Year 1

Your first year will see you learning the basics, and prepare you for more advanced concepts.

Core Modules Include:

• Psychology in Context
• Introductory Research Methods in Psychology
• Historical Perspectives in Psychology
• Empirical Psychology
• Core Areas of Psychology

Year 2

Your second year will include more advanced modules and begin to apply them to real world issues.

Core Modules Include:

• Social Psychology
• Personality and Intelligence
• Further Research Methods for Psychologists
• Developmental Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Biological Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology

Year 3

Your final year will involve a substantial research project, as well as the ability to select several optional, specialised modules.

Core Modules Include:

• Psychology Project
• Conceptual Issues and Critical Debates in Psychology
• Employability Skills and Psychology

Elective Modules Include:

• Work Psychology
• Well-being and Positive Psychology
• Psychology of Eating Behaviours
• Psychology of Chronic Illness
• Psychology and Education
• Perception
• Cyberpsychology
• Criminological and Forensic Psychology
• Counselling Psychology
• Cognitive Neuropsychology
• Clinical Psychology: Theory and Practice

You’ll have many career options open to you. Many students go on to Master’s level degrees, such as DMU’s Psychological well-Being or Health Psychology MSC programs. Others will go directly into related work in advertising, psychological research, healthcare, human resources, social work, teaching or policing.

In your final year, you will be expected to complete a period of work experience. This will help you see how the theories and concepts you’ve learned can be applied in the real world.