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Psychology BSc

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    Key Information

    • Study Level:

      Bachelor

    • Duration:

      3 Years

    • Study Mode:

      Full Time

    • Tuition Fees EU/EEA:

      £ 9,250 Per Year

      These fees apply to students from the EU/EEA

    • Tuition Fees International :

      £ 11,750

      These fees apply to students from outside the EU/EEA

    institution

    St Mary’s University

    St Mary’s University began in 1850 as a teacher’s training school with close ties to the Catholic Church. It soon outgrew its original campus at Brook Green in Hammersmith, and it moved to a larger facility at Strawberry Hill in 1925. This campus originally held around 250 students, but has been enlarged several times. In […]

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    Course Summary

    Psychology is a broad and many-faceted field which is of interest to nearly any student who wants to know more about how – and why – people think, feel and behave. Psychology is key to understanding ourselves and others, and has a huge number of applications in terms of commerce, industry, communications and therapy.

    You’ll learn how psychology informs the process of counselling, mental health care, education and even forensic investigation. You’ll also be able to explore many topics of your own choosing.

    This degree is extremely accessible, even to those students who do not have a great deal of specialised scientific education already. As it includes a built-in foundation year, you can apply for the program with as few as 48 UCAS Tariff Points to your name. You needn’t have any particular A Levels ether, as all of the essential skills and knowledge of the field will be provided for you over those first two semesters.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    Course Outline

    This program is typically delivered over four years at full time.

    You’ll also be able to explore your options by combining this degree program with another to form a Joint Honours Degree, further specialising your studies and better preparing you for your chosen academic, commercial or professional career.

    Year 1 (Foundation) Modules Include:

    • Thinking Critically, Creatively and Ethically
    • The Individual Project
    • Taking a Professional Approach
    • Personal Learning Competencies
    • Performing Identities
    • Investigating Psychology

    Year 2 Modules Include:

    • Research Methods and Statistics 1 & 2
    • Introduction to Social and Developmental Psychology
    • Introduction to Cognitive and Biological Psychology
    • Everyday Psychology
    • Deconstructing Psychology

    Year 3 Modules Include:

    • Transferable Skills for Employment
    • The Social Brain
    • The Developing Mind
    • Research Methods and Statistics 3 & 4
    • Psychology Today
    • Experience and Employment in Education
    • Experience and Employment in Business
    • Contributing to the Community

    Year 4 Modules Include:

    • Psychopathology and Deviant Behaviour
    • Psychology of Intimate Relationships
    • Psychology of Education
    • Political Psychology
    • Perception
    • Independent Project
    • Eyewitness Testimony
    • Extended Literature Review
    • Critical Health Psychology
    • Counselling Psychology

    Learning & Teaching

    St Mary’s University relies on a mixture of innovative and traditional teaching methods to convey each module. These will often include large lectures, smaller seminars, laboratory time and even one on one tutorial sessions. The exact methods used vary from module to module and from lecturer to lecturer, but will be chosen to best convey the course materials. Your progress will be assessed through examinations, presentations, research, practical reports and essays.

    Career Possiblities

    The university’s Centre for Workplace Learning can be of great help boosting your employability during the program, and their Careers Service will be of great help planning your next steps after graduation. This course is heavily career oriented, and conveys Graduate Basis for Registration with the British Psychological Society. However, a professional career is far from your only option. You’ll be able to explore careers of nearly any type in almost any industry.

    Entry Credit

    Successful completion will result in a full BSc degree.

    Students must typically have been awarded at least 48 UCAS Tariff points to apply. The full list of accepted qualifications can be found here.

    All classes are taught in English, and international students will be required to show proficiency in English by scoring well on an approved test. An IELTS score of 6.0 overall and with no section scoring less than 5.5 would qualify, for example.

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