Applied Psychology with Clinical Psychology - BSc (Hons)

Entry Requirements

• A level: AAA excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking
• GCSE: Mathematics grade C
• Other equivalent qualifications accepted by the university.

English Language Requirement:

• Undergraduate applicants from the UK are required to have an appropriate grade/score in an approved examination in English Language, usually a grade C (or above) in GCSE English language or an acceptable equivalent.
• Students whose first language is not English, and who live/study in a non-majority English-speaking country are required to have an appropriate grade/score in an approved English language examination. We recommend taking a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as IELTS or Pearson (PTE).
• Five passes at GCSE grade C or above, including English Language or Use of English (IGCSE English as a Second Language, grade B), and at least two subjects at A level;
• Three passes at GCE A level and a pass at grade C or above in GCSE English Language or Use of English.

Curriculum

Stage 1
Possible modules may include:

• Psychology Statistics and Practical
• Introduction to Biological and General Psychology
• Introduction to Social Psychology

Stage 2
Possible modules may include:

• Study Skills for Stage 2 Psychology
• The Social Psychology of Groups
• The Social Psychology of the Individual
• Biological Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Psychology Statistics and Practical
• Child Development
• Personality

Year in industry
Spend a year on placement within an organisation that delivers a form of psychological service, such as the National Health Service, Home Office, Department for Education or social services (subject to availability of placements and achieving an average mark of 60% at Stages 1 and 2).

The marks awarded for this year will be based on performance on the placement, a Reflective Diary kept by the student (marked on a pass/fail basis), a poster presentation about the placement experience, and the report of a research project conducted whilst on placement. The research report and the Reflective Diary must be submitted before the Autumn Term of Stage 3.

Possible modules may include:

• Placement Performance
• Research in an Applied Setting

Stage 3
Possible modules may include:

• Clinical Psychology Project
• Clinical Psychology 1
• Clinical Psychology 2
• Applying Psychology
• Cognition in Action
• Advanced Developmental Psychology
• Motivation
• The Neuroscience of Cognitive Disorders
• Attitudes and Social Cognition
• Language and Communication
• Culture and Psychology
• Groups In Action
• Psychology of Music
• Freud & Post-Freud
• Mental Health: Diagnosis, Interventions and Treatments
• Evaluating Evidence: Becoming a Smart Research Consumer
• Forensic Psychology: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives
• Understanding People with Learning Disabilities
• Researching People with Learning Disabilities