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Psychology Single Honours Degrees 2020/21 entry
BSc (Hons) Psychology – Single Honours
Our British Psychological Society accredited
Single Honours Psychology BSc is designed to
teach across the breadth of the psychology
undergraduate curriculum, while also offering
opportunities to delve deeper into certain core
areas as the course progresses. It provides an
ideal platform from which to launch a career in
any area of professional psychology.
Our Single Honours Psychology degree offers you the
opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the discipline
of psychology and consequently to experience the
teaching and research expertise of a large proportion
of our academic staff over the course of a degree.
Single Honours Psychology offers abundant choice
across 31 compulsory and elective modules in
psychology. As well as core areas of the discipline
such as Social and Developmental Psychology, we
cover topics ranging from Autism to Advertising and
from Mental Health to Education. Please see page
15 for a full summary of the Psychology modules that
we offered in 2018/19. You are free to choose ANY
combination of option modules available on your
course, timetable permitting. You decide what modules
to choose as you progress through the degree and
your personal tutor can help you make the right choices
for you. Here are examples of some of the areas of
psychology on the Single Honours degree:
keele.ac.uk/psychology
• Psychology, Cognition and Brain
This area of psychology provides students with the
opportunity to focus on how the mind and the brain
interact. Students can choose modules in Cognitive
Neuroscience, Faces Forgetting and Forensic
Psychology, and Everyday Memory and Amnesia.
• Psychology and Human Development
This area of psychology is concerned with how
we develop through childhood through interactions
with other people and as the brain matures.
It includes modules such as Developmental
and Social Psychology, Cognitive Development
and Psychology in Education.
• Psychology and Society
This area of psychology allows students to deepen
their understanding of the role psychology can play
in understanding social relationships and broader
social issues. It includes modules such as Groups
Crowds and Conflict, Psychology of Advertising and
Psychology in the Modern World.
• Psychology and Health
Mental health and wellbeing carries huge relevance
in today’s society. Our Single Honours students
can select from a range of health-related modules
including Distress and Mental Health, Autism
Spectrum Disorders, and Health Psychology.
It is worth mentioning here that there is no
requirement to specialise in any specific sub-area of
psychology at undergraduate level in order to pursue
particular psychology careers. Graduating with
well-rounded knowledge of psychology across the
curriculum is the best preparation for future work
in a psychological capacity.