UK GRADUATE PROSPECTS (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020) 2 ND IN THE
PSYCHOLOGY SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS
This British Psychological Society (BPS) validated degree will give you expert scientific training in the relationship between the mind, brain, and behaviour. You will study the psychological and neuro-scientific processes that underpin activities such as thinking, reasoning, memory and language, learn about the effects of brain injury, and explore ways to improve health-related behaviour.
Global Opportunities available International Students
foundation programme available Welsh Scholarships/Bursaries available Full details available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
Our approach to teaching, which includes lectures, personal tutorials, academic seminars, workshops, and practical research classes, encourages effective team-working and high- quality oral communication skills. During your degree, you will develop excellent research, written, and critical analysis skills, as well as a high degree of numeracy and ICT ability. The degree is flexible, with an extensive range of final year optional modules, giving you the scope to tailor your studies to your particular interests, career goals, or ambitions for postgraduate study.
AREAS STUDIED TYPICALLY INCLUDE: Year 1 • Biological psychology • Cognition • Individual and abnormal psychology • Social and developmental psychology Year 2 • Brain and behaviour • Development across the lifespan • From individuals to society • Research and experimental methods Year 3 • Final year independent research project • Forensic developmental psychopathology • Nutrition and behaviour • Psychopathology: anxiety disorders • Sleep and dreaming • Understanding and managing criminal behaviour • Face perception and social cognitive neuroscience • Psychology of sport and exercise
TYPICAL OFFER: Single Honours: AAB-ABB Joint Honours: ABB-BBB
Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
BSc Single Honours ▲ Psychology
BSc Joint Honours Psychology and ▲ Criminology
▲ Education ▲ Sociology
▲ 3 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page
FUTURE CAREERS: Many of our graduates have gone on to further study or work in specialist psychology fields. The typical starting salary for an NHS trainee clinical psychologist is £25,783. As your career progresses you could earn between £47,088 and £81,000 or higher. Other career pathways include: • Human Resources • Management • Marketing • Public Services • Research • The Civil Service
ACCREDITATIONS INCLUDE:
For more detailed course content, including a full module list, visit: swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses
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