BSc (Hons) Clinical and Community Psychology

Clinical and Community Psychology is all about learning from, and initiating positive change with, vulnerable and marginalized people and groups. The focus is not just on the individuals themselves, but on how factors in society have an impact on lives. If you want to be out there in the real world, learning and researching and making a difference, this is the course for you. You’ll practice what you are learning through partnerships or voluntary schemes within local community groups or the NHS

Year 1

• Thinking Like a Psychologist (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Introduction to Biological and Social Psychology and Individual Differences (Core)
• Introduction to Cognitive and Developmental Psychology (Core)
• Psychology in Applied Contexts (Core)
• Researching with Small Samples (Core)
• Researching with Larger Samples (Core)

Year 2

• Individual Differences and Diversity (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Psychological Research Methods (Core)
• Topics in Developmental and Cognitive Psychology (Core)
• Applications of Psychobiological and Social Psychology (Core)
• Work-Based Learning in Psychology (Core)

• The Psychology of Sleep and Dreaming (Optional)
• Research Skills in Cognitive Neuroscience (Optional)
• Introduction to Forensic Psychology (Optional)
• Psychology, Identity, and Society (Optional)
• Developmental Difficulties and Differences (Optional)
• Clinical and Community Psychology (Optional)

Year 3

• Psychology and Social Engagement (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Psychology Research Project (Core)
• Psychology of Mental Health (Core)
• Clinical and Community Praxis (Core)

Employability:

We’ve designed this degree to give you a competitive edge when it comes to gaining a place on a postgraduate course. If you decide to go straight into work, the experience you’ll have gained from placements in clinical and community settings will maximize your job prospects too. Your degree could be your first step towards becoming a clinical psychologist. It may also lead directly to other graduate employment opportunities within the NHS, public sector, or charitable and voluntary sector organizations. The placements and extracurricular opportunities open to you on this course mean you are more likely to have a chance of taking that next step towards your goal, whatever that may be. And having a degree recognized by the British Psychology Society means an opening to careers in a wide range of other areas, such as sport and leisure, education, human resources, consumer research and advertising, and the media.