Psychology BSc (Hons)

Course overview

You can still apply to BU (including through UCAS Extra). Please apply through UCAS as soon as possible; your application can only be assessed once we have received it from UCAS.

This course is accredited as conferring eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartership, provided the minimum standard of a Second Class Honours is achieved. This is the first step towards becoming a Chartered Psychologist.

While you are with us you will acquire a range of transferable skills valued by employers, and the graduate employment rate among psychology graduates is excellent. While the course provides a basis for postgraduate studies for professional or academic careers in Psychology (e.g. sports psychologist, forensic psychologist, health psychologist), it will also equip you for a range of others including teaching, management consultancy, advertising, health promotion, personnel work, and creative design. The course covers the core British Psychological Society syllabus. Practical classes will equip you with the skills necessary to conduct your own empirical investigations of psychological phenomena.