The School of Life and Health Sciences is currently developing new degree programmes, involving the combination of Biology with Psychology, in areas such as Behavioural Science, Bio-psychology and Neuroscience. We will help you find a placement, usually with a practising professional psychologist. Transfer between the two routes is possible at any time in the first fourteen months of your studies. This recognition is vitally important for many careers in professional psychology. Combined Honours programmes do not confer graduate basis for registration.
Degree classification is based mainly on final-year performance.
Our emphasis on applied and human psychology provides an excellent springboard for careers in professional areas of psychology, including occupational, educational and clinical psychology. The degree is also ideal for many careers in local and central government, social services, industry and commerce. Our graduates have proven success in finding clinical psychology placements and are also equipped with a wide variety of transferable skills, which are attractive to many potential employers. My placement year involved me working as an Assistant Psychologist in the North Birmingham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Department. The year provided me with both an invaluable and varied experience by giving me the opportunity to assist qualified psychologists in pre-school clinics, to independently observe children at home and nursery, to set up play therapy games between parent and child and to get involved with research.