Career Opportunities Graduates in Psychology have gone on to train as professional psychologists and to work in a range of other occupations, such as business, commerce, counselling, research, human resource management and social services. They will also develop analytic and research skills which are attractive to a broad range of potential employers. The programme of studies in Psychology draws together the biological and social bases of mental processes and human behaviour. Psychology seeks to understand mind and behaviour through experimentation, observation and measurement. At level 3 there are options in Clinical, Educational, Developmental, Social, Experimental Abnormal, Evolutionary, Health, Sports or Cognitive Psychology, as well as Mechanistic Models of Mind, Psychopharmacology, Psychometrics, Counselling Theory and Counselling Skills.
All students also undertake a research project.
Part Time Part-time students usually take two years on each of the three levels of the degree. Assessment Programmes are assessed in a variety of ways, including essays, laboratory reports, written examinations, projects and tests.