The Department has newly created facilities in the School of Sciences. These facilities include four large dedicated and networked PC computer based laboratories with good teaching space, a purpose built observation laboratory with remote control video recording facilities, a cognitive laboratory, the shared use of a biology laboratory, quiet student study areas and the services of three full time technicians. The Department has a large holding of psychometric tests and an article bank with several thousand recent articles. The University provides a wide range of support services including medical, careers, counselling and information services. The course offers a very wide range of applied psychology options in the final year of study.
Enthusiastic staff are active in research across many different fields of psychology.
We encourage active learning by using a wide range of innovative teaching and learning techniques. You will learn to collect and assess empirical data through a wide range of methods including observation, measurement, survey, experimentation, discourse analysis and the use of statistics. You will be able to design and execute your own psychological studies using this variety of research methodologies. You will spend about twelve hours per week in taught classes - lectures, group seminars, practicals and workshops. The exact amount of class contact will depend on the modules chosen and the level of study.