BSc Psychology
Swansea, United Kingdom
BSc
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Studying a BSc in Psychology will give you expert scientific training in the relationship between the mind, brain, and behaviour.
You will study the psychological and neuro-scientific processes that underpin activities such as thinking, reasoning, memory and language, learn about the effects of brain injury, and explore ways to improve health-related behaviour.
You will develop excellent research, written, and critical analysis skills, as well as a high degree of numeracy and ICT ability.
Our approach to teaching, which includes lectures, personal tutorials, academic seminars, workshops, and practical research classes, encourages effective team-working and high-quality oral communication skills.
International Excellence Scholarships are available to both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. Other scholarships are available, please see our website for more information including eligibility criteria and closing dates.
Year 1 (Level 4)
Compulsory Modules
- Academic and Professional Development
- Statistics and Research Methods
- Cognition I: Basic Processes
- Social and Developmental Psychology
- Biological Psychology
- Individual and Abnormal Psychology
Year 2 (Level 5)
Compulsory Modules
- Cognition II: Higher Level Processes
- Development Across the Lifespan
- Brain and Behaviour
- From Individuals to Society
- Research and Experimental Methods I
- Research and Experimental Methods II
Year 3 (Level 6)
Compulsory Modules
- Final Year Independent Research Project
Optional Modules
- Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress
- Forensic Developmental Psychopathology
- Dimensions of Personality and Sexual Disorder
- Psychopathology: Anxiety Disorders
- Understanding and Managing Criminal Behaviour
- Face Perception and Social Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychosocial factors in chronic disease
- Cognition and Education
- Positive Psychology
- Dissertation
- Psychology of Aesthetics
- Cyberpsychology
- Health and Human Development from Pregnancy to Infancy
- Contemporary Issues in Eating Behaviour Research
- Evolution and Human Behaviour
- The Infant Brain
- Nutrition and Behaviour
- Philosophy of Psychology
- Behaviour Change: Health, Organisations and Advertising
- Sleep and Dreaming
- Psychology of Sport and Exercise
- Work Psychology
- The Ageing Brain
Psychology Careers
As this BPS accredited degree is the first step towards pursuing a professional career in Psychology, many of our graduates have gone on to further study or work in specialist psychology fields.
The experience and skills you will gain on this course will also equip you well for careers in other areas of health and social care, as well as sectors as varied as management, research, and marketing.