BSc Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Essex
Key Information
Campus location
Colchester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
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Pace
Full time
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Introduction
BSc Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychologists conduct experiments to study cognitive abilities such as how we perceive others, how we make decisions, how we remember or how we speak. Cognitive Neuroscientists link these questions directly to underlying brain processes: they make use of brain imaging techniques to answer which brain areas support these abilities. They also use time-sensitive imaging methodologies to explore the exact timing of these processes. Together, researchers from both disciplines aim to map the relationship between brain and behaviour.
You’ll be introduced to contemporary research questions from different fields including vision, hearing, memory, and language. You’ll develop a thorough understanding of how these questions can be answered, what the current state-of-the-art knowledge is, which methodologies are best suited to study which questions, and how different subfields work together to further our understanding of what may seem like simple questions but are in reality complex endeavours. You’ll be immersed in a supportive, interactive, and methodical hands-on environment.
If you want to understand the brain processes that allow us to answer how we think about the world, how we interact with the world and how we experience the world, then psychology with cognitive neuroscience at Essex is for you. We provide one of the most immersive and exciting experiences of studying the human mind in the UK. We focus on the big questions so that you embark on a journey into the thoughts, feelings, and actions of individuals.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Understanding our place in the world
- Growing in the world
- Experiencing Emotion
- Thinking and the Mind
- The Social World
- The Social Brain
Year 2
- Statistics for Psychologists, 2nd Year
- Brain and Behaviour
- Seeing and Hearing
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Memory Attention and Language
- Enhancing employability and career planning
Final Year
- Psychology Project
- The Neuroscience of Human Nature
- Advanced employability skills and career progression
Program Outcome
Accredited against the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
A psychology with cognitive neuroscience degree, especially one accredited by the British Psychology Society, will provide you with the foundations needed for specialising in diverse areas, including educational psychology, consumer, or health psychology.
Many of our psychology graduates choose careers outside traditional psychology fields. The skills you learn during your degree opens doors to careers in medical imaging, human resources, and people-focussed careers such as a Senior Assistant Psychologist or special educational needs.
Our psychology graduates have progressed in diverse careers across the public, private and third sectors, including working for the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, and Prison and Probation Service, mental health charity MIND, and organisations like the BBC and the University of Oxford
Visit our psychology careers page to find out more about your career opportunities and discover the variety of career paths our recent graduates have taken.
We also work with our University's careers services to help you find out about further work experience, internships, placements, and voluntary opportunities.
Program delivery
BSc Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience: 3 years
BSc Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Year Abroad): 4 years
BSc Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Placement Year): 4 years
- A typical timetable includes around eight to fourteen one-hour lectures per week with associated classes or laboratories
- We combine small and large-group teaching with regular laboratory-based research exercises