Who is it for?
The BSc (Hons) Psychology at City is an excellent introduction to many careers. Graduates have found that the keys skills learnt have found them roles in schools, charities, the NHS and the Crown Prosecution Service.
The BSc (Hons) Psychology at City is accredited by the BPS and comprises the first stage of qualifying as a Chartered Psychologist. It also provides the necessary first degree qualification for further education on BPS-accredited Masters and Doctoral level courses.
BSc Psychology with Pathways
In addition to the BSc Psychology degree we provide the opportunity for you to graduate with a BPS accredited BSc Psychology degree in a specialised area of Psychology. All students that enter our BSc Psychology route and can apply to specialise in one of the 4 pathways below, or continue with their BSc Psychology degree. You can make this choice at the end of your 2nd year.
You can enter a specialised pathway and will study modules related to this pathway and conduct your honours research project in that field in your 3rd year.
Objectives
The BSc Psychology (Hons) from City, University of London encourages analytical and critical thinking while developing an understanding of the complex interactions between the human mind, brain, behaviour and experience.
This combination of educating by both research-active academics and practitioners gives you a wide range of learning, experiences and insights. You can therefore use the BSc Psychology as a step towards further study or into a career.
City's Psychology BSc degree is taught by enthusiastic experts who dedicate their time to your development: academic, personal and professional.
Our academics are actively researching in these fields:
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Autism
- Memory
- Decision making
- Low and high level cognition
- Child development
- Health
- Occupational
- Counselling psychology
Career prospects
A Psychology degree is widely recognised as an excellent introduction to many careers, and we work closely with City's Careers Service to give you the best possible career start.85 per cent of our Psychology BSc graduates were in employment or further study six months after graduation (Unistats 2014) working in schools, charities, the NHS and the Crown Prosecution Service. This BSc comprises the first stage of becoming a Chartered Psychologist.A significant proportion of our graduates follow further training in professional Psychology and graduates have pursue careers in, teaching, social services, industry and management, human resources and marketing.
