BSc (Hons) Clinical and Community Psychology

• A Level: Must include passes at A2 in at least one subject.
• BTEC: Extended Diploma (QCF) or Diploma (QCF)
• International Baccalaureate: Diploma with 24 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
• Other equivalent qualifications accepted by the university.

Note: We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths (See below for accepted equivalences)

English Language Requirements:

• Overall IELTS 5.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in Writing and Speaking; minimum 5.5 in Reading and Listening (or recognised equivalent).

This three-year, full-time degree course will give you a foundation in the theory of clinical and community psychology as well as hands-on experience. If you’re interested in working in the field of mental health, or in initiating sustainable change in vulnerable and marginalised communities, this is for you.

Unusually for an undergraduate psychology degree, you’ll be introduced to psychopathology and approaches to people in mental distress in your first year. You’ll study mental health problems such as anxiety, schizophrenia, eating disorders and bipolar disorder. There are also options to study the psychology of drug addiction and crime.

We’ll introduce you to community psychology with a critical edge that is political in the broadest sense. You’ll look at how issues such as poverty, opportunity, education, employment and housing impact on a person’s ability to negotiate the world.

From the moment you join us you’ll have opportunities to put theory into practice through placements within the local community, working within voluntary projects or the NHS.

You’ll also learn how to gather, analyse and write up evidence-based practice research, a vital skill in many fields of work.

Year 1

• Research Psychological Worlds 
• Perspectives on Behaviour: Biological, Social & Differential 
• Introduction to Cognitive & Developmental Psychology 
• Clinical & Community I (Foundations) 
• Clinical & Community II (Mental Health) 

Year 2

• Clinical & Community III (Mental Distress in Context) 
• Research Psychological Worlds 2 
• Applications of Psychobiology, Individual Differences and Social Psychology 
• Topics in Cognitive & Developmental Psychology

Optional:

• Forensic Psychology: The Justice System 
• Cognitive Neuropsychology 
• The Psychology of Personal Development

Year 3

• Research Conference 
• Clinical & Community Psychological Research Project 
• Employability & developing your graduate career pathway 

Optional:

• Community-based evaluation
• Forensic Psychology: The Justice System 
• Cognitive Neuropsychology 
• The Psychology of Personal Development 
• Counselling Psychology 
• Psychological Perspectives on Work Experience 
• Forensic Psychology: Criminal Conduct 
• Occupational Psychology (optional)
• Health Psychology (optional)
• Psychology of Choice: Decision Making and Risk Perception (optional)
• Applied Child Psychology 
• Drugs and Addictive Behaviours 
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Psychology of Emotions 
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Frontiers in Cognitive Science: Issues in the Study of Mind, Embodiment and Consciousness
• Psychology, Identity and Society 
• Psychology of Belief
• Anomalistic Psychology
• Professional Practice (Community-based Learning)
• Professional Practice (Problem-based learning) 
• Wellbeing and Resilience in the Face of Conflict Disaster