BSc Psychology (C800)

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BSc Psychology is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as confering eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).

The BSc Psychology at Queen Mary draws on the rich traditions of different areas of psychology and takes a fresh natural sciences and experimental approach to the subject. Areas covered in depth in terms of both theory and evidence include skill for studying psychology at degree-level, evolutionary and biological basis of behaviour, social psychology,  experimental cognitive psychology, personality and individual differences, clinical psychology, neuroscience, and animal cognition. Students are taught using mixture of lectures, practical laboratory classes, workshops, field trips and small-group tutorials. 

We would emphasise the strong scientific and biological content of the degree programme which also provides better employment advantages. 

Programme structure

In BSc Psychology we have drawn on the rich traditions of the different areas of psychology but, uniquely at Queen Mary, have forged together a challenging and diverse programme structure for the discipline using an evolutionary and experimental framework

Year 1
Required Modules – Essential skills for psychologists, Biology for Psychologists, Brain and behaviour, Exploring psychology, Cognition evolution and behaviour, Evolution, Research methods and statistics in psychology I.
Options – Heredity and gene action, Language acquisition. 

Year 2
Required Modules – Cognitive psychology, Research methods and statistics in psychology II., Evolutionary psychology, Social and developmental psychology. 
Options – Animal Physiology, Evolutionary Genetics, Health Psychology, Abnormal and Clinical Psychology, Fundamentals of neurobiology, Language and mind. 

Year 3 
Required Modules – Integrative studies in psychological sciences, Animal cognition, Personality and individual differences and either Psychology Research Project or Extended Essay in Psychology. 
Options – Behavioural ecology, Design for human interaction, Consciousness and causality, Mammals and Evolution, Neuroscience: from molecules to behaviour, The Psychology of sociality and the origin of morality.

Entry requirements

  • AAB at A2 level, normally including either Psychology, Maths or any science subject.
  • Vocational qualifications (i.e AVCE), BTEC National Certificate, BTEC National Diploma, Access courses are not accepted.
  • International Baccalaureate: 34 points to include Maths or Science subjects at higher level and three other subjects (higher or standard level) at least 6.
  • Only first year entrants will be considered
  • For more information on entry requirements visit the SBCS general entry requirement page.