Key features

• Hands-on learning in our psychology experiential learning lab. We embedded practical activities throughout the course, so you can put new knowledge into practice and build practical skills for future careers.
• Shape the psychologist you want to be. Course choices and our completely option-based final year give the freedom to explore and develop areas of psychology that interest and benefit you the most.
• Gain valuable real-world experience by putting your skills and knowledge into practice with an optional placement year, or take part in an international exchange year by studying abroad.
• Youll go beyond the classroom and learn how psychology can have a tangible effect on the wider world with the field trips integrated throughout our curriculum – exploring how psychology can make a difference to our environment and communities.
• Youll look at how children learn, play, and communicate as they develop to adulthood. Youll consider key sociological theories of how children engage with the world, and how children and adults interact with each other.
• Get involved in the Plymouth Babylab, working to improve our understanding of how babies develop their amazing abilities, and the problems they might encounter along the way. This research lab is primarily run by students, trained to use state-of-the-art methods to explore the development of over 400 ‘baby scientists each year.

Careers with this subject

• Our degree prepares you for a wide range of careers by equipping you with valuable skills and knowledge that provide you with a deep understanding of human behaviour, mental processes, and social interactions. This knowledge and experience will be critical in fields such as mental health, education, business, social care, but have incredible versatility across any vocations that benefit from an understanding of human behaviour.
• Our joint degree provides you with valuable expertise and understanding in psychology, and the additional skills and knowledge in early years, which pave the way for careers in schools and education, play specialists and family support workers.
• Our degrees provide you opportunities to peruse further postgraduate qualifications, that can lead to specialized roles like clinical psychologist, educational psychologist, forensic psychologist, or organizational psychologist.
• The degree also helps you develop transferable skills, including critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and data analysis, which forms the basis for many careers beyond psychology.
• Our hands-on teaching approach, combined with a placement year and research apprentices, offers you valuable real-world experience to give you a competitive advantage in your future professional life.

Duration: 3 years (+ optional placement)