Why this course?
This course will help you develop the skills for a variety of marketing and psychology careers.

The Department of Marketing at Strathclyde is recognised as one of the leading centres of marketing education and research in the UK.

In psychology, youll study human behaviour. Psychological research is motivated by the desire to understand both general behaviour (how we learn, remember, co-ordinate our actions and interact with others) and the reason for the differences between individuals such as personality or intelligence.
Careers

Graduates who specialise in marketing have excellent business awareness and can analyse and present information with good communication skills. They find jobs in drinks, finance and service sectors with roles including brand manager, media executives and retail buyers.

Psychology graduates can continue their studies to become professional psychologists and work in areas such as clinical, educational, occupational psychology, or research.

Among the range of other possible careers are teaching, human resource management, careers guidance, social work, market research, recruitment consultancy, counselling, management and professional positions throughout the private and public sectors.

Employers will be particularly interested in your ability to gather, evaluate and communicate complex ideas, to analyse and interpret quantitative data, and to apply psychological knowledge in professional contexts: all skills that the study of psychology will help you to develop.