Why this course?

Psychology at Strathclyde offers a vibrant learning environment to explore human behaviour – how we think, learn, remember, act and engage with others.

You will work with a dynamic of specialists to explore our understanding of the mind. We offer high-quality facilities and a fun, engaging programme to study the conditions of human behaviour reasons for differences between individuals, such as personality or intelligence.

As well as careers as a professional psychologist, psychology graduates have a lot of options open to them. Many go on to further study or to careers in teaching, human resource management, social work, as well as many other areas.

British Psychology Society (BPS) Accredited

To become a Chartered Psychologist your course must be accredited by the British Psychology Society (BPS). Our BA Hons degree in Psychology from the University of Strathclyde is BPS accredited.

Study with us

• study all aspects of human behaviour – how we learn, remember, co-ordinate our actions and interact with others
• explore theories behind reasons for cognitive differences between individuals, the history of these theories and the work of their proponents
• understand the biological bases for behaviour, memory, imagination, pain, emotion, perception, sense and everything in-between
• learn how our understanding of the mind has been enhanced by neuropsychology and how study the relationship between cognition, the brain and the rest of the nervous system
• become familiar with the history of social psychology and how thoughts, feelings and behaviour are influenced by environment
• get practical experience via a work placement

Careers

Professional psychologist

Our BA in Psychology is BPS accredited, allowing you to continue your studies to become a professional psychologist. This can lead to working in areas including the following:

• clinical psychology working in the healthcare profession dealing with a range of mental and physical health problems
• educational psychology working with young people in conjunction with parents, teachers, doctors and other people involved in their education
• occupational psychology in either a consultancy or in-house role
• forensic psychology working with penal institutions and other relevant bodies
• health psychology working with the NHS and other health departments
• neuropsychology working with people who have had traumatic brain injuries and other neurological conditions
• sports psychology working with athletes to improve performance
• scientific study and research working in developing and improving psychological practice

Note: to become a Chartered Psychologist you must graduate in a course accredited by the BPS

Other career paths

Other possible careers are teaching, human resource management, social work, counselling and management and professional positions throughout the private and public sectors.

Employers value psychology graduates ability to gather, evaluate and communicate complex ideas and their application of psychological knowledge in professional environments.