This programme is not available to international students. Instead, international students should apply for our international foundation programmes delivered by our International Study Centre on campus. Our integrated foundation degrees are for those of you who possess the capability to pursue a degree but do not have the pre-requisite qualifications to directly apply to your desired course. The duration of the foundation element is one year, and, if you successfully pass, you will automatically progress on to the degree. This undergraduate Psychology with Criminology with Foundation Year BSc(Hons) degree is designed to give you a thorough grounding in both general psychology and criminal psychology, which could be applied to a wide range of situations and careers once you graduate. Youll explore some specialist areas, including biopsychology, developmental psychology, personality and individual differences, and forensic psychology. Well also help you gain an invaluable insight into what makes people behave the way they do and why they choose to take part in criminal activity.

This degree is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) youll be able to apply, on a graduate basis, for Chartered Membership, if you graduate with a Lower Second Class Honours or higher and complete the empirical psychology project.

Youll be taught by psychology and criminology lecturers who are experts in several fields and have a wide range of specialisms. They are focused on supporting you, and we have a dedicated Transition and Progression Tutor, who will help you adapt to studying Psychology at degree level.

Many of our lecturers are members of our Applied Criminology and Policing Centre, too, and produce world-leading research in this field. Some of our-final year optional modules are partly taught by professional clinical and forensic psychologists, giving you the opportunity to learn directly from those in professional practice.

Youll have the opportunity to build your communication skills, assertiveness, ability to work in teams and presentation techniques, all of which are useful in many careers and professions. Youll enhance your studies by using specialist equipment in our psychology labs, including an electroencephalographic (EEG) machines, biopacs, an eye movement tracker, an Oculus Rift (a virtual reality system) and specialist polygraph (lie detector machine).

This course aims to ensure youre more attractive to employers. Alternatively, it will prepare you for further study, helping you expand your knowledge and hone your skills.