If you lack the qualifications for a full degree or feel unprepared for degree-level study, our Foundation Year acts as a stepping stone into a psychology degree. By successfully completing this year, you seamlessly progress to our BSc Psychology course which will give you the skills needed to pursue exciting career opportunities, ranging from clinical psychology and forensics to government policy and elite sports coaching.

The Foundation Year engages you comprehensively, blending interactive lectures, workshops, and virtual laboratories. It equips you with the essential knowledge, understanding, and skills for successful degree-level study in psychology. Through individual and group projects, you'll gain formative feedback, ensuring a solid grasp of core concepts. You'll switch into our psychology degree which will introduce you to key psychological practices, giving you an expert understanding of everything from cognitive and social psychology to biological and developmental psychology. You’ll also gain an in-depth knowledge of human behaviour, which will open up a wide range of career opportunities and specialist study routes.

Our course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), which means you’ll gain Graduate Basis of Chartered Membership once you complete your BSc Psychology. The versatile skills acquired pave the way for diverse careers such as counselling, social work, teaching, or academia. Benefit from state-of-the-art facilities, both online and offline, enhancing your learning experience. With optional modules in the final year, you can specialize in your passion, ensuring a tailored education.

After working with our students to gather feedback on what they love most about our courses, we’re making some changes to how we structure and teach our programmes for the start of the 2024/25 academic year. You can find more information about how this course is affected by viewing the relevant course information sheet on our Learning Framework page: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/study/learning-framework/