Course summary

Highlights

• This online BPS accredited psychology degree gives you the opportunity to study all the core areas of psychology required for gaining Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS).

• Alongside this, you will learn about how we apply psychological knowledge to understanding aspects of criminal justice and forensic-related contexts, settings and behaviours.

• As an online learning programme, it is a great option for those who can’t get onto campus, including working professionals and international students.

• Unlike many forensic psychology degrees, our course includes modules specific to forensic psychology perspectives from the first year of study.

• This degree will provide Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC)*. GBC is the first step to becoming a Chartered Psychologist and/or onward training in any of the regulated HCPC practitioner psychologist domains.

• We are one of the few universities to offer the two stages of professional training in forensic psychology, which you would need to achieve professional registration. An accredited undergraduate degree in psychology that confers GBC is the starting point of your journey to becoming a psychologist in any domain.

• Psychopathy

• Working with offenders in forensic settings

• Offenders with mental and intellectual disabilities

• Working with serious and dangerous offenders

• Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD

• Clinical applications of psychology