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Psychology with a Year in Industry at Swansea University - UCAS

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Course summary

Our new 4-year BSc Psychology with a year in industry offers an additional year in industry to the 3-year Psychology BSc. This additional year will give students the opportunity to experience work in industry, allowing students to build their confidence and gain real-world experience Studying Psychology at Swansea will give you expert scientific training in the relationship between the mind, brain, and behaviour. You will study the psychological and neuro-scientific processes that underpin activities such as thinking, reasoning, memory and language, learn about the effects of brain injury, and explore ways to improve health-related behaviour. With an extensive range of final year optional modules, you will also have the scope to tailor your studies to your particular interests, career goals, or ambitions for postgraduate study. You will develop excellent research, written, and critical analysis skills, as well as a high degree of numeracy and ICT ability. Our approach to teaching, which includes lectures, personal tutorials, academic seminars, workshops, and practical research classes, encourages effective team-working and high-quality oral communication skills.

Modules

Year 1 • Biological Psychology • Cognition • Individual and Abnormal Psychology • Social and Developmental Psychology Year 2 • Brain and Behaviour • Development Across the Lifespan • From Individuals to Society • Research and Experimental Methods Year 3 • Students will spend a year in industry Year 4 • Final Year Independent Research Project • Forensic Developmental Psychopathology • Nutrition and Behaviour • Sleep and Dreaming • Understanding and Managing Criminal Behaviour • Face Perception and Social Cognitive Neuroscience • Psychology of Sport and Exercise • Positive Psychology • Understanding and Managing Criminal Behaviour • Dimensions of Personality and Sexual Disorder • Psychology of Aesthetics • Health and Human Development from Pregnancy to Infancy • Evolution and Human Behaviour • Behaviour Change: Health, Organisations and Advertising

Assessment method

You will have around 10 hours of scheduled lectures and practical classes each week with additional module related seminars and personal tutorials scheduled throughout each semester. Independent and self-directed study is an integral part of each module to support your learning and development, you will also learn through lectures, personal tutorials, academic seminars, workshops and practical research classes. During your final year, you will work collaboratively with psychology staff on an independent research project. Some of our students even go on to publish their independent research projects in academic peer-reviewed journals and present their findings at national and international research conferences.


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
C80I
Institution code:
S93
Campus name:
Singleton Park Campus
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

International applicants

This Course is Open to UK, EU and international students.

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements


English language requirements

For applicants whose first language is not English we require a minimum overall IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent) and no less than 5.5 in each component.

English Language Requirements at Swansea University

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/admissions/english-language-requirements/


Student Outcomes

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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
83%
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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

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Psychology with a Year in Industry at Swansea University - UCAS