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Course summary
If you're looking to take your first steps in a psychology-related field, our BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year is a great place to start. This course offers a strong focus on applied learning to provide you with real world skills to enhance your employability. You will develop evidence-based knowledge of current psychological theories and issues and discover how they can be applied to everyday life as well as a professional setting. You will also build skills in scientific reasoning, learn to understand the role of evidence and make critical judgements in psychological arguments. The degree programme is designed so that the Foundation Year focuses on developing the key skills required to study at degree level and covers the same six modules as on our law and business degrees. The modules covered will initially enhance your communications skills, digital and information literacy and ability to think critically. You then have the added flexibility of switching your degree programme if another discipline captures your interest, subject to availability and entry requirements. Why study BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year with us?
- Cross-subject optional modules: In Year 3, you will be able to choose from optional modules in our other subject areas of law, criminology and policing. These will help you build transferable skills valuable to employers.
- Work-based learning module: In your final year, you will spend at least 40 hours volunteering at an organisation of your choice to apply the psychological principles you have learned on the course.
- Quality Teaching: This course has been designed to align with the QAA Statement for Psychology (The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education), ensuring you’ll receive high quality teaching, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to succeed.
- Learn from experienced lecturers: In our Psychology at ULaw module, you will explore the specialisms of your lecturers and their unique journeys through the field of psychology.
- Multiple study options: Choose from studying online or at our Leeds campus.
- Practical learning: We keep class sizes small so we can personalise teaching to your unique career goals.
- Award-winning Employability support: From day one to beyond graduation, you will have access to 1:1 support from our experienced Employability Service.
- Employability Skills: Develop a range of employability skills including critical thinking, data analysis and teamwork in addition to understanding human behaviour and group dynamics. These skills can lead to a variety of careers in not only psychology, but also in education, human resources and people management, marketing, and data analytics.
Modules
All modules are 20 credits unless stated Foundation Year In Term 1 students study; • Communication Skills • Digital and Research Skills • Sustainabilty and Society In Term 2 the students will study; • Foundation Year Project • Core Concepts of Psychology • One option from the following: Core Concepts of Business; Core Concepts of Computer Science; Core Concepts of Criminology and Policing, Core Concepts of Law. Year One • The Psychology of Mental Health • Understanding the Person • Psychology @ Ulaw • Research Methods in Psychology • Brain and Behaviour • Applications of Professional Psychology Year Two • Neuroscience of Behaviour • Lifespan Development • Personality & Individual Differences • Advanced Research Methods • Social & Critical Psychology • Cognitive Psychology Year Three • Work Based Learning module (20 credits 2 semesters) • Mental Health and Wellbeing • Dissertation (40 credits, 2 semesters) Optional module (pick 2): • Health psychology • Mental health & mental capacity law (law) • Gender, sexuality and crime (criminology) • Public protection: understanding abuse and risk (policing) • Evolution of the prison system (criminology) • Urban criminology (criminology) • Migration (criminology) • Cyberpsychology • Occupational & Organisational psychology • The Psychology of consumer behaviour • Human Rights law (law) • Family law (law) • Media, crime and control (criminology) • Zemiology: social harms (criminology) • Cybercrime (criminology) • Terrorism (criminology) • Forensic and criminal psychology (policing)
Assessment method
Assessments are designed to meet the programme and module learning outcomes and are both formative and summative. The formative assessments include the preparation and feedback from teaching sessions (e.g. lectures, seminars, workshops and presentations). Summative assessment that contributes to the grade, may include written assignment, group work/studies, video presentations(video, oral, poster), reports and reflective assignments.
How to apply
14Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Foundation
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 64 points
A level - CC - DDE
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MPP
Access to HE Diploma - D: 0 credits M: 15 credits P: 30 credits
Scottish Higher - AA - BCC
AS - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MM
Scottish Advanced Higher - DD
Extended Project - Not accepted
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - Pass (D or E)
Please note: We assess your most recent awarded or attempt of a qualification(s) towards entry to our programme so it is important that you include all recent study on your application. Students who will be under the age of 18 but no younger than 17 at the commencement of the course are permitted.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
https://www.law.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/entry-requirements/
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | IELTS 6.0 or above with a minimum of 5.5 in each component. |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| EU | £18100 | Year 1 |
| International | £18100 | Year 1 |
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 .
Additional fee information
Home students: The Foundation Year fee will be £5,760 and all subsequent year fees will be £9,535 per year.
International and EU students: £18,100 for all years fees
Tuition fees for students continuing their course in following years may be subject to annual inflationary increases.
Our course fees also include all textbooks and materials. Please see the following link for further information - https://www.law.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course-fees-and-funding/
Provider information
The University of Law
2 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8HQ