This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2025.
University of East London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
Course summary
This psychosocial studies course was designed to provide a social sciences programme that encourages you to consider individuals' lived experiences in a comprehensive manner. Rather than focusing solely on a psychological or sociological viewpoint, it offers a more holistic understanding. Society profoundly influences how we all perceive our surroundings, while our internal experiences shape our thoughts, actions, and relationships. To excel as a professional community practitioner, you need a theoretical and ethical grasp of people's personal motivations, circumstances, beliefs, backgrounds, behaviours, and cultures, as well as a critical awareness of the societal structures and systems that impact lives.
Modules
Foundation Year: Mental Wealth and Professional Fitness, Health and Education Study Skills, Health and Education Analytical Skills, Media and Communication Skills, Educators of Tomorrow, Exploring Communities, Reading the Body Psychosocially, Digital Sociology, Globalisation and Society. Year 1: What’s Going On (How Do We Know, and What Can We Do About It?): Mental Wealth 1, Constructions of Identity, Psychology: Perspectives for Psychosocial Community Work, Communication for Psychosocial and Community Work Relationships, Preparation for Working with Communities, Psychosocial Work in Community Settings. Year 2: Knowledge, Skills, Practice and the Self (Mental Wealth 2), Mad, Bad or Sad? Understanding Mental Disorder, Professional Practice in Communities 1, Counselling: Therapeutic Skills and Practice, Research Methods, Difference, Race, Diversity, Inequality, Children, Young People and Families. Year 3: Knowledge, Skills, Practice and the Self (Mental Wealth 3), Professional Practice in Communities 2, Applied Research Project in Social Sciences, Managing and Leading in the Not-for-Profit Sector, Leaders, Followers and Fanatics, Health, Community and Activism, Gender, Difference and Empowerment.
Assessment method
On this psychosocial studies degree we use a range of assessment methods to ensure students have engaged with the learning outcomes of our modules, these include essays, plans, presentations, journals, blogs, portfolios, photography, and case studies. Knowledge is assessed by essays, plans, presentations, journals, blogs, portfolios, photography, and case studies. Thinking skills are assessed by reflective logs, project work, poster presentations, research reports, case studies, and responses to reflective questions. Practical skills are assessed by research proposals, portfolios, blogs, presentations, practice learning logs, fieldwork, and practice experience. All grades count towards your module mark. More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides. Feedback is provided within 15 working days in line with UEL's assessment and feedback policy. YEAR 1: Coursework 100% YEAR 2: Coursework 100% YEAR 3: Coursework 100%
How to apply
29Jan
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
- Course code:
- L308
- Institution code:
- E28
- Campus name:
- Docklands Campus
- Campus code:
- A
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 points
A level - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Access to HE Diploma
Pearson BTEC Diploma (QCF) - D*D*
For detailed information on entry requirements for our courses, please see the individual course pages. We consider a range of UK and worldwide qualifications at the appropriate level and also take relevant work experience into account when considering an application. Many courses have a Foundation Year option for those students whose qualifications do not meet the BA or BSc entry requirements. Applicants should have, or be working towards, grade C in GCSE English and Mathematics (or equivalent Level 2 qualification such as Functional Skills Level 2 in English and Mathematics or Key Skills Level 2 in Application of Number and Communication) Entry requirements are intended only as a guide for applicants. They are not a guarantee of an offer, nor of the conditions that may apply. When making a decision on your academic suitability, we will make an assessment of you as an individual and will use information other than qualifications; which may include predicted grades, performance at Level 2, relevant work experience, previous study at degree level, personal statement, references and any portfolio, written test or interview, to make our decision. If you have any questions, please contact a member of our Applicant Relations Team from Monday to Friday (9am–5pm) on +44 (0) 20 8223 3333 or https://uel.ac.uk/about/contact-us
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 |
| International | £15560 | 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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of East London
Docklands Campus
4-6 University Way
Newham
E16 2RD