Psychology (With Education and Child Development Perspectives) with Foundation Year Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

Do you want to understand how children learn, develop, and thrive, and how psychology can improve educational experiences?

The BSc (Hons) Psychology (with Education and Child Development Perspectives) combines a strong foundation in psychological science with opportunities to explore learning, development, wellbeing, and education across childhood and adolescence.

This four-year course includes an initial full-time Foundation Year and offers an alternative route into university and gaining a degree.

This route is for you if you do not have the necessary qualifications or don’t yet feel ready to begin degree-level study, or are returning to education and would like some support to get up to speed with learning in a university setting.

The Foundation Year in Psychology will allow you to develop your academic skills and confidence as well as introduce you to key concepts, debates, and skills that will support and inform your subsequent years of undergraduate study.

During your Foundation Year, you will undertake modules to enable you to enhance your academic skills and equip you with the tools you’ll need to study with confidence. You’ll carry out a personal project so you can study an area of interest related to your chosen future subject specialisation.

You’ll be introduced to the main perspectives, investigation methods, key theories, research and controversies across the main areas of psychology. You'll study quantitative and qualitative approaches to research and learn about the application of psychology in a professional context in each of the British Psychological Society (BPS) professional areas.

Following successful completion of the Foundation Year, you’ll progress onto the first year of our Psychology (with Education and Child Development Perspectives) BSc (Hons) degree.