Psychology (With Professional Practice Year) Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

This course provides you with the experience, knowledge and skills to follow a wide range of careers where you can make a real difference to people’s lives. You explore the core areas of psychology, learning how it applies to everyday life, then choose from optional units in areas such as atypical child development; counselling; criminal behaviour; and cognitive neuropsychology. You also have the opportunity to gain workplace experience or to take a placement year.

Professional Practice Year\
Take your course over four years and include a professional practice year after your second year of studies. It is an opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace while enhancing your knowledge and skills through fee-free paid practice. It also builds your CV and industry contacts with many students progressing to employment within their practice-year organisation or institution.

Course accreditation/industry endorsement\
This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). Graduating from a BPS-accredited degree with a 2nd-class Honours or above makes you eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the Society. It also enables you to enrol for Stage 1 postgraduate training.

Facilities and specialist equipment

* Specialist, industry-standard psychology laboratories and computing environments including a biological and cognitive psychology lab, and cognitive neuropsychology lab


*  State-of-the-art virtual reality lab housing omnidirectional slip-mills for unlimited movement in virtual environments; a range of tethered and untethered headsets, and eye-tracking capability

* Suite of research cubicles containing up-to-the-minute equipment and technology 

Equipment includes:

* Eye-tracking software and screen

* Driving simulator

* Biosemi Active 2 EEG with capabilities for up to 256+8 electrodes plus sensor channels

* Extended physiological recording facilities

* Psychometrics and cognitive test library

* Podcasting equipment 

We also have links with other Schools across the University, such as Computing, Engineering & Creative Industries and Life Sciences, able to support with additional resources. 

Career-powered links\
Our courses are reviewed and developed in conjunction with a panel of industry professionals from the NHS, mental health support and commercial organisations to ensure they align with the needs of employers, opening a variety of career pathways.

Members of our academic team engage with local organisations such as Luton Borough Council, HM Probation Service and charities. They are also actively involved in entrepreneurship and business, bringing this experience into their teaching and integrating it into the curriculum.

Your student experience\
Our links with organisations across a range of sectors ensure you have the opportunity for a placement at a variety of organisations. Students have previously been placed at a low-security in-patient unit in North London and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team at Bedford Hospital.

Benefit from friendly, approachable staff, small class sizes and easy access to academic support as well as specialist facilities dedicated to Psychology.\
Complete authentic assessments reflecting workplace practice.\
Take up field-trip opportunities including isits to relevant charities such as Headway, who support those with head injuries, or observing real-life court cases from the public gallery at Luton Crown Court. \
Benefit from membership of our Student Research Institute, providing opportunities to engage in research; assist staff; and attend research conferences.\
Present your supervised research to your peers and psychology professionals as part of our annual Student Research Conference.\
Hear from a variety of guest speakers at special events and masterclasses run by the Psychology department.