Program Overview

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BSc (Hons) Psychology

Overview

Our BSc (Hons) Psychology course has been designed to equip you with critical psychological skills, knowledge, and values that can be applied to real-world contexts. With practical teaching from experienced lecturers coupled with bespoke support from our Employability Service, you will graduate ready to take the next step in your career.

Key Facts

Entry Requirements

• A Level: BBC
• BTEC: DMM
• UCAS Tariff Points*: 112
• GCSE: Grade C/4 or above in English Language and Maths, or equivalent

*From three A Levels or equivalent.

Locations

• Leeds
• London Bloomsbury
• Online

Study Mode Options

• Full-time

Next Start Date

• September 2025

Course Details

UCAS Code: C800

If you're looking to take your first steps in a psychology-related field, our BSc (Hons) Psychology 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 judgments in psychological arguments.

Why Study BSc (Hons) Psychology 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.

Foundation Year

UCAS Code: C801

You can choose to take an additional Foundation Year before you start your BSc (Hons) Psychology. This introductory 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.

Entry requirements for the Foundation Year are different from our three-year degrees. For full details, check our Entry Requirements page.

Course Structure

Foundation Year (If Applicable)

• Semester 1:
  • Communication Skills
  • Digital and Research Skills
  • Sustainability and Society
• Semester 2:
  • Foundation Year Project
  • Shaping Skills for Success
  • Core Concepts of Psychology
  • Choose one: Core Concepts of Law, Core Concepts of Computer Science, Core Concepts of Criminology and Policing, Core Concepts of Business

Year 1 (31 Study Weeks)

• Full-time:
  • The Psychology of Mental Health
  • Understanding the Person
  • Contemporary Issues in Psychology
  • Research Methods Design
  • Brain and Behaviour
  • Applications of Professional Psychology

Year 2 (30 Study Weeks)

• Full-time:
  • Neuroscience of Behaviour
  • Lifespan Development
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Mixed Methods Research
  • Social and Critical Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

Year 3 (30 Study Weeks)

• Full-time:
  • Work-Based Learning
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Dissertation
• Optional modules* (choose 2):
  • You will be able to choose modules from our other subject areas of law, criminology, and policing, such as Mental Health Law (Law) and Gender, Sexuality and Crime (Criminology).
  • You will also have a choice of Psychology optional modules tailored to the unique specialisms of our lecturers, such as Cyber Psychology.

Course Start Dates

• September 2025
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology
    • Full-time: Leeds and London Bloomsbury
  • Online
    • Study BSc (Hons) Psychology Online starting September 2025

Fees and Funding

• 2025/26 Course Fee:
  • UK Students per year: £9,535
  • UK Students per year (with Foundation Year): £5,760 (1st year only, rising to £9,535 from 2nd year*)
  • International Students per year: £17,550 (London), £16,700 (non-London)

*Fees for future study years will change in line with government changes.

If you need to fund your studies with a student loan, you can apply via Student Finance.

International Students

We have students from over 120 different countries throughout our campuses, with a dedicated team to help international students.