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Undergraduate study
The psychology degree at Buckingham consists of three levels which all students progress through in the two years of their degree. The introductory levelThis is the preliminary stage in which students are introduced to some of the key theories, research and ideas in psychology. It is also the level at which students are introduced to research methods, research design and the analysis of data. |
The theory level
Here students explore the central theoretical components of contemporary psychology:
Cognitive psychology: examines the structure and functioning of the mind and nervous
system
Social psychology: explores how people think and behave in relation to each other
Psychobiology: investigates the link between brain and behaviour in addition to exploring
the evolutionary origins of the human mind and behaviour
Individual differences: looks at the way in which people vary in characteristics such as
personality and intelligence
Developmental psychology: explores the way in which we develop psychologically during the
early years of life.
The applied level
At this stage students use the knowledge they have gained from studying the core psychological theories and begin to apply it to tackle various psychological problems. These courses are the ones that often attract students to psychology in the first place. At Buckingham we have applied courses on the psychology of crime, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, the psychology of language, counselling psychology and more. Please see the course programme for full details.