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BSc (Hons) Psychology and Criminology

University of Suffolk, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Psychology at the University of Suffolk at our main campus in Ipswich is accredited by the British Psychological Society. Students who wish to become professional psychologists are eligible for Graduate Basis of Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society, providing that they gain a minimum of second-class honours and have completed all the required psychology modules. Contemporary Psychology is a scientific discipline dealing with human behaviour, cognition, and action. In Psychology at the University of Suffolk, you will explore and examine the interaction between mind and behaviour, the nature of the unconscious, the functioning of memory, individual behaviour in social situations, prejudice, and altruism. Students studying criminology at the University of Suffolk will be challenged to seek answers to fundamental questions. Psychology and Criminology student, Emma, talks about her experience joining us through Clearing. Watch her story below.

General Eligibility

112 UCAS tariff points (or above), BBC (A-Level), DMM (BTEC) or Access to HE Diploma - a minimum of 30 Level 3 credits at merit grade or above.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
  • Foundations in Biological and Cognitive Psychology (Mandatory)

  • Foundations of Social and Developmental Psychology (Mandatory)

  • Introduction to Criminology (Mandatory)

  • Psychological Research Methods and Skills (Mandatory)

  • Politics and Policy (Requisite)

  • Sociological Imagination (Requisite)

2 Year 2
  • Biological and Cognitive Psychology (Mandatory)

  • Criminological Theory (Mandatory)

  • Qualitative Research Methods (Mandatory)

  • Quantitative Data Analysis (Mandatory)

  • Social and Developmental Psychology (Mandatory)

  • Contemporary Issues in Criminology (Optional)

  • Criminal Justice (Optional)

  • Policing (Optional)

  • Psychology and Crime (Optional)

  • Youth, Crime and Justice (Optional)

3 Year 3
  • Abnormal Psychology (Mandatory)

  • Individual Differences (Mandatory)

  • Psychology Project (Mandatory)

  • Drugs, Crime and Society (Optional)

  • Forensic Psychology (Optional)

  • Penology (Optional)

  • Victimology (Optional)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69
IELTS 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components) where English is not the students' first language.

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