Psychology with Criminology, BSc (Hons)

This course offers a comprehensive understanding of core psychology areas, including cognition, development, biology, and the history of psychological theories, alongside key concepts in criminology and criminal justice. Students learn from research-active staff across two departments, exploring interdisciplinary topics such as forensic psychology, memory and the law, and judgment and decision making. It builds expertise for careers in crime control and criminal justice, emphasizing research skills, critical analysis of evidence, and policy debates, while allowing customization through a wide range of elective modules and BPS accreditation for enhanced employability.The program spans three years, with Year 1 focusing on foundational knowledge in biology, psychological theories, criminology, and research design. Year 2 deepens understanding through core modules in cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, plus victimology. Year 3 includes an independent research project and specialist electives like criminal behavior and health psychology. Assessment comprises essays, presentations, exams, lab reports, and a final dissertation, ensuring practical application under expert guidance.

In year 1 you will develop core knowledge in biology, psychological theories, concepts in criminology, and research design. Core modules include:

• Biological approaches to mind and behaviour

• Cognitive Approaches to mind and behaviour

• Criminology

• Criminal Justice

• History and Theory of Psychology

• Lifespan Psychology

• Research Design and Analysis (Quantitative Methods)

• Research Design and Analysis (Laboratory Methods)

In year 2 you will deepen your understanding of the subject with core psychology modules that meet the requirements of the British Psychological Society, alongside criminology and victimology. Core modules include:

• Biological Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Developmental Psychology

• Personality and Differential Psychology

• Research Methods in Psychology

• Social Psychology

• Statistical Methods in Psychology

• Victimology

In year 3 you will conduct your own in-depth research project in psychology. Select six specialist modules from our expert staff, who are active researchers and practitioners. Core modules include:

• Project in Psychology

Elective modules include:

• Approaches to Autism

• Crime, Culture and the City

• Criminal Behaviour

• Criminal Justice in Crisis

• Critical Psychology: Opportunities for a Progressive Discipline

• Decision Making and Behavioural Economics

• Emotions

• Forensic Psychology

• From Genes to Behaviour

• Health Psychology and Behaviour Change

• How the Neurosciences inform Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

• Introduction to Clinical Psychology

• Introduction to Counselling Psychology

• Introduction to Educational Psychology

• Leisure, the Body and Deviance

• Memory and the law

• Organisational Psychology

• Policing

• Practicing Psychology Voluntary Experience

• Property and Crime

• Social and Cognitive Neuroscience

• Social Psychology for Behaviour Change

- Youth Crime