Psychology (Mental Health), BSc (Hons)

This British Psychological Society (BPS)-accredited BSc (Hons) Psychology (Mental Health) degree focuses on theories and treatments of psychopathologies, including trauma, psychosis, and addictive behaviours, while covering core BPS curriculum areas such as brain functions, human cognition, emotions, and behaviours. Taught by over 150 expert psychologists in one of the UK's largest departments, the course utilises innovative laboratories for research. Graduates achieving at least a 2.2 honours degree gain eligibility for BPS Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership, supporting careers in professional psychology.The programme provides a strong foundation in psychology through specialised modules in years one and two, emphasising mental health contexts, followed by advanced topics in the final year, including a supervised research project. Assessment includes coursework, exams, presentations, and tests. Benefits include work placements, optional modules, international opportunities, and transferable skills for diverse employability, with options for a four-year placement route.

The course is a specialised variant of our BSc (Hons) Psychology degree, with tailored modules towards a Mental Health emphasis in Years One and Two and a focus on theories and treatment of trauma, the psychology of distress, psychopathologies such as psychosis and addictive behaviour in your final year. Your first two years of your degree are designed to provide you with a thorough grounding in all core areas of psychology. You'll complete an introduction to psychology and core modules in biological, social, developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as undertaking training in research methods and statistics. You'll also complete bespoke modules that explore the academic and professional context of psychology with a particular focus on this specialism. Further specialisation takes place in your final year where most modules will be related to the specialism. You'll also complete a research project in psychology, focused on a topic of your choosing under the supervision of a research-active member of staff. In your First Year, you will study key topic areas including: Psychological Research in Context (Mental Health Psychology); Social and Developmental Psychology (One), Cognitive and Biological Psychology (One), Research Methods (One) and Statistics (One). In Year Two the core modules include: Analytical Thinking in Forensic Psychology; Cognitive and Biological Psychology (Two); Social and Developmental Psychology (Two); Research Methods and Statistics (Two); and Individual Differences and Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology. In your Final Year you will study Professional Practice in Psychology and undertake your Mental Health Psychology Research Project. You will also have the chance to choose a number of optional modules. You can find a full list of these on the NTU website. Your Work Based Psychology Practice module is a unique feature of Psychology at NTU. Taking on the role of a consultant psychologist, you will work on real-life problem scenarios supplied by external organisations, and provide evidence-based solutions to these organisations. You also have the option of choosing to complete a four-year course that includes a year-long work placement in between Year Two and Year Three. You must apply with the UCAS code C803 to be considered for the four-year sandwich or placement course.