Psychology with Human Biology, BSc (Hons)

This course integrates psychology and human biology to explore how emerging technologies influence human welfare, health, and disease. Students will study the scientific foundations of these technologies, including biochemistry, behaviour, physiology, and physiological psychology, while addressing ethical implications. Key benefits include gaining in-depth knowledge of human biology, eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the British Psychological Society, opportunities for international exchange, research apprenticeships, and access to advanced facilities like virtual reality labs.In the first year, foundational topics cover core psychology theories and human biology, including biochemistry and the human life cycle. The second year emphasizes research skills through hands-on experiments in cognitive, developmental, and clinical psychology, alongside immunology and physiology. An optional placement year provides real-world experience, and the final year allows specialization in areas like forensic or health psychology, culminating in a supervised research project. The program is accredited by the British Psychological Society and focuses on active learning and professional development.

In your first year, you’ll study the basic theories of psychology, covering learning, social, developmental, clinical, cognitive and physiological psychology. From methods of psychological research, to information technology, communication and critical thinking, you’ll begin developing important skills for the workplace. On the human biology side, you’ll cover biochemistry, the human life cycle, genes, organisms and populations. In your second year, with a focus on developing research and practical skills, your psychology modules will give you additional hands-on experience in designing and testing your own experiments to explore a range of topics. You also continue to build upon your knowledge of the core areas of psychology, getting to grips with key concepts from across cognitive, developmental, social and clinical psychology. Human biology topics in your second year include fundamental immunology, biochemistry and human physiology. If you choose, you can take an optional work placement after your second year, expanding your knowledge of psychology in a real world context across the UK. Apply to spend a year honing your skills on a psychological professional/work placement. Gain invaluable experience, make professional contacts and receive a Certificate of Professional/Industrial Placement. Please note some placements may require Occupation Health and/or Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. You will have complete freedom of choice about the topics you specialise in for your final year psychology modules. You will study four current topics from a list of sixteen options, taught by world experts in their fields. A typical year’s list includes options in forensic, developmental, health, clinical, occupational, cognitive, social, and neuropsychology. You'll also choose to work on your own research project, supervised by one of our staff. All of our staff are active researchers, and all of our staff teach, unlike other universities. As a large school, you can be confident that we can cover almost every area. Your human biology modules will bring you up-to-date with current approaches and issues in the study of the nervous system and health. The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry and up to date information can be found on our website.