Course Modules

This module will provide you with a range of fundamental study and practical skills that can be applied throughout this degree and beyond. You will develop a range of critical skills, including numeracy, information literacy, writing abilities and essential study […]

This module centres on developing professional and laboratory competencies essential in the field of science. You will participate in a personal development programme, where you will have regular meetings with an academic advisor and develop study and examination skills. Additionally,

This module builds on core counselling skills, introducing deeper relational engagement through PCEPS skills development and applied ethical considerations. You will explore various client presenting issues, working with differences and diversity, and the relationship between counselling psychology and other approaches.

This module explores how we think (Cognitive Psychology) and how we differ from one another (Individual Differences). The aim of this module is to introduce you to basic theory, research findings and methods of investigation in perception, attention, learning, memory,

In this module, you will explore theories surrounding crime and its conceptual construction. Alongside this, a consideration of the role and function of law in society will be made. You will undertake an introduction to criminal profiling, an exploration of

This module introduces the conceptual and historical issues in psychology, as well as the work of prominent figures who have influenced the development of modern psychology. You will begin to explore key thinkers in psychology, focusing on how key thinkers

The module aims to develop an understanding of a broad area of everyday functioning and experience in terms of the behaviours, feelings, attitudes and mental processes involved in that experience. You will use functional analysis so that a broad experience

Based on the discipline of Positive Psychology, the module will explore the experience of living well, relating the need to understand well-being, emotions, motivation, aspirations and goals to self-development, personality traits, needs for achievement, self-efficacy, and self-esteem, environmental influences and

Interacting with others is a natural occurrence in everyday life. The aim of this module is to explore and develop essential interpersonal skills that applied practitioners require as they engage in person-to-person interactions and develop sound working relationships. You will

This module explores the sociological influences brought to bear on our success as learners. You will draw on historical and contemporary theory and research into thinking, learning and development in order to consider how individuals can maximise learning opportunities for