Content
The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.
Year one
You'll study:
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Introduction to Criminological Theory
- Introduction to Psychology
- Research Design and Analysis 1
- Understanding Crime.
Year two
You'll study:
- Identities in Psychology
- Mind, Brain and Development
- Research Design and Analysis 2.
Plus, optional modules (the number depending on credit requirement) from:
- Angels or Demons?: Understanding and Managing Youth Offending
- Crime, Media and Culture
- Difference': 'Race', Ethnicity and Diversity in Contemporary Society
- Drugs, Crime and Society
- Mental Health, Crime and Criminal Justice
- Policing and Crime Prevention.
Placement year (if applicable)
If you study on the four year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work or study placement after Year two.
Depending on which you choose, you'll either complete a placement learning or learning and development module.
See the placements and fees sections for more information.
Final year
You'll study:
Plus, optional modules (the number depending on credit requirement) from:
- Animal Behaviour and Cognition
- Clinical Aspects of Mental Health
- Cognitive Neuropsychology
- Constructing Gender in Society
- Developmental Psychology: Contexts, Neurodoversity and Complexities
- Forensic Psychology
- Health Psychology in Practice
- Human Sexuality
- Methods in Neuroscience
- Principles of Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Psychology and Social Justice
- Psychology in the Community
- Psychology of Addiction
- Psychology of Appearance and Embodiment
- Psychology of Sport and Exercise
- Psychology of Work
- Psychopharmacology
- The Arts and Mental Health.
Plus, optional modules (the number depending on credit requirement) from:
- Gender, Sex and Social Control
- Green Criminology: Environment, Crime and Justice
- Hate Crime: Offending, Victimisation and Policing
- Missing People: Lost Identities and Social Harm
- Organised Crime
- Prisons, Punishment and Human Rights
- Protest, Policing and Public Order
- Risk and Risk Management
- Terrorism: History, Myths and Policy
- Victims and Victiminology.
You can study Psychology at UWE Bristol as either a major or minor accredited course, with Criminology, Sociology or Law. If Psychology is the major subject, you'll receive the Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC).
This structure is for full-time students only. Part-time students study the same modules but the delivery pattern will be different.
The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we'll inform you.
Learning and Teaching
The course covers the core British Psychological Society content areas in psychology. You'll study social, developmental and cognitive psychology, individual differences, biological psychology, conceptual and historical issues, statistical analysis and research design.
The course is taught by internationally acclaimed psychologists and researchers. Over 40 members of academic staff will be available to you for questions and support.
Learn through a mix of traditional lectures, seminars, and online learning in our virtual learning environment, Blackboard. Gain hands-on experience with psychological topics and approaches through regular practical sessions in our psychology labs.
Engage with learning materials, and other students and staff, through this online system - submitting assignments online, taking quizzes, and accessing blogs, videos, podcasts and discussion boards.
Our lecturers incorporate their research into their teaching. Participate in student and staff research projects through our research centres such as the Psychological Sciences Research Group and the internationally- renowned Centre for Appearance Research.
For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.
Assessment
We'll assess you using coursework, such as essays, journal articles, book reviews, research reports, literature reviews, computer-based tests, personal reflective journals and group presentations. We'll also use controlled assessments such as unseen and seen examinations, timed assignments, and group and individual presentations.
Learn more about assessments.