Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes, examining how people think, feel, perceive, remember, learn and develop across the lifespan. It draws on biology, neuroscience, sociology and philosophy to address both fundamental questions about the human condition and practical challenges in health, education, work and public life. As a discipline, it combines careful experimental research with the close observation of how people actually live and behave.

At the University of Buckingham this two-year programme offers an accelerated route to a psychology degree, delivered through the university's distinctive tutorial model. You will meet weekly in small tutorial groups of a maximum of seven students with your module tutor, creating an educational environment that is more personalised and demanding than large lecture-based teaching. Tutorials are run with a professional ethos, encouraging preparation, participation and direct engagement with the material.

The two-year format runs full time and is suited to students who want to progress to graduate careers or further professional training more quickly.

Psychology graduates enter an exceptionally wide range of careers. Those who wish to work as clinical, counselling, educational, occupational or forensic psychologists typically undertake further postgraduate training. Others move into human resources, marketing and consumer research, social work, healthcare, education, the criminal justice system and roles in the public and voluntary sectors where understanding people and behaviour is central.

The analytical and research skills that psychology develops are valued across virtually every industry, and the tutorial model at Buckingham develops professional communication and critical thinking from the very start of the degree.