Psychology with Sociology

UCAS code: C8L3

Here's what University of Plymouth says about its Psychology with Sociology course.

Explore how social influences and structures affect our thoughts, emotions and actions, with hands-on learning in social, developmental, clinical and cognitive psychology, alongside sociology.

Active learning Learn as you practise – you'll develop practical skills for your future career through hands-on activities in our psychology experiential learning lab, building experience from the start.

Real-world experience Apply your skills and knowledge with an optional placement year, or take part in an international exchange year by studying abroad. This builds your confidence and broadens your experience.

Personalise your studies You'll get to know the subjects you love. Our option-based final year gives you complete flexibility to focus on the areas of psychology that interest you the most.

This course is for you if...

• you're intrigued by how thoughts, feelings and motivations shape behaviour

• you want to build practical skills through hands-on learning

• you seek the freedom to explore areas of psychology that interest you

• you want to learn about the interaction between the individual mind and the social world we live in.

Year 1 In your first year, you'll study the core theories of psychology, including topics like learning, social, developmental, clinical, cognitive, and physiological psychology. You'll also begin developing key skills, such as research methods, information technology, communication, and critical thinking, all of which are crucial for your future career. You’ll also study key concepts and theories surrounding real world issues such as poverty, social exclusion, work, community, religion, media, crime, education and more.

Year 2 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. In sociology, you will study social change and sources of social identity in the modern world. You’ll also learn about consumer culture, ethnicity, globalisation and politics and the state.

Year 3 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.

Final year Chart your own path in your fully option-based final year. With 32 different specialist psychology options offering a huge breadth of unique pathways you can follow your aspirations and gain and specialist skills and knowledge for your future. With the study of morals, psychopharmacology, music and emotion, deception, and animal behaviour to name just a few of the topics, you are free to explore the areas of psychology that interest and benefit you the most. These studies are also augmented by a supervised research project, where you will work alongside one of our world-class research academics on a question of your own choosing. For further details, please refer to our website.

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