Course content

This course will fully immerse you in the discipline of psychology by offering a personalised learning experience with abundant choice across 30 compulsory and elective modules.

You will share closely the excitement of new discoveries in psychology working alongside academic staff on research projects from brain electrophysiology to studies on alcohol, and from conflict resolution and forgiveness to how young people respond to advertising.

Our students tell us how much they value the psychology-specific learning support on offer from our team of Teaching Fellows, from essay writing workshops to support with project work and rapid response advice over email.

You will learn to apply psychology in situations ranging from negotiating personal relationships to influencing judgments about matters of global significance such as climate change. You will graduate ready to use your psychology skills and knowledge to make a real difference.

The single and combined honours Psychology courses at Keele are accredited by the British Psychological Society.

Please view our Psychology Undergraduate 2020 brochure‌.

Course structure

Our degree courses are organised into modules. Each module is usually a self-contained unit of study and each is usually assessed separately with the award of credits on the basis of 1 credit = 10 hours of student effort. An outline of the structure of the programme is provided in the tables below.

There are three types of module delivered as part of this programme. They are:

• Compulsory modules: a module that you are required to study on this course;
• Optional modules: these allow you some limited choice of what to study from a list of modules;
• Elective modules: a free choice of modules that count towards the overall credit requirement but not the number of subject-related credits.

A summary of the credit requirements per year is as follows, with a minimum of 90 subject credits (compulsory plus optional) required for each year.

Year	Compulsory	Optional		Electives
		Min	Max	Min	Max
1	90	0	30	0	30
2	90	30	30	0	0
3	75	15	45	0	15

Year 1 (Level 4)

Compulsory modules	Credits	Optional modules	Credits
Introduction to Social and Developmental Psychology	15	Understanding self and others better: an introduction to counselling theories	15
Introduction to Research Design	15	Distress and Mental Health	15
Introduction to Biological & Cognitive Psychology	15
Introduction to Statistics for Psychology	15
Natural, unnatural, supernatural: the psychology of unusual phenomena	15
Applied Psychology	15

Year 2 (Level 5)

Compulsory modules	Credits	Optional modules	Credits
Developmental & Social Psychology	15	Cognitive Development	15
Qualitative and Survey Research Design	15	Psychopathology	15
Biological and Cognitive Psychology	15	The Psychology of Advertising	15
Statistics for Psychology	15	The Psychology of Crime, Investgation and Punishment	15
Cognitive Neuroscience	15
Social Psychology in the Modern World	15

 

 

Year 3 (Level 6)

Compulsory modules	Credits	Optional modules	Credits
Final Year Project	30	Psychology in Education	15
Key Readings in Cognitive Psychology	15	Making a Difference with Psychology	15
Individual Differences and Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology	15	The Psychology of Deviance	15
Culture and Psychology	15	Groups, Crowds and Conflict	15
		Faces, Forgetting and Forensic Psychology	15
		Health Psychology	15
		Current Perspectives on Autism	15
		Everyday Memory & Amnesia	15
		Happiness and Wellbeing	15

 

For further information on the content of modules currently offered, including the list of elective modules, please visit: www.keele.ac.uk/recordsandexams/az

The module details given above are indicative and will give you a good idea of the range of subjects that we teach. We regularly review our teaching to ensure that the modules we offer are up-to-date; therefore, the modules available to study are liable to change.

Entry requirements

The entry grades outlined in this section indicate the likely offer or range of offers which would be made to candidates along with any subject specific requirements. This is for general information only. Keele University reserves the right to vary offer conditions depending upon a candidate’s application. Read more about our undergraduate entry requirements for United Kingdom, European Union and International students.

A Level requirements

• A Level requirement ABC/BBB

GCSE requirements

• Maths at C (or 4) 
• English at C (or 4)

BTEC

• BTEC requirements DDM

International Baccalaureate

• 32 points 

Access to HE Diploma requirements

• Obtain Access to Higher Education Diploma with 122 UCAS Tariff points including a minimum of 30 Level 3 credits at Distinction. 

PREPARATION PROGRAMMES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

International students who do not meet the direct entry requirements for this course have the opportunity to study an International Foundation Year programme.

These courses are designed to prepare international students to enter into Keele University undergraduate degrees.

Fees and funding

Going to university can be a daunting as well as an exciting experience. It can be difficult to understand the true costs of being a student, as well as the financial support that is available to help you meet those costs.

We can help you to manage your funds, create a budget and ensure that you receive any funding for which you may be eligible. We also offer financial support such as the Keele University Hardship Fund and emergency loans.

For more information visit our money, advice and guidance section.

Career prospects

96% of Keele graduates were in a job or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE, 2017)

Choosing one of these courses is the first step towards becoming a Chartered Psychologist and a requirement for further study and training for a career in psychology. You could take up any number of very interesting careers in psychology, perhaps working as a neuropsychologist or as a clinical, counselling, educational, forensic, occupational or sports psychologist.

Whatever path you choose in your working life, the Keele Psychology degree aims to develop a psychological perspective on human behaviour which is valued in a huge range of careers. Many of our graduates choose to pursue exciting careers beyond psychology, including in education, health, social care, management, marketing and many more.

Combinations

Psychology is also available as a Combined Honours degree. It can be studied in the following combinations:

Psychology and Biology
Psychology and Business Management
Psychology and Criminology
Psychology and Education
Psychology and English Literature
Psychology and Forensic Science
Psychology and History
Psychology and Human Biology
Psychology and Human Resource Management
Psychology and Marketing
Psychology and Mathematics
Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology and Philosophy
Psychology and Sociology