BSc (Hons) Cyberpsychology

A Foundation Year is available on this course. See page 64 for more information

Key Information

Accreditations: British Psychological Society (BPS)

Duration and delivery: 3 years full-time with optional 4-week placement, or 4 years full-time with a minimum 30-week placement

Entry requirements: 112 - 128 tariff points

Required subjects:

None

If English is not your first language: IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component or equivalent

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Entry requirements, contact hours and course costs

This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), and covers the core areas of the BPS syllabus. The accreditation means when you graduate, you are eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership of the BPS, provided you gain at least a second class Honours degree. Having Graduate Basis for Chartership of the BPS is the first step towards becoming a chartered psychologist.

Emerging field

This emerging new field examines how the behaviour of individuals, groups, organisations and societies are influenced by technology. This covers a wide range of areas, including education, entertainment, social media and cyber security.

This course will help you to develop a well-rounded knowledge of all areas of psychology. You’ll learn a range of research skills and methods to investigate traditional and online behaviour, and you’ll be able to apply that knowledge in a variety of contexts – including conducting your own independent research.

State-of-the-art facilities

Your learning will be based in our Department of Psychology, where you’ll have access to state-of-the-art facilities such as eye tracking technology to help you understand how people, groups, organisations and societies interact with, and make use of, technology.

Valuable industry experience

So that you graduate primed for a career in industry, there’s the opportunity to gain invaluable work experience by choosing to undertake a 30-week work placement in the third year of the course. Alternatively, you can choose to undertake a fourweek work placement between the second and third year of the course. In addition, you’ll have the chance to gain valuable research experience by working on staff research projects during the second year and the final year of the course.

By studying cyberpsychology, you will understand the interaction between people and technology, and how this relationship can be used to improve psychological wellbeing.

Professor John McAlaney, Course Leader