BSc (Hons) Psychology with Forensic Investigation

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.

Specific focus

This course will help you develop a high level of understanding in all areas of psychology, with a specific focus on the application of psychology in forensic contexts. You will gain an in-depth understanding of the UK criminal investigation process and relevant legal issues.

Transferable skills

You will also acquire transferable skills, such as critical thinking, project management, presentation skills and an understanding of professional practice. During your degree, you will be presented with a range of different assessment methods, which are designed to enhance your repertoire of academic skills as well as being applicable to the development of key vocationalorientated skills. In your final year, you will work closely with an academic staff member to carry out your own research project, from which you will write your final-year project dissertation.

Practical 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.

Applying knowledge about human cognition and behaviour to solve real-life problems, such as those happening in the criminal justice system, is the core of what we do and what we practice.

Dr Natalie Mestry, Course Leader

UCAS code C803

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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