Our Applied Psychology and Sociology degree programme allows you to study human behaviour and experience from a range of competing perspectives, including the fascinating relationship between personal and social worlds. You learn to apply psychological knowledge to your own experiences, emotions and behaviours and to see the psychological dimension of contemporary society. The sociology element helps you to critically engage with contemporary issues such as poverty, globalisation and protest, and to understand the many personal, interpersonal and group processes that link individual and social problems. There is also an optional work placement in the second year, so you can gain practical experience in a community setting and improve your employability in the process. The degree follows the recommended curriculum of the British Psychology Society (BPS) and confers eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC), which is the first step toward becoming a professional psychologist.

Our graduates have found employment in social research, social work, the police, local government, the civil service, journalism, management, teaching, the voluntary sector, housing and the welfare services. Others have progressed on to postgraduate study. Those who wish to pursue a career as a professional psychologist may consider pathways into forensic, occupational and clinical psychology.