Fascinated by psychological disorders and their treatment? Our Cambridge-based degree, accredited by the British Psychological Society, is designed to introduce you to clinical and health psychology and develop your analytical skills using our specialist labs and facilities. You’ll engage with academics carrying out world-leading research, while an optional placement year and advanced modules in clinical and developmental psychology will give you a head start if you choose to study further to become a professional clinical, health or forensic psychologist.
Our degree will help you understand people and their unusual behaviours, emotions and thoughts. You’ll consider the possible links between psychological disorders and mental, emotional and physical disorders and explore how psychology is applied to the understanding of health, illness and healthcare. Developing your scientific, analytical and research skills, you’ll learn about treatments in areas such as clinical psychology and cognitive neuropsychology.
You’ll use our excellent research facilities, including well-equipped specialist laboratories for measuring electrical activity in the brain, eye movement, psychoneuroimmunology, emotions and communication, psychometrics, human behaviour, consumer reactions and much more.
To make sure you’re kept ahead of the latest findings, you’ll be invited to weekly research seminars with talks from leading academics and researchers.
Our course is accredited by the British Psychological Society. Providing you graduate with at least a second-class honours degree, you’ll be eligible for graduate chartered membership of the Society. This is the first step towards becoming a chartered psychologist. Please be aware that our placement courses are awaiting BPS accreditation, due May 2019.
Course Details - Modules
Year one, core modules:
Becoming a Researcher, Self and Society, The Psychology of Everyday Life, Mind and Behaviour, Introduction to Clinical and Health Psychology.
Year two, core modules:
Research in Action: Statistical Thinking, Social Psychology: Development and Difference, Ruskin Module, Research in Action: Qualitative Methods and Psychology in Practice, Brain, Body and Mind, Diagnosis and Formulation in Mental Health.
Year three, core modules:
Psychology Project, Clinical Psychology, Lifespan Development, Atypical Development, Psychological Therapies.
Year three, optional modules:
Psychology in the Workplace, Culture and Health, Neuropsychology, Groups in Conflict: Social Psychological Issues, Cyberpsychology, The Neuroscience of Self.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Throughout the course, we’ll use a range of assessment methods to help you and your tutors measure your progress. These will include exams, essays, reports and presentations. There’ll also be some laboratory reports, preparing you for your work after graduation. You’ll write a dissertation in your final year to demonstrate your learning and show us you’ve developed the knowledge and skills to complete the course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
C842
Institution code:
A60
Campus Name:
Cambridge Campus
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of 3 A Levels (or equivalent), Psychology and Science subjects are preferred.
2020 entry requirements are under review for the next cycle and have been published using the current cycle information. Please check back when Apply opens for the exact requirements.
If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 ( Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.
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