University of East Anglia (UEA), BSc (Hons), Developmental Psychology

The BSc Developmental Psychology is underpinned by core psychology areas, but shaped to developmental aspects which link to our Developmental Science research group within the School. Through optional choices which focus on how children develop both cognitively and socially the BSc in Developmental Psychology allows you to focus upon the developmental science subfield of psychology. There is an emphasis on advanced options which explore normative and atypical cognitive development covering specific issues such as autistic spectrum disorder, ADHD, William syndrome, giftedness’ and developmental psychopathology.

Like all our degrees the programme has a central core of psychology, giving you exposure to a range of theoretical ideas and research evidence from a variety of fields, including:

• developmental psychology
• social psychology 
• cognitive psychology
• biological psychology
• the study of personality and individual differences.

The structure of the degree ensures that you have a robust understanding of core contemporary psychological theory and research. In your third year, not only will you take specialist modules which adopt a developmental perspective, but you will also undertake an empirical project oriented around a developmental topic.

Throughout this course you will be able to build your own psychological understanding, integrating ideas from the diverse range of behavioural and social theories you will encounter. You will learn to relate psychological theories to real world experience and activities, and explore how psychological scholarship and research can be used in practical situations.