University of East Anglia (UEA), BSc, Social Psychology

The BSc Social Psychology degree is ideal for students interested in business, entrepreneurship or working with children. It is also an excellent choice if you plan to go on to postgraduate study in social psychology, forensic psychology, clinical psychology, or PGCE teacher training.

Accredited by the British Psychological Society, this degree will provide you with a rigorous approach to psychology, complemented by social and applied perspectives on human behaviour and experience. It is underpinned by core psychology areas, but shaped to social aspects through optional choices which focus on topics related to social psychology, including forensic psychology, drug use, family life, and societal prejudice.

The core areas of psychology, giving you exposure to a range of theoretical ideas and research evidence from a variety of fields, include:

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

Our approach reflects the growing consensus within the field that human behaviour is best understood as the interaction of nature and nurture, biology and culture, and genes and environment.

We encourage the bridging of conventional disciplinary boundaries, enabling you to explore and analyse the complex psychological processes found in contemporary life. Throughout this course you will be able to develop 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.