BA (Hons) Education & Psychology

The BSc (Honours) Education & Psychology course offered by the University of Strathclyde aims to develop strong foundational knowledge in both education and psychology fields. This course is designed to equip students with an understanding of educational theories, policies, and practices, and relate these to various psychological perspectives.Course Content: The curriculum has been structured to give students a strong grounding in psychology during their first two years. Students will study developmental, social, cognitive, biological and individual differences. In their third and fourth years, students will delve deeper into education and psychology, exploring learning and teaching within the broader context of education.Key Modules: Some of the key modules for this course include 'Introduction to Educational & Social Research', 'Understanding Learning & Teaching', 'Individual Differences', 'Developmental Psychology' and 'Advanced Social Psychology'. In the final year, students also have the opportunity to undertake a research project.Accreditations: This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and fully meets the requirements for Graduates Basis for Chartership, the first step towards becoming a Chartered Psychologist.Future Careers: Graduates from this course can look forward to pursuing careers in fields such as educational psychology, counseling, teaching, human resource management, and other psychology-related professions. Alternatively, they can also opt for further education in a relevant discipline.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page here.