Focuses on important academic and professional skills to help students transition to higher education studies and beyond.

Provides a concise overview of the core paradigms in psychology, namely biological, cognitive and developmental psychology, while embedding quantitative research methods.

This module introduces a range of psychological and sociological approaches, theories and concepts, which are relevant to understanding an individuals’ health and wellbeing. You will develop the skills needed to explain the impact of illness on the individual from psychological and sociological perspectives.

Provides a concise overview of the core paradigms in psychology, namely social, personality and intelligence, and international perspectives, while embedding qualitative research methods.

Builds on the core areas of the BPS guidelines to give students in-depth coverage of topics in biological and cognitive psychology. Practical sessions will enable students to develop their knowledge of more advanced research designs and quantitative research skills.

Applies the lifespan perspective to studying human development, emphasising the importance of all developmental stages and the interconnectivity between domains of change.

This module critically examines the way in which psychological factors contribute to health and illness. You will develop the skills needed to apply psychological concepts and theories within the field of health and health care to understand the occurrence, development and progression of illness.

Choose one of the following:

• Psychology and Mental Health - explores how we define, classify and explain psychological problems
• Psychology of Social Problems – applies psychological theory and research to topics that cover current important debates and issues, directly informed by local, national and global priorities such as DMU’s commitment to decolonization and net zero, and the United Nations’ Sustainable Developmental Goals.

Builds on the core areas of the BPS guidelines to give students in-depth coverage of topics in social psychology and personality and intelligence, and developing a research project on one of these topics.

Students will learn to contrast perspectives within significant conceptual debates in psychology, which are placed within their historical context.

You will undertake a period of work experience and consider how psychological theory can be applied in a work environment.

• Counselling Psychology
  Introduces the basic principles of counselling psychology and practice
• Cognitive Neuropsychology
  Provides an overview of modern cognitive neuropsychological approaches to dysfunction following head injury and how theory is applied to case histories
• Wellbeing and Positive Psychology
  Introduces the scientific study of optimal human functioning within areas such as happiness, wellbeing, personal strengths, positive emotions, optimism, hope and flow
• Introduction to Data Science for Psychologists
  Introduces basic skills in computer programming and computational data processing, which are essential employability skills in data science and related fields.
• Loss, Grief and Bereavement: Cultural, Social, and Therapeutic Perspectives
  Enables students to develop understanding of loss, grief and bereavement from theoretical, cultural, social and therapeutic perspectives
• Psychology of Addiction
  Provides students an opportunity to critically explore addiction to licit and illicit substances and is theoretically grounded within a neuropsychosocial approach.
• Psychology of Human Rights, Activism and Social Justice
  Provides students an opportunity to explore perspectives on local, regional, national, and transnational activism and protest and resistance; together with related issues such as prejudice, discrimination and stigma.
• Psychology and Culture: Global Issues and International Perspectives
  Provides students with up-to-date knowledge about cross-cultural theories and models as they relate to the study of human behaviour to consider how and why behaviour differs across cultures.

• Gender and Education
  Examines current debates concerning gender and education
• Adult Learners and Lifelong Learning
  Explores the differences between adult education and adults in education, including Further and Higher Education and HE in Further Education

Gives you the opportunity to design and conduct an empirical study showing originality and expertise in methodological and data handling techniques.