Modules

In Year 1, you will typically study areas including: Sociology: The Classics; Cognition I: Basic Processes; Individual Differences and Clinical Psychology; Academic Success: Skills for learning, skills for life; Sociology: Contemporary Controversies; Social & Developmental Psychology; Biological Psychology; Foundations in Social Science Research; Academic Skills and Foundational Concepts in Statistics and Research Methods (Joint Honours); and Professional Development and Applications of Statistics and Research Methods (Joint Honours)

In year 2, you will typically study areas including: Social Problems I; Brain and Behaviour; Cognition II: Higher Level Processes; Education, Policy and Society; Contemporary Moral Controversies; Social Problems II: Media, Myths and Moral Panics; Research and Experimental Methods I; and Employability Skills.

In year 3, you will typically study areas including: From Individuals to Society; Independent Research Project for Joint Honours; Risk in Modern Society; Global Sociology; Development Across the Lifespan; Bodies in Society; Contemporary Issues in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice; Evolutionary Perspectives on Psychology; Understanding Neurodiversity; Psychology of Building a Better World; Cognitive Neuroscience in Clinical and Forensic Settings; Learning, Psychopathology and Gambling........

Assessment methods

You will develop excellent research, written, and critical analysis skills, as well as a high degree of numeracy and ICT ability.

Our approach to teaching, which includes lectures, personal tutorials, academic seminars, workshops, and practical research classes, encourages effective team-working and high-quality oral communication skills.

You will learn how to generate new knowledge and information using a variety of qualitative and quantitative social research tools, from large social surveys interpreted through statistics through to in-depth interviews with individuals and small groups.

We are proud to provide an outstanding educational experience, using the most effective learning and teaching approaches, carefully tailored to suit the specific needs of your course. Apart from a small number of online-only courses, most of our courses consist of in-person, on-campus teaching, enabling full engagement with your lecturers and fellow students.

Practical skills sessions, lab work seminars, and workshops predominantly take place in person, allowing for group working and demonstrations. We also operate virtual labs and Simulated Learning Environments which will facilitate greater access to training opportunities in the future. However, our approach also includes the use of some online learning to support and enhance traditional face-to-face teaching.

Online learning may take place ‘live’ using software such as Zoom, allowing you to interact with the lecturer and other students and to ask questions. Lecture recordings also allow for more flexibility to revisit material, to revise for assessments and to enhance learning outside of the classroom. Some modules have extra resources in Canvas, such as videos, slides and quizzes enabling further flexible study.

This course may offer some modules taught through the medium of Welsh or bilingually for students who consider themselves to be fluent Welsh speakers. For more details on the provision available see the Welsh Provision expander below.