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Hi,
This is relevant to Psychology undergraduates/graduates or anyone that knows the answer hahah

Just wanted to ask is Psychology BSc course (such as units, modules, exams, coursework etc) the same at every University if they are accredited by BPS?
Or do Universities pick particular core modules, I can't quite tell if the course is the same at majority of Uni's?

Would be helpful for any replies:-)
Original post by umaimah
Hi,
This is relevant to Psychology undergraduates/graduates or anyone that knows the answer hahah

Just wanted to ask is Psychology BSc course (such as units, modules, exams, coursework etc) the same at every University if they are accredited by BPS?
Or do Universities pick particular core modules, I can't quite tell if the course is the same at majority of Uni's?

Would be helpful for any replies:-)


The courses aren't the same, but all BPS accredited courses will need to teach certain material, therefore the first 2 years are generally fairly similar. But they are free to choose how they teach and assess this, so it will vary from place to place.

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Original post by Millie1986
The courses aren't the same, but all BPS accredited courses will need to teach certain material, therefore the first 2 years are generally fairly similar. But they are free to choose how they teach and assess this, so it will vary from place to place.

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Ohh I see that makes sense. Thank you very much for your reply this helps a lot:-)
It can make quiet a big difference. Most psychology departments are pretty balanced, but others specialise into different areas. Newcastle, for example, have a tiny psychology department but mostly people from their neuroscience institute lecture in the course. Others may focus on social psychology and may be nested within a politics/social science department.

The basic BPS core courses are not very big (my uni did all the core modules in one year), so you may be disapointed if you don't double check what modules are available.

In addition, if you want to get into certain fields (e.g. clinical psychology), its great to also do your degree in somewhere which does clinical psychology research, especially if you can do your dissertation on it. Making contacts via dissertation supervisors is amazingly useful. But this is thinking far too in advance for most people!
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Original post by iammichealjackson
It can make quiet a big difference. Most psychology departments are pretty balanced, but others specialise into different areas. Newcastle, for example, have a tiny psychology department but mostly people from their neuroscience institute lecture in the course. Others may focus on social psychology and may be nested within a politics/social science department.

The basic BPS core courses are not very big (my uni did all the core modules in one year), so you may be disapointed if you don't double check what modules are available.

In addition, if you want to get into certain fields (e.g. clinical psychology), its great to also do your degree in somewhere which does clinical psychology research, especially if you can do your dissertation on it. Making contacts via dissertation supervisors is amazingly useful. But this is thinking far too in advance for most people!


Ohh I see, this is all very useful thank you very much for your reply just what I needed to know:smile:

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