oxford experimental psychology bsc and clinical psych?

i’m thinking of applying to Oxford this year and I’m hoping to pursue a career in the clinical side, does Oxford experimental psych degree have a large focus on health/psychiatry/neuroscience or is it more on the experimental/research methods side?

Reply 1

bibachu

Original post by wayuqii

EP at Oxford is largely focused in experimental psychology (as the title suggests), but there are optional modules available in later years that would allow you to explore things like cognitive neuroscience. Neurophysiology is also offered as a first year paper I believe. At most universities, an undergraduate degree in psychology would not be focused in the clinical aspect of psychology, but there are some universities, such as Bangor, that incorporate clinical elements into their more tailored undergraduate degrees. For the most part though, you’ll only really get to explore the clinical side of psychology at postgraduate level.

Reply 2

eeeli

Original post by wayuqii

There's a compulsory clinical psychology and individual differences module in second year and you can choose clinical related advanced options, you could also do your research project(s) in a clinical area, though of course this will all have a more academic/research focus than teaching you how to practice clinical psychology. There is also quite a lot of neuroscience in the compulsory modules and advanced options, including some clinical neuroscience. It is definitely not the focus, the focus is on experimental psychology as the course name suggests, but it will set you up very well for a clinical psychology career nonetheless because it is an excellent undergraduate psychology degree. As bibachu says you don't really start doing actual clinical practice based learning until postgrad pretty much anywhere you go.

Reply 3

elilast

It’s worth noting that if you do the 3 year degree you’ll receive a BA (not a BSc), or with the integrated masters an MSci. (As with other science degrees at Oxford eg Physics, Biology)