Psychology (Full-time) (BSc Hons)

Typical offers are made for 112 tariff points for the BSc Psychology programme. The programme is aimed at A-level school leavers and those who have left education and now wish to return.

There is no expectation that A-level candidates will have studied psychology at A-level and, although they typically would have studied a (social) science at A-level, students with a mix of subjects across the A-level spectrum are welcome. International applicants are also welcome (subject to minimum English language requirements).

Here at UWTSD, we place great importance on encouraging non-standard entry students with relevant life skills and academic potential to join our course. Additional study skills support is available for any student needing more one-to-one tuition. The nature of assessments and feedback in the first year provides ample opportunity for students to develop their confidence and academic style.

The programme uses a range of different assessment methods to provide students with the opportunity to extend their practical and academic skills and encourage independent learning.

These include innovative assessment methods such as academic posters, in-class skills assessments, group and individual presentations, research reports and research proposals, as well as traditional assessments such as academic essays and exams.

Your overall degree classification marks will be calculated from Years Two and Three of your studies.
This classification will be calculated as 33% at Level 5 and 67% at Level 6.

Students may be required to apply for and obtain a UWTSD Enhanced Disclosure Barring Check (DBS). The fee for this is dependent on the DBS; it is currently approximately £44.

Students are required to gain practical placement experience within a setting that offers students exposure to a variety of organisational processes and systems, for which a DBS may be required (see above). This placement will also incur travel and refreshments costs that will be payable by the student.

The department also offers students optional opportunities to partake in visits beyond the campus, for example, Cardiff, London, and to study abroad. The students incur the costs of these optional visits and activities.

BPS Student Conference Attendance (Optional) £100. 

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.

Students who graduate with a minimum lower second-class honours classification (2:2) are eligible for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society.

This indicates that students have met the curriculum requirements derived from the Quality Assurance Agency’s (2019) subject benchmark statement for Psychology and is often an important prerequisite for students wishing to go on to further postgraduate study or training in psychology.

Over the years, many of our students have progressed onto BPS stage II postgraduate training programmes (popular routes being Masters programmes in Clinical Psychology, Occupational Psychology and Health Psychology), as well as our own MSc in Applied Psychology, offered at UWTSD.

For those not wishing to pursue a career in psychology, graduates have long been recognised as being of value to a range of organisations beyond Psychology such as HR, Advertising, Media, Research & Development, and Health and Social Care.