Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes. In the first year of the course you will take an in-depth look at five different psychological approaches that offer explanations of human behaviour, as well as classic research studies and the methods used by psychologists to carry out their research. In the second year you will look at three behaviours in depth – criminal behaviour, addictive behaviour and schizophrenia studying the characteristics of the behaviours and analysing possible explanations.