Academic IELTS of 6.0, with no element below 5.5.
112-128 UCAS tariff points (to include at least two A-levels or equivalent qualifications); Degree with foundation year 48
BTEC Lvl3 National: Distinction, Merit, Merit (DMM).
Candidates are normally required to hold five GCSE subjects at grade C/4 or above, including Mathematics and English Language.
Applying psychology to business can offer insight into how individuals and groups behave. This course combines psychological theory with business understanding. You'll learn how decision making, marketing, finance, human resources, and business strategy are all influenced by cognitive and social processes.
You'll benefit from the strong links between the University and employers, which allow you to gain the practical skills highly valued by businesses. Using specialised equipment and software, you'll measure brain activity, analyse how decisions are made and study how disruption can affect behaviour.
A wide choice of research projects covers all aspects of business and ranges from cognitive psychology to social psychology.
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What you will study
Take a look at some of the content and modules that you may have the opportunity to study on this course:
Year 1
In your first year you will acquire a broad foundation of knowledge of business principles and around key theories of psychological science. You will be introduced to key strategies which are used in psychological research.
Core modules
Psychology Research Methods 1
Foundations of Psychology
Introduction to Business Psychology
Business Management
Year 2
Optional year
In the second year you will understand how businesses manage resources. And examine the relationship between brain function and our understanding of cognition and behaviour. Whilst developing experimental research designs and delve further into inferential statistics.
Core modules
Psychology Research Methods 2
Social, Individual and Developmental Psychology
Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
Managing Resources
Sandwich year
Study abroad optional year
You have the option to take an additional year to study abroad or to undertake a year-long work placement overseas (or even a mix of both).
Final year
You will undertake a work placement and will carry out a research project. You will have a wide choice of project themes ranging from cognitive psychology through to social psychology that cover all aspects of business.
Core modules
Psychology Research Project
Occupational Psychology
Psychology Work Placement
Optional modules
Leading Change
Business Intelligence and Big Data Mining
Advanced Issues in the Psychology of Thinking
Management Strategy and Operations
Graduates from this course are well-placed to access careers in a number of business settings as well undertaking further training in order to become a Professional Business Psychologist. With thorough grounding in all areas of scientific psychology this course equip graduates to develop a career in any other area of psychology.
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
