Undergraduate Programmes

Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)

Brunel Psychology degrees provide graduate basis for registration and membership with the British Psychological Society (assuming a 2.2 or above is achieved). This can be important as an entry qualification for postgraduate professional training in psychology. In our latest evaluation, the BPS commented on the rich opportunities offered by our work placements, the strong student involvement in our research culture, and our active responsiveness to student needs and demands.

Innovative research

We have world renowned experts who are sought-after by the media and policy makers. Find out more about their influential research in the 'Research Expertise' section (see above).

Exciting placement opportunities

We offer four-year sandwich courses (with Professional Development) as well as three year courses. Our award winning Placement and Careers Centre provide high quality placement opportunities in a wide range of organisations, which will help you to succeed in the job market. We also have well established links in the field of clinical psychology.

Recent placements have included the following:

• Institute of Psychiatry
• Anna Freud Centre
• Royal Free Hospital
• Holloway Prison
• NHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

In addition, departmental internships are available which provide great opportunities for you to do paid work with a supervisor during the summer.

State-of-the-art facilities

You will have access to a full range of laboratory and technical facilities to study the brain. These include brain imaging facilities (fMRI, EEG), psychophysics, eye tracking and the use of information technology.

A truly interdisciplinary approach

You have the opportunity to study single honours Psychology or study joint honours degrees in Psychology and Sociology or Psychology and Anthropology. At Brunel, you can make the most of the interdisciplinary research our academics undertake fully exploring the interface between these subjects.

Learn more about our scholarships, research expertise and activities in the above sections.

Brunel’s scholarship package

Brunel has introduced over 1,000 new scholarships for undergraduate students. This means that one in every three students who join Brunel in 2012 will receive financial support from the University.

Work Placement Scholarship

Although our work placement fees are competitive at £1,000, a fee waiver scheme is also available for eligible students.

Academic Excellence Scholarship

This scheme offer a £3,000 fee waiver each year to students who achieve three As at A-level (or equivalent in an alternative qualification).

Brunel Access Scholarships

The scholarships will support students from under-represented groups (such as disabled students, mature students, those with a low household income and those in the first generation of their family to go to university), and encourage continuous improvement as the award value rises after each successful year of study.

These scholarships are complemented by a range of further awards as well as the Government’s flagship National Scholarship Programme, jointly funded by Brunel.

For further details, see Fees and Funding 2012

Innovative research and teaching

We promote a strong research culture, having grown significantly in recent years to nearly double our size since 2001. Research in Psychology is organised around University Centres, which support advanced study for undergraduates, postgraduates, post-doctoral fellows and academic staff.

The department has a thriving centre for ageing and dementia work. Professor Bunce for example, recently held a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for work on the early detection of cognitive decline and dementia.

We are a leading centre in the UK for the study of cross-cultural psychology. Brunel, with its multinational, multi-ethnic campus, is the ideal setting for such work.

We combine our work on culture with our leading group of evolutionary psychologists, whose work includes evolution and organisational behaviour, mating behaviours, jealousy, facial perception.

Our work is driven by theory, but is also highly practical and we work on a wide range of relevant, real world concerns, including eating behaviour, migration stresses, well-being and poverty, and autism etc.

You will be taught by leading experts and you will benefit from the strong support we offer students. We pride ourselves on being accessible and approachable, with an effective Personal Tutoring system.

Experts who are highly sought after by the media and policy makers

We have talented experts in their field who are engaged in a wide range of influential research activity which is regularly covered by the media. Here are some of our academics:

• Recent BBC Horizon programme ‘Seeing is Believing’ featured four of our lecturing staff
• Dr Gustav Kuhn, lecturer and a 'professional' magician who is a world expert on the Psychology of Magic
• Professor Fernand Gobet is a member of the Swiss National Chess Team, who studies the Psychology of Chess

Active student societies – Psychology Society

You will have the opportunity to become a member of our student societies, which are run independently by students: Brunel University Psychology Society. Each society organises a range of events and activities.  

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Individual & Social Processes

Draws on theory and research from psychology, social anthropology, sociology and media studies to examine issues that are important in daily life. Explores contemporary debates like gender differences in romantic relationships, lifestyle TV, sexual identities, alcohol abuse and obesity.

Applied Psychology

Explores the far reaching influences of professional psychology. Lectures from professional psychologists explain psychology careers, and how you can apply your findings to your own academic career at Brunel.

Brain and Cognition

Learn about the psychology of memory, perception, attention and other vital cognitive functions. Includes the latest research in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology.

Learning and Social Psychology

Provides a grounding overview of fundamental theories and facts in learning and social psychology. It illustrates from a historical perspective how science works as exemplified by these two areas within psychology.

Research Methods

The scientific method as it applies to psychology. In this module you will be trained to conduct good scientific research, and evaluate evidence with a critical eye. Includes common quantitative as well as qualitative approaches used to study the mind.

Statistics

Statistics is all about making sense of quantitative data, an essential part of the scientific toolkit. In this introductory course we'll cover the basics of hypothesis testing; you'll learn important skills such as how to compare samples, assess relationships between two variables, and visualise data patterns.