BSc (Hons) Psychology, Clinical and Mental Health Psychology Bachelor's degree at Royal Holloway, University of London

Introduction to core aspects of psychological research including how to find and read psychological papers, thinking critically about research, ethics, research designs, reliability and validity, correlational and experimental studies, qualitative methods, data types, distributions, and statistical tests.

Introduction to personality and social psychology including personality theories (Freud, Jung), aggression, pro-social behaviour, conformity, attitudes, values, cross-cultural psychology and leadership.

Introduction to developmental psychology covering physical, cognitive and social development across the lifespan, from prenatal period through infancy, childhood to adulthood and ageing.

Core skills and knowledge for academic psychologists including academic skills, career paths, employability development, and conceptual and historical issues underpinning psychological research.

Introduction to key theories and research findings regarding perception and cognition including sensory perception, attention, illusions, brightness, colour, time, motion, depth perception, auditory perception, touch, taste, smell, eye and head movements, and memory processes.

Introduction to key neuroscience concepts and research techniques relevant to Psychology including neural function basics, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, sensorimotor processing and research methods.

Introduction to abnormal psychology covering definitions of abnormality, historical development, biomedical model, social and cultural approaches, psychodynamic, behavioural and cognitive approaches, psychological disorders as classified in DSM, and hierarchy of evidence in clinical psychology research.

Key principles of academic integrity focusing on university assignments including plagiarism, collusion and commissioning, with activities and feedback for reflection and understanding development.

Learning to use SPSS to analyse, interpret and graph data including ANOVA variants, ANCOVA, correlations, linear and logistic regression, factor analysis, advanced experimental design, questionnaire design and validation, and qualitative analyses.

Overview of key theoretical and empirical issues in cognitive psychology including selective attention, multisensory perception, problem solving, reasoning, judgement, blindsight, unilateral neglect and attention for action.

Understanding of key topics in social psychology including relationships, self-concept, prejudice, group conflict, attribution theory, group decision-making, situational perspectives on evil, and non-verbal behaviour and social cognition.

Understanding of cognitive development including intelligence across the lifespan, language development, number representation, social understanding, social cognition, emotional development, prejudice, and adolescence.

Theory and research in personality and individual differences, differences between these areas of study, methods for evaluating personality theories, and integrative understanding of their relations.

Understanding of why modern psychology requires neuroscience knowledge including neuronal structure and function, nervous system organisation, methods to study brain structure and information processing, brain functional architectures, neural basis of learning, brain evolution, and biology and psychopharmacology of reward, reinforcement and psychological disorders.

Four workshops exploring employability areas psychology graduates typically enter: Mental health, Education, Research, and Careers beyond psychology.

Overview of ways applied and developmental perspectives in Psychology can improve society, conceptual issues regarding applied psychology, and introduction to application to societal issues and advancements.

Overview of ways clinical and neuroscientific perspectives in Psychology can improve society, conceptual issues regarding clinical and neuroscience ethics, and introduction to application to societal issues and advancements.

A piece of research carried out as part of a small group closely supervised by academic staff, developing teamwork, presentation and analytical skills, and producing a substantial independently written report.

Overview of historical context, models and classifications within psychopathology, followed by lectures on specific adult psychopathological issues including psychosis, eating disorders and anxiety disorders.

Introduction to developmental neurobiology, cognitive and perceptual development and the cognitive and neural bases of Dementia including Normal and Abnormal brain development, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive ageing and lifespan influence on ageing.

Advanced understanding of current issues in Cognitive Neuroscience, mechanisms of brain damage and recovery, rehabilitation techniques, and specialist topics including Controversies in Cognitive Neuroscience, The Human Brain, Primate Association Cortex, The Social Brain, neurodegenerative diseases, acute brain injury, brain plasticity and neural transplants.

Understanding of identifying relevant research papers on health psychology topics, techniques to summarise and evaluate published evidence, applying health psychology theory to practical problems, and critical thinking about health psychology theories, models and concepts.

Study using the neuroconstructivist framework of disorders of known genetic origin (Down syndrome, Fragile X, William syndrome) and multifactorial disorders such as ADHD, autism spectrum conditions, and reading disorders.