BSc Psychology with Business Psychology with a Year in Professional Practice

The BSc Psychology with Business Psychology with a Year in Professional Practice is a four-year course offered at the University of Kent. This degree teaches you about how people think, perceive, and feel. Psychology is the scientific study of human behaviour. As a Business Psychology student, you will learn to use psychological ideas and methods to solve real problems in business, such as understanding leadership, corporate crime, the 'gig economy', and employee health.

The main goal of the course is to give you strong psychological knowledge, good critical thinking, clear communication skills, the ability to work with data, and a strong sense of ethics. We want you to be able to make positive changes in the world and in business.

The University of Kent’s BSc Psychology with Business Psychology with a Year in Professional Practice covers all the main parts of psychology needed for professional recognition, like statistics, biological psychology, social and developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, child development, and personality. You can also choose to study special subjects like forensic psychology, mental health, and neuroscience.

The biggest benefit of this degree is the Year in Professional Practice. You spend a whole year working in a business-related place, which could be an organisation like the National Health Service (NHS), the Home Office, or social services. This placement happens after your second year. You will apply the psychological ideas you have learned to a real work environment.