COURSE OVERVIEW

Our Education and Psychology degree will give you expert scientific training in the relationship between the mind, brain, and behaviour, together with an excellent grounding in education policy, child development, and educational neuroscience.

You will develop an in-depth understanding of educational practice in a digital age, education in national and international contexts, leadership and management, and diversity and wellbeing in education.

You will learn about the psychological and neuro-scientific processes that underpin activities such as thinking, reasoning, memory and language, developing a solid foundation in cognitive, social, developmental, clinical, and biological psychology.

Throughout your studies, you will develop excellent research, critical analysis, and communication skills, as well as a high degree of numeracy and ICT ability.

WHY EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY AT SWANSEA?

Education at Swansea is ranked:

• Top 20 in the UK for Research Quality (Complete University Guide 2023)

Psychology at Swansea is ranked:

• Top 20 in the UK for Career Prospects (Guardian University Guide 2023)

The Psychology element of the degree is validated by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and, providing you achieve at least a 2:2 in your degree, you will be eligible for Graduate Membership of the BPS and for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC), the first step to becoming a Chartered Psychologist.

EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

As this BPS accredited degree is the first step towards pursuing a professional career in Psychology, many of our graduates have gone on to further study or work in specialist psychology fields.

The typical starting salary for an NHS trainee clinical psychologist is £25,783. As your career progresses you could earn between £47,088 and £81,000 or higher. Salaries in private practice vary.

There are many rewarding careers that build on the combined disciplines of psychology and education, including prison education, the education of looked after children, lifelong learning, special educational needs, and community education.

Graduates have also pursued careers in education, teaching English as a foreign language, government and local authorities, research, health and social care, management, and marketing.

Your first year will introduce you to key principles in educational theory and policy, together with statistics and research methods, and aspects of biological, social, and developmental psychology.

In your second and third years, you can choose from an extensive range of education and psychology options alongside compulsory core modules

Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

• What is Teaching and Learning?
• Cognition I: Basic Processes
• Individual and Abnormal Psychology
• Academic Success: Skills for learning, skills for life
• Philosophy and Theory in Education
• Social & Developmental Psychology
• Biological Psychology

• Protecting and Promoting Wellbeing in Education
• Additional Learning Needs
• Brain and Behaviour
• Cognition II: Higher Level Processes

• Equity, Equality and Diversity in Education
• From Individuals to Society
• Development Across the Lifespan