BSc (Hons) Psychology and Sociology at London Metropolitan University

This degree course combines the insights of psychology with those of sociology, enabling you to better understand human behaviour and the different genetic, biological, individual, social and developmental factors that can influence it. You’ll have the opportunity to specialise in areas of interest, such as ethnicity, youth and workplace psychology. Our psychology courses are ranked eighth in the UK for course satisfaction and ninth in the UK for teaching quality in the Guardian University Guide 2023.

Faculty: School of Social Sciences and Professions  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Constructing Modern Societies, Mechanisms of the Mind, Protest, Justice and Social Change, Psychology Across Time and Cultures, Psychopathology, Researching Social Life, Social Divisions, Sociological Imagination. Year 2: Individual Differences, Qualitative Social Research, Quantitative Social Research, Self and Society, Social and Cultural Explanations of Behaviour, Cognitive and Biological Explanations of Behaviour, Development Across the Lifespan, Psychological Interventions: From Problems to Solutions, Sociology and Current Affairs, The Psychology of Creativity and Innovation, Understanding Gender and Sexuality, Understanding Racism and Ethnicity. Year 3: Conversations in Sociological Thought, Living Theory, Psychology and Sociology Dissertation, Clinical Psychology, Cognition and Emotion, Cyberpsychology, Empowering London: Working within the Community, Forensic Psychology, Health Psychology, Human Rights and Conflict, Religion and the State, Specific Learning Differences.

Career pathways

This course opens up job opportunities in the private and public sectors. Examples of our sociology orientated graduates include those now working as a human resources officer at Clarins and a prison custody officer at Sodexo, while our psychology inclined graduates have gone on to become support workers at Creative Support, a special needs teaching assistant at Edustaff and more.

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