BSc (Hons) Psychology and Sociology at Queen Margaret University

Programme overview

A four-year joint honours degree combining psychology's focus on the individual with sociology's focus on society, with experiential and work-based learning built in. Students learn social scientific research methods and apply them to real-world issues. An ordinary degree exit is available after three years. The degree does not confer Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the BPS.

Faculty: School of Arts, Social Sciences and Management | Department: Psychology, Sociology and Education | Duration: 4 years full time | Intake: September 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Musselburgh (Edinburgh), Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Teaching combines lectures, seminars, practical workshops and laboratories with work-based learning, covering psychological and sociological perspectives, research methods and data analysis, and topics such as class, poverty and inequality. A semester of exchange study overseas is possible in Year Three, subject to availability.

Career pathways

Graduates work in social and community work, consumer and social research, public policy development, journalism, teaching, academia, marketing, media and human resource management.

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Entry requirements

Scottish Highers: standard BBBB, minimum BCCC. A-level: BCC. Irish Leaving Certificate: H2 H2 H3 H3. International Baccalaureate: 28 points. English required and Maths preferred at National 5/GCSE grade C/4 or above. Minimum criteria apply to applicants with a contextual widening-access factor. Mature applicants with relevant qualifications and/or experience welcome. Direct entry: Year Two with an HNC in a related subject (B in graded unit), or BC at Advanced Higher in relevant subjects plus BB at Higher, or BBB at A-level in relevant subjects; Year Three with an HND in a related subject (CB in graded units). A PVG check may be required for work experience or community engagement. Associate student route: first year at Newbattle Abbey College or West Lothian College. English language (international): IELTS 6.0 with no element below 5.5.

Domestic applicants: GBP 1,820 a year (2027/28). Scottish-domiciled students (tuition fee normally paid by SAAS). Full-time tuition per year Source

International applicants: GBP 13,500 a year (2027/28). Full-time tuition per year Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 4 years full time

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