BSc (Hons) Psychology of Human and Animal Behaviour
Course Overview
This specialized degree explores the intricate connections between human and animal psychology, providing a comprehensive scientific foundation for understanding behavior across species. The program equips you with robust research skills and allows you to tailor your studies to your unique interests through a wide selection of specialized modules in the final year. You will graduate prepared for a diverse range of careers in therapy, conservation, animal welfare, and research.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain a strong foundation in research design and statistical analysis
- Explore specialized topics like animal therapy, cognition, and primate conservation
- Tailor your degree with a wide range of final-year elective modules
- Undertake an in-depth research project (dissertation) on a topic of your choice
- Enhance your employability through an optional work placement
Course Overview
This specialized degree explores the intricate connections between human and animal psychology, providing a comprehensive scientific foundation for understanding behavior across species. The program equips you with robust research skills and allows you to tailor your studies to your unique interests through a wide selection of specialized modules in the final year. You will graduate prepared for a diverse range of careers in therapy, conservation, animal welfare, and research.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain a strong foundation in research design and statistical analysis
- Explore specialized topics like animal therapy, cognition, and primate conservation
- Tailor your degree with a wide range of final-year elective modules
- Undertake an in-depth research project (dissertation) on a topic of your choice
- Enhance your employability through an optional work placement
Requirements
Modules
- Core Areas of Psychology
- Philosophical roots, research approaches and academic skills in Psychology
- Introduction to Human and Animal Interaction
- Introduction to Animal Behaviour
- Introduction to Qualitative Research
- Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
- Animal Evolution
- Biological Psychology
- Classic Paradigms in Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental Psychology in Childhood and Adolescence
- Further Research Methods
- Individual Differences
- New and Critical Theories in Social Psychology
- Primate Behaviour and Conservation
- Research and Professional Skills
- Dissertation
- Animal Cognition and Social Complexity
- Animal Therapy (Assisted and Individual)
- Become Unstoppable: Professional Skills
- Atypical Child Development
- Brain and Behaviour
- Educational Psychology
- Effective and Affective Thinking and Processing
- Forensic Psychology
- Media Psychology
- Occupational Psychology
- Psychology of Global Issues in the 21st Century
- Psychology and Health
- Psychology of Mental Health
- The Psychology of Extreme Violence
- Work Placement
