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Business Psychology (4 years full time with Professional Placement) BSc (Hons)
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Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Location
Main Site
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
4 Years
Course summary
- The course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).- Employability is embedded throughout the course to ensure you have with the skills needed to succeed after graduating.- Through a core work placement module, you’ll be able to apply your knowledge of psychology to a real-life setting, gaining valuable experience.- You’ll use purpose-built research laboratories and psychological analysis equipment, such as eye trackers, a driving simulator, EEG (the recording of brain activity), and specialist survey software.- You will have a personal tutor and a small tutor group of peers that you meet with regularly to support your transition to university and your academic success.- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
About this courseApplying psychology to business can offer insight into how individuals and groups behave. This course combines psychological theory with business understanding. You’ll learn how decision-making, marketing, finance, human resources, and business strategy are all influenced by cognitive and social processes.You’ll benefit from the strong links between the University and employers, which allow you to gain practical skills highly valued by businesses. Using specialized equipment and software, you’ll measure brain activity, analyse how decisions are made, and study how disruption can affect behaviour.A wide choice of research projects covers all aspects of business and ranges from cognitive psychology to social psychology.
Professional Placement YearThis course has a professional placement year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this year, you will take a placement within a relevant setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.
Future SkillsEmbedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.
Career opportunitiesThis degree is a great stepping stone to skilled employment in a business setting. You may continue training to specialise as a chartered occupational psychologist or any other chartered psychology profession.
Application deadline
29 January
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A level : BBC - ABB
Other A Level combinations possible to achieve 112 - 128 points. Minimum of 2 A Levels, can be combined with other Level 3 qualifications eg. AS levels/Extended Project to achieve 112 – 128 points.
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