A Level
Psychology

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Students will learn approaches and methods relating to cognitive, social, biological, developmental differences and research methods. Psychology is about how we think and why, this course will explore human-behaviour and a wide range of psychological topics.

  • Entry Criteria

    5 GCSEs (9-4) including English Language, Maths and Science at a grade 5 or above.

  • What will I study?

    You will study:

    Year 1:


    • Social Influence
    • Memory
    • Attachment
    • Approaches in Psychology
    • Psychopathology
    • Research methods

    Year 2:


    • Schizophrenia (O)
    • Forensic Psychology (O)
    • Gender (O)
    • Psychopathology
    • Approaches in Psychology
    • Biopsychology
    • Research methods
    • Issues and debates in Psychology

  • Future Prospects

    Successful completion will set you up to progress to degree level study at university. You’ll be on track for a variety of career paths including clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, health psychologist, analytics, forensic criminology and more.