Beaconhouse National University
speciality:
Psychology
What is a Psychology Degree?
Psychology is the favourite science for students who want to get into the depths of human feelings. This is considered to be the science of mind and behaviour. More specifically, psychology wants to explore the way people think, act, and feel, by appealing to the emotional side of people.
Passion can lead students to choose this specialisation. It is not considered a difficult one, but it is not very easy to approach, as the theoretical elements of the discipline are combined with the practical ones.
After studying Psychology, students choose to specialise in a particular sub-field. Depending on their preference, they can choose between Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Comparative Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology and many others.
Benefits of a Psychology Degree
Psychology is a great opportunity to get to know each other better and to get to know others. Thus, students who are looking to understanding human behaviour, feelings and mind gain an inside vision of what these notions really mean and what determines people to make certain decisions and act under different circumstances.
The employment rate among Psychology graduates has grown in recent years. Salaries are satisfactory, and young people can focus either on psychological services in schools, hospitals, treatment centres, clinics, depending on the specialisation chosen. Furthermore, Psychology graduates can integrate a career in social media, marketing, and advertising, as they understand best the reasons why people choose to make decisions according to what they see in real life.
Psychology Degree Structure
In the four years of Bachelor studies, graduates acquire the necessary knowledge to practice Psychology, initially learning the underlying theoretical notions. These notions become an important starting point in their career, seeing later how practice blends very well with theory. It should be noted that on the labour market, students who hold a Bachelor’s degree are much more appreciated and have an advantage over those who follow simple courses.
A Master’s program usually lasts between 2 and 3 years, coming as a complement to the Bachelor’s courses. Master courses have a much more loaded curriculum and a great deal of information. A Doctoral program is dedicated to students who want to do research in Psychology in various institutes or to become teachers. This has a duration of between 5 and 7 years.
3 Student Reviews
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Applied Psychology16 Aug, 2022
StudentPKThe CampusBNU has, in my opinion, the most aesthetically designed and well-built campus. With a 1:1 ratio cricket pitch, a football court, multi-story cafeteria building, and many academic blocks, the campus brings together all these elements into one unified institution.
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Applied Psychology23 Jun, 2022 StudentThe university offers a lot of opportunities
I did my undergrad in Applied Psychology, the program itself was a holistic approach to psychology in general. With theory there were placements and opportunities to go to hospitals and asylums to build cases and provide our own opinion to what the diagnosis will be. The only thing I did not like was the fact that our department did not have a separate building otherwise the whole experience throughout my four years were very nice. The student life is extremely fun and there’s no peer pressure of any sort anywhere. Everybody is accepting of everybody’s identities. In my opinion international students can come and easily gel in with the students and the teachers. BNU helps you find jobs by having job fairs and continuously introducing their students to new opportunities through events and emails even long after they’ve graduated.
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Applied Psychology08 Jul, 2020 StudentGrading system
The university is overall satisfactory but there is an issue of relative grading experienced by almost all students which causes added stress and anxiety to students. Other aspects of the university are pretty good and I would recommend people to join the university. However, being from the Psychology department, there are some students’ concerns regarding grading and assistance which need to be addressed properly.
View moreProgramme: Applied PsychologyDegree: Bachelor'sCampus: Lahore
