Liverpool John Moores 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.
2 Student Reviews
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Psychology with ...2 months ago
StudentGBMediocre experience.Firstly I’d like to say the teaching staff were fantastic and I couldn’t fault them.
However the hours were disastrous. Paying £9000 a year and we were barely in. Then our timetable was badly planned as we’d be in one lecture/seminar/teaching activity on one side of town and then has to trek to the other side straight after for another lecture. It wasn’t well planned out.
The lack of options in 3rd year were bad too. A lot of the options myself and classmates put down, we were late told it was no longer running and we had about 5 modules to pick from none of which were really what we wanted to do. Additionally the majority of our degree covered other aspects rather than directly what we were interested in.
Unfortunately as our degree was a combined honours degree it felt like we were thrown in the middle across two schools and we didn’t really fit in. We never had any lectures that was just our course so it was harder making connections for just our course.
Additionally the student university experience is lacking with no student guild or something similar. The campus is across the whole city which makes the experience harder too.
View moreProgramme: Psychology with Forensic PsychologyDegree: Bachelor'sGraduation: 2018Delivery Type: On CampusCampus: Liverpool -
Applied Psychology19 Apr, 2022SandraLoved Liverpool Life
Gained a BSc(Hons) in Applied Psychology having started off on the Integrated degree course at Tithebarn Street. The Integrated degree course allowed me to take a variety of courses in the first year before specialising. Library facilities were great back in the day. I imagine they have moved on with technology and the microfiche machines have been updated.
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Friends made at Uni have become lifelong friends. Life Skills learned in student accommodation were a great foundation for being a grown-up.
My qualification has opened the doors within my career… After Liverpool, I gained a PGCE qualification and have been in education for nearly 30 years. I am currently A special school Headteacher.Programme: Applied PsychologyDegree: Bachelor'sGraduation: 1991Delivery Type: On CampusCampus: Liverpool
