Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Psychology - Forensic Psychology

Program Description This engaging British Psychology Society (BPS) accredited Psychology (Forensic Psychology) degree explores psychological understanding and response to offending behaviour, encompassing the police, the courts, the prison system and offenders. Students benefit from over 90 academic experts and weekly research seminars, and have access to first-class laboratory suites.

The course covers all the core areas of Psychology stipulated by the BPS curriculum. This includes the workings of the brain; the processes and mechanisms of human thinking, feeling and behaviour; and how psychologists, psychological research and therapy can make a tangible and positive difference to people’s lives and society. Students will also consider how all of these impact and relate to forensic psychology.

The course is a specialised variant of Nottingham Trent University's BSc (Hons) Psychology degree, with tailored modules towards an Educational and Developmental Psychology emphasis in Years One and Two and a focus on Nottingham Trent University's psychological development within educational settings and extends to inclusion and support needs in educational institutions in the students' final year.

The first two years of the degree are designed to provide students with a thorough grounding in all core areas of psychology. Students will complete an introduction to psychology and core modules in biological, social, developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as undertaking training in research methods and statistics.

Students will also complete bespoke modules that explore the academic and professional context of psychology with a particular focus on this specialism. Further specialisation takes place in the final year where most modules will be related to the specialism. Students will also complete a research project in psychology, focused on a topic of their choosing under the supervision of a research-active member of staff.

Students can also take part in the innovative Work Based Psychology Practice module, a unique feature of psychology at Nottingham Trent University. Taking on the role of a consultant psychologist, students will work on real-life problem scenarios supplied by external organisations, and provide evidence-based solutions to these organisations.