BSc Psychology

The structure of the course centres on the key areas of organisational psychology, as proposed by the British Psychological Society. This provides students with a broad understanding of the topic, and will be beneficial for any students who might wish to continue towards a career in this area.  

The course will cover topics such as: leadership, team-working, selection and assessment, motivation, training, fairness in the workplace, emotional labour.

This is an optional Final Year unit for the BSc Psychology programme. 

This unit aims to:

• Provide students with a firm conceptual foundation in key theoretical perspectives in organisational psychology.
• Develop students’ understanding of how these perspectives can be applied in the workplace.
• Make students aware of potential career options in organisational psychology and related areas.
• Ensure a beneficial learning experience in an area which is likely to affect all those wishing to enter the world of work 

This course will include:

• 11 x 2 hour in-person lectures
• 11 x 1 hour workshops

E-learning provision: Lecture content, supplementary reading and resources (e.g. videos), and a monitored discussed board will be provided via Canvas. 

• Apply psychological research to case studies of workplace scenarios
• Illustrate how various influences on workplace behaviour are conceptualised within organisational psychology 

• Critically assess the merits of interventions and applications of psychology in making positive changes in the workplace  
• Critically evaluate theoretical developments in understanding the workplace.
• Analyse the positive and negative effects of the world of work on the individual  

• Construct a coherent written argument based around appropriate empirical evidence  
• Synthesise, analyse, and evaluate information using primary sources, including journal articles 

1 x coursework essay (mid-term) - Students will receive a grade and written feedback 20 working days after the final submission deadline

Case Study short answer question exam - Students will receive a grade and individual feedback after the semester 1 exam board

Tuition fees for home students will be £10,050 for the 2027/28 academic year. In England and Wales, tuition fees for home undergraduate students are subject to the Government fee cap, which the Government has announced will be £10,050 for the 2027/28 academic year.

Government policy is to increase the fee cap on an annual basis to reflect inflation (i.e. increasing costs), and the tuition fee home students pay in subsequent academic years will reflect any increases in the Government fee cap (which we will communicate to you as soon as we can in advance of the relevant academic year).

Tuition fees for international students will be £35,800 for the 2027/28 academic year. For subsequent academic years, the University reserves the right to increase the tuition fee by up to 7% each year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our education and wider student experience.

For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).