Psychology, CertHE

Overview

You’ll start of by learning skills that will that will ensure you are academically ready to engage in online learning on advanced level in our Fundamentals of Effective Learning in Psychology. 

You then go on to learn about key subjects within the field of psychology, for example the ways in which people, as individuals or in groups, influence on another, human memory and cognition and much more.

Get to grips with the science behind the mind, brain, behaviour and experience. You’ll learn different perspectives to enable you to promote an appreciation of real-life applications of psychology.

Throughout the Psychology programme at the University of Essex Online, you’ll explore a broad range of topics including:

• the history of individual differences and the ethical issues and controversies it raises

• the ethical and cultural approaches to mental health, stress and wellbeing

• how psychology can be used to analyse how attitudes are formed and changed

• theories and methods in the field of social psychology;

• an introduction to the study of human memory and cognition

Your future

Through our online psychology course you’ll gain a wide range of transferable skills including the application of critical-thinking to source material, an understanding of the role of evidence, communication skills and the ability to successfully reflect on learning and recognise how this may influence future career development and planning.

The career options related to this programme are extremely wide-ranging, roles that you could look into include: counselling, civil service (e.g. roles as a youth worker or in crime prevention), marketing, research, healthcare (e.g. nursing or support worker roles), security (e.g. security analysts or behavioural scientists), education (e.g. teaching assistant roles or behavioural support) and business (e.g. human resources or training).