**Reasons to choose Kingston**
- For the subject area Psychology, Kingston University is ranked joint 7th out of 107 for graduate employment amongst UK universities (Guardian University League table 2022).
- Through a core work placement module, you’ll be able to apply your knowledge of psychology to a real-life setting, gaining valuable experience.
- You’ll use purpose-built research laboratories and psychological analysis equipment, such as eye trackers, a driving simulator, EEG (the recording of brain activity), and specialist survey software.
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**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- For the subject area Psychology, Kingston University is ranked joint 7th out of 107 for graduate employment amongst UK universities (Guardian University League table 2022).<br/><br/><br/>- Through a core work placement module, you’ll be able to apply your knowledge of psychology to a real-life setting, gaining valuable experience.<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll use purpose-built research laboratories and psychological analysis equipment, such as eye trackers, a driving simulator, EEG (the recording of brain activity), and specialist survey software.<br/><br/><br/>- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>Applying psychology to business can offer insight into how individuals and groups behave. This course combines psychological theory with business understanding. You’ll learn how decision-making, marketing, finance, human resources, and business strategy are all influenced by cognitive and social processes.<br/><br/>You’ll benefit from the strong links between the University and employers, which allow you to gain practical skills highly valued by businesses. Using specialized equipment and software, you’ll measure brain activity, analyse how decisions are made, and study how disruption can affect behaviour.<br/><br/>A wide choice of research projects covers all aspects of business and ranges from cognitive psychology to social psychology. <br/><br/>**This course is offered with a Foundation Year in Social Sciences**<br/>This foundation year is taught at the University giving you a taste of academic life in a supportive environment. The year gives you the academic and technical preparation for undergraduate study in a wide range of social sciences subjects. Lectures, labs and tutorials will give you a broad understanding across subjects including economics, criminology, politics, sociology and psychology.<br/><br/>**Future Skills**<br/>Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.<br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.<br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it.<br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>This degree is a great stepping stone to skilled employment in a business setting. You may continue training to specialise as a chartered occupational psychologist or any other chartered psychology profession.
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
09/2024
Campus
Main Site
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Course Code
C814
Institution Code
K84
Points of Entry
Year 1
A levelC,C UCAS TariffAccess to HE DiplomaM:15,P:30 Equivalent of 64 UCAS points from an Access course in a related subject. Applicants under 21 years will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)MPP Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) |
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