Course Overview

During your three years of study at Lancaster, you'll be taught by academics in the departments of Psychology and Mathematics and Statistics within our Faculty of Science and Technology. Lancaster's Psychology degrees are fully accredited by the British Psychological Society and provide the graduate basis for chartered membership with the Society.

Your degree covers topics from cognitive and developmental Psychology together with modules relating to statistical methods and design of experiments. You'll gain an extensive knowledge of psychological theories and applications and you'll take complementary modules designed to give you a deeper understanding of the use of Statistics in Psychology and to enable you to carry out your own research.

You'll begin your degree with courses including Investigating Psychology and Numbers and Relations. In your second year, you'll study subjects such as Social Psychology and Linear Algebra before completing your degree with modules including Likelihood Inference and Brain and Behaviour.

For a list of compulsory modules, please see the tab above.

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Career opportunities

As a graduate of Psychology and Statistics from Lancaster University, your options for employment or further study are extensive. You'll be confident as a strong analytical thinker - a skill of great use in many fields, especially within the public and commercial sectors.

Around half of our graduates go on to careers where their studies in Psychology play an important role, taking up social work, teaching and personnel, for example. A further quarter choose to further their knowledge at Lancaster and other institutions or follow a higher-level course in a related field.