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This is a four-year version of our popular BSc (Hons) Clinical Psychology course, with an integrated foundation year. Understand key aspects of clinical psychology and consider what kind of practitioner you want to be. Develop the skills necessary to work with people who have mental health problems. Graduate with a comprehensive view of what clinical psychology is and what it can achieve.
Through our integrated modules, you will gain an understanding of all aspects of psychology (such as developmental, biological, cognitive, and evolutionary), considering the overlaps and how this can explain and help to treat different mental health problems.
You will be introduced to key concepts in clinical psychology such as patient assessment, formulation and professional and ethical conduct. There is an emphasis on practical skills and reflective practice throughout the course in addition to studying topics such as addiction, psychosis, cognitive and emotional impairments, and depression.
Learn about mental health in depth, considering ethical and current issues around policy and politics of diagnosis and assessment. With further modules based around patient care and assessment, formulation, and professional and ethical conduct, you will develop the skills to become a reflective practitioner.
Teaching methods include a mixture of large and small lectures, seminars and workshops, one-to-one and group tutorials. Students will have personal development sessions with academic staff to help with your studies and developing your employability skills.
As well as assessments that count towards your degree, there are also on-going assessments for feedback and consolidating your learning. Assessment methods include essays, scientific reports, presentations, multimedia web pages, expert witness reports, writing formulations, case studies, exams, portfolios, online quizzes, academic posters, patchwork text, an exhibition, an academic poster conference, post occupancy evaluation and designing behaviour change interventions.
This course shares a common integrated foundation year and common first year with BSc (Hons) Forensic Psychology, BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling and BSc (Hons) Psychology, which allows you to change routes at the end of the first year should one of these specialisms appeal to you.
We don’t currently display entry requirements for United States. Please contact the Student Admin team on studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk or 0191 515 3154.
Entry requirements are provided for guidance only and we may offer you an entrance interview which will help us determine your eligibility for your chosen degree. This enables us to consider making you an offer if you are perhaps a mature student who has been out of education for a period of time, or you have gained significant knowledge and skills through employment rather than traditional education.
Eligible entry qualifications:
1. Normally a minimum of three Level 2 qualifications (NVQ, GCSE or equivalent), including Maths and English at grade C or above** and a minimum of 40 UCAS tariff points from Level 3 qualifications (e.g. A or AS Levels, T Levels, BTEC certificates/diplomas, access courses or equivalent). T Levels must be in a related subject.
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2. Demonstrable evidence of appropriate knowledge and skills acquired from at least three years of post-school work experience.
If you are unsure of whether you think you might be suitable for the course, please contact us!
** If you have studied for a GCSE which has a numerical grade then you will need to achieve a grade 4 or above. Equivalent alternative qualifications are also accepted, such as Level 2 Key Skills in Communication and Application of Number.
If English is not your first language, please see our English language requirements.
The annual fee for this course is £9,535 if you are from the UK/Ireland/EU settled/pre-settled.
Undergraduate fees are set according to rules from Government in line with forecast inflation. The fee for your first year of study for 2025/26 will be £9,535. You will pay tuition fees for every year of study. Fees may increase every year based on the Retail Price Index.
If you are a full-time UK/Irish/EU settled/EU pre-settled student you may be eligible to receive financial support to cover your fees for the full four years. UK and EU settled students may also be eligible to receive a maintenance loan.
Learn more about settled status, pre-settled status, special discounts, visa requirements and Common Travel Area (CTA) agreements for the Republic of Ireland applicants in our Help and Advice article.
Please note, this course is not available to international students.
Take a look at the scholarships and bursaries that may be available to you.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
Graduating from any of our psychology programmes will provide you with a varied set of skills and attributes, valued by employers. Our graduates aspire to undertake doctoral post-graduate study and employment in a range of professions allied to Psychology and the Social Sciences.
Clinical Psychologists are usually employed in hospitals, health centres and community health care teams. However, many of our graduates go on to follow non-psychology career routes in social work, public services, HR and teaching due to the highly transferable skills you will gain.
Our clinical programme specifically focuses on developing skills valuable to obtaining assistant psychology positions or evidencing competencies for the clinical psychology doctorate.
Clinical Psychologists can be employed in hospitals, health centres, community mental health teams, and in social services. Graduates have had successful careers in public and private-sector organisations with roles including Therapists for autistic children, Project Officers in Social Services, Assistant Psychologists, Education Welfare Officers, personal fitness coaches, Recruitment Officers and more.
As of October 2023, Prospects suggests that graduates that go on to become trainee clinical psychologists start at £35,392 (Band 6) of the NHS AfC (Agenda for Change pay scale) and after qualification start at £43,742 (Band 7). Experienced psychologists can earn between £50,952 and £57,349 (NHS bands 8a and 8b).
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