BA (Hons) Psychology With Sociology

at Edinburgh Napier University

You'll develop a detailed understanding of the social world, the relationships that operate within it at both an individual and a group level, and the social forces that act on us all: knowledge that can be particularly useful to employers across all sectors.

You'll develop a range of practical, intellectual, research and transferable skills including psychological and social research methods, group working, communication, critical thinking and problem solving. You'll also gain the skills to source, use and interpret information, design experiments and use related software.

Popular modules

Year 1

• Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Sociology
• Understanding Social Change
• Research Methods
• Individual Differences

Year 2

• Research Methods
• Psychology of Child Development
• Biological Foundations of Behaviour
• Cognitive Psychology
• Sociological Theory
• Option

Year 3

• Social Psychology
• Individual Differences
• Brain & Cognition
• Research Methods
• Sociology of Organisations or Sociology of Medicine, Health and Illness
• Environment, Politics & Society or Sexuality & Gender

Year 4

• Honours Project in Psychology
• Psychology of Lifespan Development
• Forensic Psychology, Organisational Psychology or Counselling Psychology
• Social Identities or Sociology of Media & Culture
• Science, Technology & Society, Surveillance & Society or Music Psychology
• Social Psychology of Immigration

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught degrees 

IELTS (Academic)
6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

TOEFL Internet Based Test
80 overall with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing

Pearson’s Test of Academic English
56 overall with a minimum of 51 in each component

Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)
ISEII, ISEIII, ISEIV with a pass in each component

LanguageCert English language qualification
B2 Communicator Test with overall 39 or above, and 25 or above in all skills

Students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland will be invoiced the tuition fees for 3 years of their 4 years of study. Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by mainland EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here. For EU students who commenced their studies prior to 1 August 2022 or hold pre or settled status in the UK, fees will remain the same as Scottish Students.                    
If additional compulsory costs other than the tuition fees are applicable, these will be detailed in the course details.                    

Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries.

Career and further study opportunities

You'll find work in social and helping professions with opportunities from personnel manager to youth worker, in areas such as marketing and market research, occupational therapy, sales, and personnel management, or you can progress to postgraduate study.

With a postgraduate qualification, you can enter a specialist area such as:

• Clinical psychology
• Educational psychology
• Occupational psychology
• Health psychology
• Forensic psychology

or you may choose specialist training in:

• Counselling
• Careers guidance
• Social work
• Teaching
• Human resource management.