BSc (Hons) Psychology with Clinical and Health Psychology

Youll specialise in understanding the psychological factors involved in mental and physical health, their causes, treatment, and prevention. In clinical psychology, youll study behavioural problems in children, mental illness in adults, and psychological problems in old age including important contemporary issues such as eating disorders and drug misuse. In health psychology, youll examine the psychological factors that lead some individuals to behave in health-damaging ways and what happens when individuals become ill or disabled.
As well as gaining a thorough understanding of the broad range of topics relevant to modern-day psychology, youll specialise in understanding the psychological factors involved in mental and physical health and youll develop clinically relevant skills and knowledge. In clinical psychology, youll study behavioural problems in children, mental illness in adults, and psychological problems in old age. This will include important contemporary issues such as eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and drug misuse. Youll analyse, not only what causes these problems but also how they can be treated, or, even better, prevented. In health psychology, youll examine the psychological factors that lead some individuals to behave in health-damaging ways, such as eating unhealthy diets, not taking enough exercise, or engaging in unsafe sexual behaviour. Youll study what happens when individuals do become ill or disabled, with diseases such as heart disease and cancer, and how stress can impact general health. As well as understanding how things can go wrong, youll analyse how the situation can be improved through psychological interventions such as counselling and mindfulness, as well as the positive benefits of the science of wellbeing.

Careers
Psychology with Clinical and Health Psychology focuses on developing skills suitable for a career in clinical practice but is still suitable for students who want to follow any of the main psychological professions (clinical psychology, educational psychology, counselling psychology, health psychology, etc). In addition, there are careers open to graduates and postgraduates from any discipline. These include, for example, careers in management training, accountancy, teaching, nursing, social work, the police, and the armed forces. Employers are usually looking for general or transferable skills, and a psychology degree provides a unique combination of these as it is both a literate and numerate discipline.
Previous graduates from the BSc Psychology with Clinical and Health Psychology course have gone into a wide range of career paths including, but not limited to, assistant psychologists and clinical psychologists, research and academia, working in schools and prisons as well as data scientists in industry.
Employability is a key theme of all the psychology programmes you can follow at Bangor and we have embedded a large number of opportunities within our degrees that provide you as strong a CV as possible and equip you with a host of transferable skills that are relevant to both psychology and non-psychology related careers. The simple fact that you

Offers are tariff based, 120 - 144 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:

A Levels (applicants are strongly preferred to have at least one relevant science - Maths, Biology, Human Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, Psychology and Science). General Studies and Key Skills are not accepted
BTEC National Extended Diploma: DDM - DDD
Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DDM - DDD
International Baccalaureate Diploma: accepted
Access: pass required
Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications
T-Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis
Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
We are happy to accept combinations of the qualifications listed above, as well as alternative Level 3 qualifications such as City & Guilds, Access and Cambridge Technical Diplomas.

We also welcome applications from mature learners.

International Candidates: International Candidates: school leaving qualifications that are equivalent to A levels/Level 3 and/or college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements).

IELTS - 6.0 (5.5), TOEFL iBT - 75 overall , (L-17, R-18, S-20, W-18)