Introduction:

What you’ll study

The course is a specialised variant of our BSc (Hons) Psychology degree, with tailored modules towards a forensic psychology emphasis in Years One and Two and a focus on our psychological understanding and response to offending behaviour, encompassing the police, the courts, the prison system and offenders in your final year.

Your first two years of your degree are designed to provide you with a thorough grounding in all core areas of psychology. You’ll complete an introduction to psychology and core modules in biological, social, developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as undertaking training in research methods and statistics.

You’ll also complete bespoke modules that explore the academic and professional context of psychology with a particular focus on this specialism. Further specialisation takes place in the final year where most modules will be related to the specialism. You’ll also complete a research project in psychology, focused on a topic of your choosing under the supervision of a research-active member of staff.

You can also take part in the innovative Work Based Psychology Practice module, a unique feature of psychology at NTU. Taking on the role of a consultant psychologist, you will work on real-life problem scenarios supplied by external organisations, and provide evidence-based solutions to these organisations.

Four-year placement course

You also have the option of choosing to complete a four-year course that includes a year-long work placement in between Year Two and Year Three. You must apply with the UCAS code C805 to be considered for the four-year sandwich or placement course.

Careers and employability

Our BSc (Hons) Psychology (Forensic Psychology) course is designed so that you can develop all the knowledge and skills that you’ll need for your future career.

The degree caters for both students who wish to become professional psychologists and those who wish to pursue other careers. Throughout the course you will receive training on a range of skills that will appeal to employers, such as training in research methods, numeracy training in statistics, as well as gain experience developing and critically analysing ideas and arguments in written form or oral presentations. During the first two years we will also encourage you to reflect on your skills and potential career paths to enable you to shape your university experience and development appropriately.

Entry requirements

Three years full-time

You will need one of the following:

• A-levels – ABB; or
• BTEC Extended Diploma – DDM; or
• 128 UCAS Tariff points from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications; and
• GCSEs – English and Maths grade C / 4.

Four-year placement

You will need one of the following:

• A-levels – AAB; or
• BTEC Extended Diploma – DDD; or
• 136 UCAS Tariff points from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications; and
• GCSEs – English and Maths grade C / 4.

We also consider equivalent qualifications and combinations.

Three-year and four-year route

You will need GCSE English Language and Maths grade C / 4 or above.

It is preferable that students do not have more than one A-level in a performance, artistic or creative subject. However, all applications will be considered on an individual basis. Performance, artistic or creative subjects include the following:

• Art and Design
• Dance
• Design and Technology – Food Technology
• Design and Technology – Product Design
• Design and Technology – Systems and Control
• Drama
• Theatre Studies
• Fine Art
• Graphic Design
• Leisure Studies
• Performance Studies
• Performing Arts
• Photography
• Textiles
• Three Dimensional Design or similar
• Applied Art and Design
• Applied Art and Design (Double Award)
• Applied Leisure Studies
• Applied Leisure Studies (Double Award).

Psychology is about understanding behaviour in all its forms. Primarily, you will have an interest in psychology (why people behave in the way they do). Psychology at Nottingham Trent University is treated as both a biological and social science, and it is preferable that you have some understanding of the broad nature of the discipline. Ideally, you will be interested in learning about how to carry out research and analyse data.

All applications are considered on a case-by-case basis and we are happy to accept applications from mature students, students with access qualifications, and many other types of standard and non-standard qualifications for which we can calculate UCAS points. Non-standard applicants may be interviewed.

Please note that a Disclosure and Barring Service check (formerly known as a Criminal Records Bureau disclosure) will be necessary before working with young people or vulnerable populations, but it is not required for admission onto the BSc (Hons) Psychology (Forensic Psychology).

Fees and funding

International fees for 2022 entry onto a full-time undergraduate course are:

• £15,600, or
• £16,200 (for courses in the Nottingham School of Art & Design and Nottingham Business School).

Tuition fees are payable for each year that you are at University. Tuition fees for the second and subsequent years of your undergraduate course may increase in line with inflation and as specified by the UK government.

If you choose to do a work placement as part of the undergraduate course the fee for the work placement will be £1,385.

Late Applications

If you missed the UCAS January deadline, it’s not too late to apply to join us in September 2022.

Applying to university after the January deadline isn’t anything to worry about – we accept applications for most of our undergraduate courses until Thursday 30 June 2022.