Psychology and Education

About this programme

Psychology and Education Code C8X3 Applicant Visiting Days Applicant Visiting Days --> Attend an Open Day Attend an Open Day Open Days - Register Now Open Days - Register Now --> Apply Now Scholarships and Bursaries worth over £15,000 – apply now --> Accepting late applications Apply now --> Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), the BSc in Psychology and Education at Aberystwyth University offers you the opportunity to pursue a specialist field of study, where insights from one discipline can directly enhance understanding and application of knowledge in the other. It enables you to test out psychological theories in real-life settings, including education, and to appreciate an interdisciplinary perspective. You will be taught by experts engaged in innovative research in child and adolescent development, education, atypical development (e.g., autism, dyslexia), learning, neuroscience and mental health. On this course, you will work and engage with lecturers who use their research to create an inspiring learning environment in which you can develop your own thinking in a safe and supportive department. Studying this degree will enable you to develop a deeper understanding of cognitive and social development in human beings from childhood onwards. You will also have the opportunity to study and critique the learning environments in which this development takes place and how these are influenced by educational policy and practice. Our ethos is to teach in a way which enables you to develop conceptual and theoretical knowledge to solve problems in real-world