Psychology

Course summary

Course Outline: The duration of the course is either one year to gain an AS award or two years for the full A level qualification. Skills: Psychology is a fascinating and exciting subject which focuses on understanding and explaining human behaviour in a scientific way. As well as developing knowledge about the main areas of the subject, students of psychology will acquire valuable skills in critical thinking, analysis, evaluation and communication. Do you often wonder why people do the things they do? Are you interested in finding out about how people think and how our past can influence decisions we make now? If so, this course is for you. Future progressions from this course: Students taking psychology at A level often go on to study the subject or a related subject at university. Knowledge of this field would be useful in careers such as social work, law, nursing, media, forensics, physiotherapy, etc. The subject can be combined equally well with science, humanities or arts subjects to provide a balanced A level profile.