Academic excellence for business and the professions

Department of Psychology:Undergraduate Open Day

Elliot Freeman

Admissions Tutor

Questions

– What is Psychology about?• Not (just) mind-reading

– Should I study Psychology?

• And can I get a job afterwards?

– Should I come to City University?

• What will I get?

• Grand questions– Who / what am I?

– How does a brain make a mind?

– Why do things look the way they do?

• Practical questions– How can we get select the best

person for a job?

– How can we help people make rational decisions?

– How can we promote healthy lifestyles?

– How can we improve speech comprehension in hearing impairment?

– How reliable are court eyewitnesses?

– Business, Industry– Marketing, Public Relations,

Advertising– Personnel Management– Education, Teaching, Training– Caring Professions– Therapy– Sports and fitness– Police, Armed Forces– Science journalism– Clinical

Psychology Careers

Professions Other careers• Clinical Psychology• Occupational Psychology• Health Psychology• Educational Psychology• Counselling

• Psychology Degree– Keeps your options open– Proof of scientific, social,

quantitative, critical and presentations skills

– Attractive to employers

– NSS 2013: joint 1st in UK!– 99% : ‘Staff are good at explaining things’– 2nd in London1, Top 25% in UK– 3* and 4* rated research

• Excellent employment prospects– 86% employment or further study after 6

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– 10th in UK for employability1 and graduate starting salaries2

– Average salary £17000 after six months2

1. Guardian University Guide 2015 & Complete University Guide 20142. Unistats 2013

Psychology at City: Accolades

What makes us good

• Access to lecturers– 6-10 formal contact hours, supplemented by– One-to-one ‘clinic’ sessions after every lecture– 2 weekly drop-in hours– On-line forums and email (response within 48hrs)

• Focus on professional practice– A unique concentration of practicing psychologists– Counselling, organisational, coaching, health, developmental & autism– Opportunities for career guidance and specialist postgraduate study

• Feedback– Three-week turn-around of marking– Unique detailed multidimensional feedback, on-line– Personal performance reviews (exam and coursework)– Examiner’s comments, model answers and statistics for every module

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How do I get in?A-level grades Minimum entry requirements 310 tariff points

Typically A A B•Can include AS grade C or better•Preferably includes Science•Preferably not General Studies

OR International Baccalaureate 31Access to HE and non-UCAS tariff qualificationsAssessed on individual basis

Must achieve top gradesStrong CV, academic references and personal statement; evidence of academic ability

GCSE B or equivalent in English Language and

either Maths or StatisticsCV and personal statement- Are you really a Psychologist?

Relevant work experience,Evidence of reading and independent studyCareer aspirations or interestsWhat will Psychology do for you?What will you do for Psychology?

BSc in Psychology @ City University London

Year 3 (60%)

Year 2 (30%)

Year1 (10%)

Final Grade Calculation: Teaching & Assessment:

Teaching Most modules: 10 lectures (2h) plus drop-in clinic (1h)

Assessment Coursework plus end of term exam [essay, MCQs, presentation, reflection, lab report, book review, etc.]

Year 1: Foundations and electives

• Cognitive Approaches• Biological Approaches• Life Span Psychology• History and Theory• Research and

Quantitative Methods• Specialist Background

• Small group tutorials• Electives

– Economics– Media studies– Languages– Politics– Psychology Research @

City

Year 2: Core studies

• Research Methods• Cognitive Psychology• Biological Psychology• Developmental • Social Psychology • Personality and

Individual differences

Year 3: Specialist electives and Dissertation

• Concepts and Categorisation • Judgment and Decision Making • Memory: Trends and Issues • Neuroscience: Brain, Mind and

Body • Approaches to Autism• Health Psychology • Organizational Psychology

• Psychology Dissertation – 7000-10000 words– Original independently-conducted

research– Supervised one-on-one by expert

lecturer

• Psychology as Philosophy • Social and Emotional

Development: The Early Years • Abnormal and Clinical

Psychology • Introduction to Applied Behaviour

Analysis• Coaching Psychology: Theory,

Research and Practice• Normal and disordered word

processing

BSc Psychology Pathways @ City

• Accredited by the BPS• A degree in a specialised area of psychology• All students enter BSc Psychology route• Students decide at the end of their 2nd year whether

– they want to apply to specialise in one of four pathways– or continue with general BSc Psychology

• Our Pathways are related to our areas of excellence in research and applied psychology fields.

• Selecting a pathway makes sense if:– You are very certain of your career choice– Otherwise keep your options open

BSc Psychology @ City University London

BSc Psychology

BSc Psychology with integrated professional training

BSc Psychology with study abroad

New BSc Psychology with Pathways:

BSc Psychology with Counselling and Health Psychology

BSc Psychology with Organisational Psychology & Behavioural Economics

BSc Psychology with Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

BSc Psychology with Child Development

Psychology Research

• Autism Research Group • Coaching Psychology Unit• Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit

• EEG & TMS• Neural basis of perception and

action

• Developmental Psychology Research Group

• Health Psychology Research Group• Memory & Cognition Research Group

• Decision making• Concepts and categories

• Memory Research Unit• Organisational Psychology Research

Group• Centre for Performance at Work

• Opportunities for research and work experience

Taster day programmePresenter Topic

Elliot Freeman Welcome

Dermot Bowler Autism Spectrum

Lauren Knott Memory and Law

Stian Reimers Social Psych, Decision making

Paul Flaxman Occupational

Antonia Clark Careers

Labs & facilitiesASD Cognition LabTeaching rooms EyetrackingEEG TMSTesting booths Big computer lab

Questions?