Study across the breadth of psychology with our accredited course. You’ll explore topics from social, health and clinical psychology, to cognitive and developmental psychology, neuroscience and psychological research methods. This British Psychological Society accredited course will give you the skills and knowledge to understand human behaviour and the brain processes behind it. Our Psychology BSc at Sheffield allows you to study across the breadth of the subject. From your very first week at Sheffield, you’ll start to cover five key areas: Cognitive psychology Developmental psychology Neuroscience and clinical psychology Social and health psychology Research methods Within these five areas, you'll get the chance to explore important topics with real world relevance such as addictions, eating disorders and depression. You'll run your own experiments and learn from some of the UK’s top psychology researchers, too. In the first year of your degree, you'll study fundamental psychology topics, including how memory works, how we interact with others and our environment, and the biology behind human behaviour. In second year, you go even deeper into these core subjects. For example, you’ll learn about eating disorders, how children learn, and why people struggle to follow through with their intentions. Your advanced research methods training that runs alongside this will teach you how to use professional statistical analysis software, and how to take ethical considerations into account when designing research projects. By the end of year two you’ll have an excellent foundation of subject knowledge and the technical skills you’ll need, ready to specialise in the topics you’re most passionate about in your third year.