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Your degree in Psychology with Child Development will develop your knowledge and understanding of children and young people from a psychological, cognitive, social, emotional and cultural perspective.

You'll be focusing on why babies, children, adolescents and older people behave the way they do. You'll also design and carry out studies to explore the factors that go to influence adult behaviour.

The aim is to learn how psychologists can use their knowledge to understand individuals and help them to make a positive difference to their life's development.

You'll be studying in one of the largest - and friendliest - Schools of Psychology in the country, with a huge range of expertise available to you on the campus across a range of subjects.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Our course combines a wide range of elements to provide you with a strong academic grounding. We'll also introduce you to related areas of study, linking them to how you can apply your knowledge to working with children or other groups.

The course includes all the core material you'll need for accreditation by the British Psychological Society through modules shared with our other BSc Psychology courses. However, the course has a particular focus on developmental psychology - the study of how thinking and behaviour changes through life.

You'll develop your knowledge and understanding of the needs and experiences of children and young and older people from cognitive, social, emotional and cultural perspectives.

Key to many careers and employers - you will also develop thinking skills, including analysis and interpretation of evidence, scientific reasoning, critical thinking, and appreciation of multiple perspectives and approaches. Furthermore, other skills for life and work will include communications, computer literacy (including statistical software), interpersonal and group-work skills, self-knowledge and reflexivity, and planning and time-management (under the broad knowledge base of 'mental wealth').

We consistently review our courses to ensure we are up to date with industry changes and requirements from our graduates. As a result, our modules are subject to change.