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Course overview
The Psychology and Language Sciences BSc is a three-year course that develops students’ knowledge and expertise in psychology, language sciences, linguistics, and communication. We also offer a four-year integrated Master's course which includes a workplace (applied) or research placement.
Communication and language are fundamental to human behaviour, how we perceive the world, and how we interact with one another. By studying Psychology and Language Sciences, you will gain a unique perspective and education that opens up a wide variety of further study and career destinations.
The first two years of your degree comprise mainly compulsory modules taken by all students. These will develop your broad knowledge of psychology and language sciences. You will study fundamental topics such as the neural basis of perception, memory and language, social psychology, individual differences, speech production and perception, and the development of communication and cognition.
Skills in planning, running and analysing experiments are taught in research methods modules and laboratory classes in Year One and Year Two. You will start writing your own research lab reports early in your studies, developing your confidence in statistical research and data analysis.
Students in the second year can complete a weekly observational placement with children in an early years’ setting (for which a DBS check is required). This is offered to students as part of the Development of Communication and Cognition module which enables you to develop observational research techniques and relate developmental models of play and language to your real-life observations.
In your final year, you will choose a research project (similar to a dissertation in other courses) to be completed under the supervision of an expert in your chosen field. Your research project is the culmination of your studies where you will demonstrate the knowledge and skills gained throughout your studies. Alongside your research project, you will select six optional modules from a broad range of specialised areas, many of which relate to professional and research interests (e.g., educational psychology, behaviour change, speech and language therapy, neuroscience of language). This allows you to specialise your studies in the areas that interest you, with many students selecting modules that are tied to their future postgraduate study and career ambitions.
Successful completion of Year Three with at least a 2.2 class degree award allows you to graduate with a BPS-accredited BSc qualification and eligible to register with graduate status with the BPS (the first step towards a Clinical Psychologist career).
What this course will give you
The UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences is known worldwide for its teaching and research in the fields of psychology, speech sciences, and linguistics. The work of our staff appears in internationally acclaimed journals and books. You will be joining a community of academics and researchers who are actively involved in the subjects that they teach.
Our departments continuously produce innovative, cutting-edge, and highly cited research. Students are encouraged to engage with our research community and will be invited to research lectures throughout the year, as well as there being opportunities to apply for research internships.
This course provides experiential learning in our research specialisms, emphasising the complementary nature of psychology, speech sciences and linguistics, and providing special insights into the human mind, language, and communication. The course is an excellent platform from which you can pursue further research or follow Master's level professional programmes. For example, many students pursue careers in clinical and educational psychology, teaching, speech and language therapy, or audiology.
Reflecting the many transferable skills you will gain, 85% of graduates are working or in further study 15 months after graduating, with many in diverse fields including therapy, IT, business, and teaching (GOS 2020-21).
You will benefit from excellent resources including our virtual learning environment (VLE), which makes all teaching materials (including course outlines, lecture presentation slides, handouts, video recordings of lectures) available to all students. Research lab spaces and computer rooms are available during your studies. The Division of Psychology and Language Sciences is also home to the departmental Psychology Society which is student-run and has many social activities as well as external guest lecturers and talks presented throughout the year.
Additionally:
- We are top in the UK for research power in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, with more than 90% of our research rated as world-leading or internationally excellent (UK Research Excellence Framework 2021).
- UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2024).
- We are ranked 5th in the world for Psychology (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023).
- UCL is 2nd in Europe and 3rd in the world for Psychiatry / Psychology in the National Taiwan University Rankings for scientific papers (2023).