Psychology, sociology and education

If you have a deep curiosity about human behaviour and a desire to make a positive impact on individuals’ lives, our courses are perfect for you. With our contemporary degrees, we’ll empower you with transferable skills that can lead to success in various career paths.

At Solent, we go beyond offering lifelong learning skills – our curriculum is designed to enhance your employability. Our degrees are tailored to meet the demands of industries worldwide, be it teaching, psychology, sociology, human rights, or criminal justice. Employers highly value the skills you’ll develop throughout our programmes, ensuring you are well prepared for a fulfilling career in your chosen field to shape the lives of others.

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Why study psychology, sociology and education at Solent?

Our courses are designed in consultation with industry practitioners, ensuring you are up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.
Many of our courses offer a variety of work experience opportunities. Whether it’s through an optional placement year, live projects, or embedded in the course, you’ll be able to apply your skills and knowledge to real-life situations for employment-focused assessments.
You could present at conferences or engage with our network of professional organisations through mentoring, training, or work experience opportunities.
You’ll hear from a range of guest speakers who often bring stimulating insight from their experiences and insider knowledge about the current state of the industry, and predictions for the future.
Immerse yourself in a nurturing learning community designed to help you thrive. Our academic teams, with extensive industry and teaching expertise, continuously enrich their knowledge through ongoing research.
Many of our courses are accredited by bodies such as the British Psychological Society (BPS) so you can expect a high level of teaching that meets industry needs.
You’ll be assigned a personal tutor who can assist you with pastoral support to help you make the most of your learning.

Some courses in this subject are accredited or endorsed by:

BSc (Hons)
Criminal Investigation with Psychology
- Undergraduate
- Psychology, sociology and education
- Law and criminology
- Clearing open
BA (Hons)
Criminology and Sociology
- Undergraduate
- Psychology, sociology and education
- Law and criminology
- Clearing open
BA (Hons)
Education
- Undergraduate
- Psychology, sociology and education
- Clearing open
BSc (Hons)
Psychology
- Undergraduate
- Psychology, sociology and education
- Clearing open
BSc (Hons)
Psychology with Counselling and Mental Health
- Undergraduate
- Psychology, sociology and education
- Health and medical science
- Clearing open
BSc (Hons)
Psychology with Criminology
- Undergraduate
- Psychology, sociology and education
- Law and criminology
- Clearing open

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Industry links

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Facilities

You’ll have access to our range of specialist facilities, providing a practical learning environment and access to state-of the-art resources to help you make the most of your time with us.

Our psychology laboratory consists of five purpose-built research rooms in various sizes to suit anything from individual participant research to focus groups. These rooms allow psychology students to collect data from human participants using the same resources as professional psychologists.

You can carry out cognitive and psycho-physiological investigations by using a sophisticated eye tracker to trace eye positions on a computer screen. You’ll also have access to our BIOPAC consoles and virtual reality environments to measure the participant’s physiological reactions such as heart rate and skin conductivity; and adult intelligence scales to interview recording basics; and experimental cubicles.

Library
Library
The Library building is open for Solent students and staff to access computers and study spaces, and for browsing the shelves and borrowing items.
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Psychology facilities
Psychology facilities
Purpose built laboratories and research rooms equipped with industry standard resources for gathering data.
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Sports Complex
Sports Complex
A state of the art centre designed to meet all sport and health needs.
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The Spark
The Spark
Solent's £33m Spark building combines interactive teaching spaces with lecture theatres and an atrium with social spaces. Central to The Spark building is the futuristic Pod, which has a full-size lecture theatre and open-topped breakout space.
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