Psychology BSc (Hons) (Online Distance Learning)

One of our most popular online degrees, this BPS-accredited course is an essential first step to becoming a qualified psychologist. It includes free BPS student membership, which gives you access to a valuable network, plus great resources and events.

This course has 3 intakes per year: September, January and May.

Our BSc (Hons) Psychology degree is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and has been successfully running online for more than eight years. It is one of our most popular and established online degrees. Completing an accredited degree is an essential first step to becoming a qualified psychologist. But even if that isn’t your career goal, this is still a fascinating subject to study.

Tailor your course with optional modules

During the final stage of this online course, in addition to the compulsory core areas of psychology, you can also choose from a range of optional modules allowing you to follow your own interests. These may be in areas such as addictive behaviours, applied psychology and ergonomics, or autism, Asperger’s and ADHD.

Free student membership of the British Psychological Society

To show our commitment to our students, we are always looking for new ways to facilitate your growth as psychologists. Enrol onto this course and receive full BPS student membership for the duration of your studies.

Accredited and non-accredited routes

If you are looking to achieve Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS you must also attend a one week residential held at the University of Derby’s Kedleston Road campus. The residential week provides you with the opportunity to experience different aspects of psychology, such as experimental design, running practical exercises in labs, group data collection and statistics alongside psychologists and academics who are experts in their field of study.

If you don’t need GBC or are unable to attend the residential week, you can take an alternative online module instead and graduate with a non-accredited BSc (Hons) Psychological Studies.

If you’re interested in psychology as a subject and are not pursuing a career as a psychologist, then this course is valuable. It allows you to develop skills for a variety of careers, such as working in educational or health settings, and in management or administration.

You require:

• A levels (104 UCAS points - excluding General Studies) or equivalent qualifications, such as a BTEC National Diploma, Scottish Highers etc

• GCSE Maths (minimum grade C)*

• GCSE English Language (minimum grade C)**

We also accept Access qualifications (with a grade of 22 merits or a distinction).

If you want to become a professional psychologist, you will need to undertake further postgraduate training and after completing this BSc, you’ll be able to do just that. You can choose to train in areas such as clinical psychology, occupational, forensic or educational psychology. If you are interested in health psychology you can continue to study our MSc Health Psychology with us online.