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Combining academic knowledge with practical experience to prepare graduates for a wide range of psychology careers.
The BSc (Hons) Psychology at Coventry University’s Cairo branch builds a scientific understanding of human behaviour and the mind through a global, real-world lens — covering everything from mental health and identity to relationships, examined across cultures and international contexts. Students move from a thematic first year (biological, social, developmental and cognitive psychology, plus research methods) into specialist territory in years two and three, including cyberpsychology and the psychology of culture, gender and sexuality, before completing an independent empirical research project in their final year under the supervision of a research-active academic.
Study Themes
You will master the following topics during your study at this program journey.
The degree is structured around six core strands of psychological science. Students explore biological psychology — how thoughts, feelings and behaviour are rooted in brain processes such as neurotransmission — alongside developmental psychology, tracing how abilities and behaviours change across the lifespan. Social psychology examines how people influence and understand one another, while cognitive psychology looks at the mental processes behind perception, memory and complex thought. Individual differences covers how traits such as extraversion, neuroticism and conscientiousness shape personality, and conceptual and historical issues in psychology traces how the discipline emerged as a science. Together, these themes are applied to real-life topics — mental health, identity, relationships — and examined across cultures and international settings, underpinned by a strong employability focus and specialist software training (SPSS, GORILLA) built into the curriculum.
Career Paths
You will master the following topics during your study at this program journey.
A Psychology degree builds a professional level of transferable, analytical and research skills — critical thinking, data analysis, communication and self-directed learning — that prepare graduates for both direct entry into psychology-related careers and postgraduate specialisation (for example, clinical, counselling or occupational psychology conversion routes). The final-year independent research project and optional modules (Addictive Behaviours, Criminal Behaviour, Clinical Neuroscience, Counselling Psychology, Child and Educational Psychology, Aggression and Violent Behaviour) let students shape their focus towards the path that interests them most.
Journey
What do you want to learn to achieve the career paths mentioned
Please Note: We regularly review our course content to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
What is credit/national hour?
A credit/notional hour is the formal name for the estimated hours that are expected that a student would need to complete a module
How many hours is 1 credit?
1 credit is equal to 10 notional hours, so 20 credits are equal to 200 notional hours, The 200 hours includes time in lectures, tutorials, preparing for your lectures, assessments as well as your own personal revision and studying that you would do
Can study hours exceed the estimate?
In reality, you might actually go above and beyond the expected notional hours, in particular if your degree requires a lot of independent learning you would most likely exceed the predicted hours
How many credits are in a UK semester?
In the UK system each semester is 60 credits worth which is equivalent to at least 600 hours of study in one term. This is approximately equivalent to 8 hours of study a day
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Psychology BSc (Hons)
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