Psychology Access to Higher Education - Level 3

• GCSE grade 4 or above in English and maths

or

• Level 2 Functional Skills English and maths at Pass.

Upon successful completion of this course you will achieve Access to Higher Education Diploma in Psychology.

• Researching and understanding opportunities for Higher Education
• Developing your research skills
• Introduction to psychology
• Aggression
• Psychological perspectives and behaviour
• Defining, classifying and explaining disorders
• Social psychology
• Stress and wellbeing
• Introduction to counselling
• Perspectives in counselling
• Counselling applied to loss, bereavement, stress and abuse
• Counselling skills in practice
• Introduction to issues in Health and Social Care
• Health and Social Care provision
• Human growth and development.

• Observation record
• Questions and discussions
• Case studies
• Written reports
• Experiments and content analysis
• Worksheets
• Audio recordings
• Self-assessments
• Workbook activities.

• Case studies
• Written reports
• Experiments and Content analysis
• Worksheets
• Audio recordings
• Self-assessments
• Workbook activities
• Essays.

You will visit Select Psychology at Tynemouth in order to explore the resources available in the local area, and speak to psychologists currently in industry.

Once you have successfully completed this course you could progress to study psychology at degree level.

The cost of this course will depend on your circumstances. Check our course cost categories to find out which category you fit into.

• Cat A - Free#
• Cat C - £3,384
• Adult Learner Loan - £3,384*

#Only applicable if you’re aged 19-23 years and planning to study towards your first full Level 2 or first full Level 3.

*Student Finance England will ‘write off’ any outstanding Advanced Learner Loan balances you owe for an Access to Higher Education course once you complete a degree course. This means you do not have to repay it.