This flexible course gives you the opportunity to psychology as your major discipline together with complementary topics from law. You’ll gain research-based insight into human behaviour and emotions and areas that impact our legal system, such as decision-making, child development, and mental health. With growing demand for graduates with knowledge of both subjects, you’ll be well placed for a career within legal psychology, policy making or criminal justice.

You’ll develop an understanding of the basic principles and methods of psychology as a scientific discipline. You’ll combine these with core modules from the University’s law school to gain an understanding of how these subjects interact in real-world contexts. For example, how do family law and the concept of attachment impact the role of caregiver in a child’s development?

This degree is accredited by the British Psychological Society, and you’ll be eligible for membership when you graduate.

Our facilities will support you in every area of research. They include:

• a custom-fit mobile research vehicle for community research 
• eye movement recording facilities 
• an observation lab with audiovisual studio 
• a virtual reality (VR) laboratory 

A psychology and law degree gives you broad skills and provides a stepping stone to a variety of career options including:

• legal psychology
• policy making
• criminal justice
• clinical psychology
• educational psychology
• forensic psychology
• health and occupational psychologies
• human resources
• marketing
• welfare