Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, BA (Hons)

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, BA (Hons) is a Bachelor program taught at University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences (PBS) at Cambridge overlaps with disciplines such as anthropology, neuroscience, philosophy and sociology. The course lets you study cognitive, social, developmental and biological psychology within the broader context of the behavioural sciences. It covers topics such as statistics and data-science, cognitive psychology, psychopathology, language, brain mechanisms, family relationships and influences, personality, and group social behaviour.

Teaching includes lectures, classes or seminars, and small-group supervisions. Some papers include a practical element in laboratories. Assessment uses laboratory reports, short answer and essay-based written examinations, and oral examinations. You take compulsory papers in Part IA and Part IB, then complete a research dissertation of 7,000 words in Part II, plus further papers.

Modules

• Introduction to Experimental Psychology: From Brain to Cognition
• Social Psychology and Individual Differences
• From Subjective Questions to Objective Science
• Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Developmental Psychology
• biological and social anthropology
• evolution and behaviour
• politics
• philosophy
• Sociology
• mathematical biology

The minimum requirements for admission in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, BA (Hons) at University of Cambridge for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by University of Cambridge.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of Cambridge as pre-requiste for admission in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, BA (Hons).

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Minimum offer level

• A level: A*A*A
• IB: 41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level
• Other qualifications: Check which other qualifications we accept.

Subjects required for A levels/IB Higher Levels

To apply to any of our Colleges for Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, you will need A levels/IB Higher Levels (or the equivalent) in at least one of the following subjects: Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics.

College entry requirements

The following Colleges usually set offers at the minimum offer level: Christ’s, Clare, Downing, Emmanuel, Fitzwilliam, Girton, Gonville & Caius, Homerton, Hughes Hall, King's, Magdalene, Murray Edwards, Newnham, Pembroke, Robinson, Sidney Sussex, St Catharine's, St Edmund's, Trinity, Trinity Hall, Wolfson.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/psychological-behavioural-sciences-ba-hons

• Psychology and related fields
• Clinical Psychologist
• Careers in social, community and charity work, research and teaching
• Admission to professional courses in clinical, educational, forensic or applied psychology
• Edelman, a global communications firm
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
• Cabinet Office
• Arsenal Football Club

85 fully funded scholarships are listed for UK. See UK scholarships.