How long is the BA in Psychology?

The BA in Psychology is three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes, taught on-campus in London, fully online with live methods workshops, or via distance learning.

Can I study the BA in Psychology online?

Yes. The BA in Psychology is offered fully online with live methods workshops, or as distance learning with structured ethics-review for student studies.

Does the BA give me chartered psychologist status?

The BA in Psychology is a UK honours degree built around the BPS core curriculum areas. It prepares you for postgraduate professional training rather than awarding chartered status itself.

What are the entry requirements for the BA in Psychology?

Three A-levels at BBC (IB 28, BTEC DMM), GCSE English at grade 5/C and Maths at grade 4/C, plus IELTS 6.5 for non-native English speakers. Mature applicants may apply with a portfolio.

What does the BA in Psychology cost and are scholarships available?

Fees vary by route and domicile. The BA in Psychology offers means-tested bursaries and a research-progression award each intake — contact admissions for current fees.

BA in Psychology in London Programme | LSCT London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BA in Psychology at the London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a three-year undergraduate honours degree designed around the British Psychological Society (BPS) core curriculum areas, for students who want a rigorous grounding in human behaviour before specialising in clinical, occupational, educational or research psychology. The degree is taught from our central London base, with online and distance routes that maintain the same research-methods spine.

You will design and run real studies from year one, learning how to defend a method as much as a finding. Assessment combines a research-methods portfolio, an applied case study and a final-year dissertation supervised by a graduate-basis-for-chartership-aligned academic. The programme prepares you for postgraduate professional training rather than awarding clinical status itself.

You will be taught by practitioners active in UK classrooms, FE colleges, training providers and HE settings, so the syllabus reflects how policy changes are actually being implemented rather than how the policy paper proposed they should be. The reflective portfolio that runs across the programme doubles as a CPD evidence file useful for revalidation and progression.

Key Features

UK honours degree built around the BPS core curriculum areas.
Three study modes — on-campus seminars and labs, online with live methods workshops, or distance learning with structured ethics review.
Research-methods spine running across all three years, including pre-registration of student studies.
Applied placement in year two with a third-sector, healthcare or research setting.
Statistics module using R and JASP rather than SPSS-only training.
Final-year dissertation assessed against published-paper rubrics.

The programme is scheduled around working teachers, trainers and learning-and-development practitioners so observed practice can take place in students own settings, and the reflective portfolio doubles as a CPD evidence file. Sessions are recorded for review and assessment is portfolio-based throughout.

What You Will Learn

The degree builds three psychological literacies — knowing the evidence base, knowing the method that produced it, and knowing how it does and does not generalise. You will graduate able to read a journal paper critically, run an ethics-approved study and apply behavioural insight to real organisational and care settings.

Cognitive psychology — attention, memory, language and decision-making.
Biological psychology and the neuroscience foundations of behaviour.
Developmental psychology across the lifespan.
Social psychology, attitudes and group behaviour.
Individual differences and personality.
Research methods, statistics in R, and open-science practice.
Mental health, psychopathology and intervention literacy.
Applied psychology — occupational, educational and health contexts.

Each module is taught by a practitioner active in UK schools, FE colleges, training providers or higher-education — not by academics whose last classroom experience was a decade ago — so practice feedback is current and pragmatic.

Who This Course Is For

School leavers preparing for postgraduate clinical or applied psychology training.
Career changers entering mental-health, HR or research-adjacent careers.
International students aiming at a UK-recognised psychology degree.
Working welfare and support staff seeking academic underpinning.

International educators preparing for UK practice are welcome and the department offers dedicated orientation on the UK regulatory landscape — DfE, Ofsted, SET and QAA — so practitioners arrive in their first UK role already fluent in the frameworks they will be measured against.

Career Pathways

Graduates either continue to postgraduate professional training in psychology or take applied psychology into adjacent careers. Typical destinations include:

Assistant Psychologist (NHS / charity)
Mental Health Support Worker
Behavioural Insights Researcher
HR Officer (people analytics track)
Education Support Officer
User Researcher (UX / behavioural design)

Recent destinations include FE-college lecturer posts, training and development functions at UK SMEs and public-sector bodies, curriculum-lead appointments in schools, and senior practitioner roles in adult-learning and apprenticeship providers across the UK. The careers service supports structured CV review and direct introductions where appropriate.

The BA is a strong foundation for an MSc in Psychology or any BPS-approved professional doctorate.

Entry Requirements

Three A-levels at grades BBC or above, or an equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Foundation Year pass).
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A personal statement; mature applicants (21+) may apply with a portfolio of relevant work and a short interview.

Mature applicants with relevant teaching, training or HE experience may apply with a CV and a reflective statement in lieu of the standard formal qualifications. International educators preparing for UK practice receive structured orientation on DfE, Ofsted, SET and QAA frameworks so they arrive in their first UK setting fluent with the regulatory landscape.

Why Study at LSCT

The London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a specialist higher-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. We teach in small cohorts so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule that students can rely on, and partner with UK professional bodies so qualifications carry weight with employers. London puts Whitehall, the City, Silicon Roundabout, the Royal Courts of Justice, the West End and the NHS estate within a short tube ride of every classroom — and our students use that proximity in their projects, placements and graduate job hunts. Our education and professional studies faculty teaches statistics in R from year one, so methods literacy is portable to any modern research lab.

The education and professional studies department teaches with co-tutors drawn from working classrooms and L&D functions, which means every cohort hears how this term policy changes are actually being implemented in UK practice — not how textbooks would suggest they should be. Students are introduced into the wider LSCT alumni network from the first month.

Apply for BA in Psychology

The BA in Psychology is built to launch your career in the Education & Professional Studies sector. Click Enrol Now to submit your application; admissions reply within one working day.

Admissions decisions on the education and professional studies programme are returned within one working day, with intake confirmation, an enhanced DBS timeline where applicable, and a short call on study route. Tuition guidance and any teaching-progression bursaries are flagged privately by the team.