Education and Psychology

About this course

Education and psychology is a pairing that makes immediate intuitive sense: how people learn, how they develop, how they behave in educational settings, and what factors shape educational outcomes are all deeply psychological questions. Psychology provides the scientific tools to examine these questions rigorously, while the education focus gives that psychological knowledge a practical and social context. Together they develop a graduate who understands both the science of learning and the institutional and policy environments in which that learning takes place. At the University of Southampton, this three-year full-time combined degree examines how education evolves, how people learn, and how individuals behave in educational settings, drawing on psychological research and theory across the full breadth of the discipline. You will study cognition, development, social psychology, and r

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 45% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 9% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 14% of graduatescards →
• 12 / 100Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation · 14% of graduatescards →
• 10 / 100Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations · 4% of graduatescards →

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