Psychosocial Studies

About this course

Psychosocial studies occupies the meeting point between psychology and sociology, taking seriously both the inner life of individuals and the social structures that shape that life. Where psychology focuses on mental processes, behaviour and the workings of the individual mind, sociology examines the institutions, norms and power relations that organise social life. Psychosocial studies brings these two lenses together, asking how the personal and the social are always already entangled, how trauma and identity are shaped by culture and history, and how psychoanalytic ideas can illuminate social phenomena that purely structural accounts might miss. At Anglia Ruskin University, delivered through University Centre West Anglia, you will study for three years full-time. Drawing on psychology, psychoanalysis and sociology, you will develop a rounded understanding of human behaviour, relation

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 35% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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