The Open University is Europe's largest provider of university-level education in psychology, offering a choice of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research degrees and a conversion diploma in psychology for postgraduates. Psychologists working within the Faculties of Education and Language Studies, Science and Social Science all contribute to this cross-faculty programme, thus drawing on the multiple approaches which contribute to this subject.

Open University graduates who have followed the appropriate Psychology programme are recognised by the British Psychological Society, and we are proud to be able to say that we turn out more Psychology graduates than any other university in the United Kingdom.

Undergraduate courses

The following courses are not necessarily shown in the recommended order of study for an OU qualification.

Discovering Psychology (DSE141)

Exploring psychology (DSE212)

Exploring psychology project (DXR222)

Exploring psychology on-line project (DZX222) - online version

Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others (DD307)

Counselling: exploring fear and sadness (D240)

Cognitive psychology (DD303)

Applying psychology (DSE232)

Related undergraduate courses

The following courses are not necessarily shown in the recommended order of study for an OU qualification.

Introducing the social sciences (DD101)

Child development (ED209)

Biological psychology: exploring the brain (SD226)

Postgraduate courses

Please consult Study at the OU for further details about Psychology postgraduate modules and qualifications.

Graham Pike on postgraduate study

Find the Faculty of Social Sciences on Facebook