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Degree Programme Table: Psychology and Linguistics (MA Hons) (UTPYCHL)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September


COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PSYL08001 Psychology 1 As available 40
LASC08004 Linguistics 1A As available 20




COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schools of Philosophy/Psychology/Language Sciences & Informatics- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8' (ROU_I/O_UGPHPYLA1_8) , as available.
     
Code   Course Name   Credits
LASC08012    Linguistics 1B   20  
INFR08006    Human Communication 1   20  

 

Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

 

Year 2, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August


COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PSYL08002 Psychology 2 As available 40
LASC08006 Linguistics 2A As available 20
LASC08013 Linguistics 2B As available 20




COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

 

Year 3, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to Honours normally requires a pass at 50% or above, at the first attempt, in Psychology 2, a pass in the combined mark of the statistics components of the Psychology 2 exams and a pass, at the first attempt, in Linguistics 2A and Linguistics 2B(or Linguistics 2L), with an average mark across these courses of 50% or above.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PSYL10034 Psychology Methodology 1 As available 10
    PSYL10035 Psychology Methodology 2 As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) I-I - Psychology ( Hons Third Year) - Level(s) 10-10' (ROU_I-I_UTPYCHM1_10-10) , as available.
                     
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PSYL10009    Differential Psychology   10  
    PSYL10010    Social Psychology   10  
    PSYL10002    Biological Psychology   10  
    PSYL10011    Psychology of Thinking and Language   10  
    PSYL10013    Memory and Perception   10  
    PSYL10012    Developmental Psychology   10  

    Notes:A booklet giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning.
     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) I - Language Sciences ( Hons courses) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_I_UTLINGS1_10) , as available.
                                                                                       
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC10005    Modern English Phonology 1   20  
    LASC10007    English Word-Formation   20  
    LASC10009    Middle English   20  
    LASC10011    Lexical Semantics   20  
    LASC10017    English Historical Syntax   20  
    LASC10018    Simulating Language   20  
    LASC10019    Bilingualism   20  
    LASC10021    Historical Linguistics   20  
    LASC10030    Second Language Acquisition (Honours)   20  
    LASC10031    Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)   20  
    LASC10033    Statistics and Experimental Design   20  
    LASC10035    Psycholinguistics   20  
    LASC10045    English grammar: a cognitive account   20  
    LASC10049    Reading Old English   20  
    LASC10050    Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description   20  
    LASC10052    Linguistic Reconstruction and Language Classification   20  
    LASC10054    Optimality Theory   20  
    LASC10055    Corpus Linguistics   20  
    LASC10056    Global Englishes   20  
    LASC10057    Prosody (Honours)   20  
    LASC10059    Third-year Project in Language Sciences   40  
    LASC10061    Speech Processing (Hons)   20  
    LASC10062    Speech Synthesis   20  
    LASC10065    Syntactic Theory and English Syntax   20  
    LASC10068    Dialectology in the British Isles   20  
    LASC10071    Current Issues in Syntax   20  
    LASC10075    Principles and Applications of Medieval Dialectology   20  
    LASC10076    Language, Politics and Identity   20  

    Notes:A booklet giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning.
     

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) I-I - Psychology ( Hons Third Year) - Level(s) 10-10' (ROU_I-I_UTPYCHM1_10-10) , as available.
                     
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PSYL10009    Differential Psychology   10  
    PSYL10010    Social Psychology   10  
    PSYL10002    Biological Psychology   10  
    PSYL10011    Psychology of Thinking and Language   10  
    PSYL10013    Memory and Perception   10  
    PSYL10012    Developmental Psychology   10  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) I - Language Sciences ( Hons courses) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_I_UTLINGS1_10) , as available.
                                                                                       
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC10005    Modern English Phonology 1   20  
    LASC10007    English Word-Formation   20  
    LASC10009    Middle English   20  
    LASC10011    Lexical Semantics   20  
    LASC10017    English Historical Syntax   20  
    LASC10018    Simulating Language   20  
    LASC10019    Bilingualism   20  
    LASC10021    Historical Linguistics   20  
    LASC10030    Second Language Acquisition (Honours)   20  
    LASC10031    Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)   20  
    LASC10033    Statistics and Experimental Design   20  
    LASC10035    Psycholinguistics   20  
    LASC10045    English grammar: a cognitive account   20  
    LASC10049    Reading Old English   20  
    LASC10050    Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description   20  
    LASC10052    Linguistic Reconstruction and Language Classification   20  
    LASC10054    Optimality Theory   20  
    LASC10055    Corpus Linguistics   20  
    LASC10056    Global Englishes   20  
    LASC10057    Prosody (Honours)   20  
    LASC10059    Third-year Project in Language Sciences   40  
    LASC10061    Speech Processing (Hons)   20  
    LASC10062    Speech Synthesis   20  
    LASC10065    Syntactic Theory and English Syntax   20  
    LASC10068    Dialectology in the British Isles   20  
    LASC10071    Current Issues in Syntax   20  
    LASC10075    Principles and Applications of Medieval Dialectology   20  
    LASC10076    Language, Politics and Identity   20  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: PSYL 10035 Psychology Methodology 2 must be taken if it was not taken in Year 3


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    PSYL10004     Dissertation in Psychology     (40 credits)

    Notes:(MUST be taken in final year)
     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) I - Psychology ( Hons Fourth Year) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_I_UTPYCHM1_10) , as available.
                                                            
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PSYL10018    Critical Social Psychology   10  
    PSYL10091    Development of Core Domains of Thought   10  
    PSYL10041    Clinical Neuropsychology: a Cognitive Perspective   10  
    PSYL10025    Mind, Body and Consciousness   10  
    PSYL10006    Human Working Memory   10  
    PSYL10026    Parapsychology   10  
    PSYL10074    Visual Attention   10  
    PSYL10064    Causes and Consequences of Personality   10  
    PSYL10040    Social Judgement and Decision Making   10  
    PSYL10060    Neuropsychology of Perception and Action   10  
    PSYL10014    Children with Language Impairments   10  
    PSYL10061    Sentence Processing and Psycholinguistics   10  
    PSYL10078    History of Unorthodox Psychology   10  
    PSYL10075    Frontal Lobe Functions   10  
    PSYL10092    Marxist Psychology   10  
    PSYL10077    Childhood autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders   10  
    PSYL10033    Psychological Therapies   10  
    PSYL10063    Basic Tendencies of Personality   10  
    PSYL10093    Psychometrics   10  

    Notes:PSYL10090 Psychology Tutorial course (10 credits) can also be one of the Honours options

    A booklet giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning.
     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) I - Language Sciences ( Hons courses) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_I_UTLINGS1_10) , as available.
                                                                                       
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC10005    Modern English Phonology 1   20  
    LASC10007    English Word-Formation   20  
    LASC10009    Middle English   20  
    LASC10011    Lexical Semantics   20  
    LASC10017    English Historical Syntax   20  
    LASC10018    Simulating Language   20  
    LASC10019    Bilingualism   20  
    LASC10021    Historical Linguistics   20  
    LASC10030    Second Language Acquisition (Honours)   20  
    LASC10031    Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)   20  
    LASC10033    Statistics and Experimental Design   20  
    LASC10035    Psycholinguistics   20  
    LASC10045    English grammar: a cognitive account   20  
    LASC10049    Reading Old English   20  
    LASC10050    Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description   20  
    LASC10052    Linguistic Reconstruction and Language Classification   20  
    LASC10054    Optimality Theory   20  
    LASC10055    Corpus Linguistics   20  
    LASC10056    Global Englishes   20  
    LASC10057    Prosody (Honours)   20  
    LASC10059    Third-year Project in Language Sciences   40  
    LASC10061    Speech Processing (Hons)   20  
    LASC10062    Speech Synthesis   20  
    LASC10065    Syntactic Theory and English Syntax   20  
    LASC10068    Dialectology in the British Isles   20  
    LASC10071    Current Issues in Syntax   20  
    LASC10075    Principles and Applications of Medieval Dialectology   20  
    LASC10076    Language, Politics and Identity   20  

    Notes:A booklet giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning.
     

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