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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2011/2012
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Degree Programme Table: Biological Sciences (Psychology) (BSc Hons) (UTBSPSY)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: PLEASE NOTE: FROM 2011 THIS DEGREE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR NEW ENTRANTS AND IS REPLACED BY BSc PSYCHOLOGY.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




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

    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PSYL08002 Psychology 2 As available 40




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     

    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BILG08009    The Dynamic Cell 2   20  
    BILG08003    Genes and Gene Action 2   20  
    BILG08011    Animal Biology 2   20  
    BIME08001    Neuroscience with Pharmacology 2   20  
    ECSC08003    Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes   20  
    BILG08006    Biometrics 2   20  
    ECSC08006    Principles of Ecology   20  
    BIME08005    Physiology 2   20  
    BILG08016    The Green Planet 2   20  

     

    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to Honours requires a pass at 50% or above in Psychology 2, at the first attempt, and a pass in the combined mark of the statistics components of the degree exams.

    Students may replace EITHER Psychology of Thinking and Language OR Memory and Perception with another 10 credit Level 9/10 course. Details are in the 3rd Year Course Handbook. Alternatively students can exchange one of the 20 credit courses for another 20 credit course with special permission from the Course Organiser


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 10 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PSYL10034 Psychology Methodology 1 As available 10
    PSYL10035 Psychology Methodology 2 As available 10
    PSYL10081 Psychology Literature Review As available 20
    PSYL10082 Psychology Group Project As available 20
    PSYL10009 Differential Psychology As available 10
    PSYL10010 Social Psychology As available 10
    PSYL10002 Biological Psychology As available 10
    PSYL10011 Psychology of Thinking and Language As available 10
    PSYL10013 Memory and Perception As available 10
    PSYL10012 Developmental Psychology As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, 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 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PSYL10004 Dissertation in Psychology As available 40
    PSYL10005 General Paper in Psychology As available 10
    PSYL10090 Psychology Tutorial Course As available 10




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


    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, 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  
    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  
    PSYL10078    History of Unorthodox Psychology   10  
    PSYL10092    Marxist Psychology   10  
    PSYL10077    Childhood autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders   10  
    PSYL10033    Psychological Therapies   10  
    PSYL10063    Basic Tendencies of Personality   10  
    PSYL10027    Psycholinguistics of Language Production   10  
    PSYL10094    Human Cognitive Abilities   10  
    PSYL10095    Memory, Ageing and the Brain   10  
    PSYL10096    Eye Movements and Visual Cognition   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.
     

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