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Degree Programme Table: Sociology and Psychology (MA Hons) (UTSCYPS)


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

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL08004 Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society As available 20
    SCIL08005 Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems As available 20
    PSYL08001 Psychology 1 As available 40




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     

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


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL08007 Sociology 2: Transformations of Self and Society As available 20
    PSYL08002 Psychology 2 As available 40
    SSPS08004 Social and Political Enquiry 2 As available 20
    SSPS08002 Social and Political Theory 2 As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 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

     

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

  • Notes: Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours. This includes a pass in the combined mark of the statistics components of the Psychology 2 degree exams. Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.
    Students wishing BPS accreditation must ensure that their curriculum follows BPS guidelines. Please contact Psychology for guidance on these requirements.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL10018 Social Theory As available 20
    SCIL10062 Designing and Doing Social Research As available 20
    PSYL10034 Psychology Methodology 1 As available 10
    PSYL10035 Psychology Methodology 2 As available 10




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from Sociology Level 10 courses, as available

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, 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:Students wishing BPS accreditation must ensure that their curriculum follows BPS guidelines. Please contact Psychology for guidance on these requirements.
     

    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: PSYL10035 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 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  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10045    Sociology Project   40  
    PSYL10004    Dissertation in Psychology   40  

    Notes:If taking the Sociology Project students are expected to use part of the summer vacation of their third year on research for it. Students who wish to be eligible for the British Psychological Society's Graduate Basis for Registration MUST take the Dissertation in Psychology.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Sociology Level 10 courses, as available

     

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