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

Year 1, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

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


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 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
    SCIL08010 Fundamentals: Developing Sociological Imagination As available 0




    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 2013/14, 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 2013/14, 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 the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10073    Gender, Marginality and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10023    Intimate Relationships   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10064    Popular Music, Technology and Society   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10071    Race And Ethnicity   20  
    SCIL10058    Religion and Society   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10047    Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCIL10018    Social Theory   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SCIL10054    Sociology of Intoxication   20  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  

     

    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  
    PSYL10012    Developmental Psychology   10  
    PSYL10013    Memory and Perception   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 2013/14, 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  
    PSYL10014    Children with Language Impairments   10  
    PSYL10078    History of Unorthodox Psychology   10  
    PSYL10092    Marxist Psychology   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  
    PSYL10097    Multisensory Integration   10  
    PSYL10075    Frontal Lobe Functions   10  
    PSYL10061    Sentence Processing and Psycholinguistics   10  
    PSYL10100    Moral Judgment and Behaviour   10  
    PSYL10104    Memory and Language Processing   10  
    PSYL10099    Consciousness and Perceptual Awareness   10  
    PSYL10101    Intelligence, Personality and Health   10  
    PSYL10098    Emotions and Emotional Intelligence   10  

     
    AND   

    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 the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10073    Gender, Marginality and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10023    Intimate Relationships   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10064    Popular Music, Technology and Society   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10071    Race And Ethnicity   20  
    SCIL10058    Religion and Society   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10047    Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCIL10018    Social Theory   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SCIL10054    Sociology of Intoxication   20  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  

     


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