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Degree Programme Table: Psychology and Business MA (Hons) (UTMAHPSYBU1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students on this programme are recommended to take either Economics 1A or Economic Principles and Applications in first year.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST08025 Foundations of Business As available 40
    PSYL08009 Psychology 1A Semester 1 20
    PSYL08010 Psychology 1B Semester 2 20




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


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

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

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ECNM08005     Economics 1A     (40 credits)

    Notes:Students on this programme are recommended to take either Economics 1A or Economic Principles and Applications in first year.
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ECNM08002     Economic Principles and Applications     (40 credits)

    Notes:Students on this programme are recommended to take either Economics 1A or Economic Principles and Applications in first year.
     



    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PPLS08001 Research Methods and Statistics Full Year 20
    PSYL08011 Psychology 2A Semester 1 20
    PSYL08012 Psychology 2B Semester 2 20




    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
    BUST08005    Business Economics   20  
    BUST08008    International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A   20  
    BUST08003    Principles of Finance   20  
    BUST08009    International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B   20  
    BUST08004    Marketing   20  
    BUST08015    Innovation and Entrepreneurship   20  
    BUST08018    Applications of Finance   20  
    BUST08027    Human Resource Management 2   20  
    BUST08028    Organisational Behaviour 2   20  
    BUST08031    Business Simulation   20  
    BUST08032    Business Analytics and Information Systems   20  

    Notes:
     


    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to Honours requires a pass at 50% or above in Psychology 2 and a pass in Research Methods and Statistics BOTH at the first attempt, and a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year.
    *For candidates entering the third year of the programme from 2017-2018, entry into third year will require a pass AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT of 50% or above in the following courses: Psychology 2A, Psychology 2B and Research Methods and Statistics and a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE10002 Strategic Management As available 20
    BUST09001 Research in Management As available 0
    Notes: This course is compulsory for students who choose the Management Honours Dissertation
    PSYL10126 Research Methods and Statistics 2 Semester 1 10
    PSYL10127 Research Methods & Statistics 3 Semester 2 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 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
    PSYL10113    Biological Psychology   10  
    PSYL10106    Development of language, literacy and communication   10  
    PSYL10105    Human Personality   10  
    PSYL10108    Learning and Memory   10  
    PSYL10116    Perception   10  
    PSYL10109    Psychology of Language   10  
    PSYL10110    Social Psychology: Experimental and Applied Approaches   10  
    PSYL10111    Thinking and Reasoning   10  
    PSYL10124    History and Theory of Psychology   10  
    PSYL10122    Clinical Psychological Problems in Context   10  
    PSYL10125    Cognitive Development in Children   10  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from Business Studies Level 10 courses, as available

    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.
     


    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students returning to Y4 from a year of study abroad will be required either to take and pass a General Methodological Proficiency test at the beginning of the year, or to take PSYL10126 Research Methods and Statistics 2 and/or PSYL10127 Research Methods and Statistics 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
    PSYL10004    Dissertation in Psychology   40  
    BUST10049    Management Honours Dissertation   40  

    Notes:Students who wish to be eligible for the British Psychological Society's Graduate Basis for Registration must take the Dissertation in Psychology. (MUST be taken in Final Year)
     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PSYL10018    Critical Social Psychology   10  
    PSYL10041    Clinical Neuropsychology: a Cognitive Perspective   10  
    PSYL10026    Parapsychology   10  
    PSYL10064    Causes and Consequences of Personality   10  
    PSYL10014    Children with Language Impairments   10  
    PSYL10092    Marxist Psychology   10  
    PSYL10033    Psychological Therapies   10  
    PSYL10075    Frontal Lobe Functions   10  
    PSYL10061    Sentence Processing and Psycholinguistics   10  
    PSYL10100    Moral Judgment and Behaviour   10  
    PSYL10099    Consciousness and Perceptual Awareness   10  
    PSYL10101    Intelligence, Personality and Health   10  
    PSYL10117    Working Memory   10  
    PSYL10118    Psychology of Counselling   10  
    PSYL10120    Debates in Current Personality   10  
    PSYL10096    Eye Movements and Visual Cognition   10  
    PSYL10123    Class: The Psychology of Wealth, Poverty, and Social Rank   10  
    PSYL10027    Psycholinguistics of Language Production   10  
    PSYL10128    Social Psychological Approaches to Health   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 Business Studies Level 10 courses, as available

    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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