THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2016/2017
University Homepage
DRPS Homepage
DRPS Search
DRPS Contact
DRPS : DPTs :  School of Social and Political Science DPTs

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

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

  • Notes: After enrolling on your courses, please be sure to meet with your Personal Tutor.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 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
    SCIL08010 Fundamentals: Developing Sociological Imagination As available 0
    PSYL08009 Psychology 1A As available 20
    PSYL08010 Psychology 1B As available 20




    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 2016/17, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL08012 Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically As available 20
    SCIL08013 Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life As available 20
    SCIL08011 Fundamentals 2: Sociology As available 0
    PPLS08001 Research Methods and Statistics As available 20
    PSYL08011 Psychology 2A As available 20
    PSYL08012 Psychology 2B 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 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. *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. 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
    PSYL10126 Research Methods and Statistics 2 As available 10
    PSYL10127 Research Methods & Statistics 3 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  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10148    Gender and Justice 1   20  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  
    SSPS10029    Analysing Social Networks with Statistics   20  
    SCIL10076    China's Contemporary Transformations   20  
    SCIL10068    Migration: social origins and social consequences   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10047    Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCIL10083    Sociology of the Arts   20  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    SCIL10073    Gender, Marginality and Social Change   20  
    SCSU10004    Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment   20  
    SCIL10016    Medical Sociology   20  

     

    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  

     


    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
    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  

     
    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  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10148    Gender and Justice 1   20  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  
    SSPS10029    Analysing Social Networks with Statistics   20  
    SCIL10076    China's Contemporary Transformations   20  
    SCIL10068    Migration: social origins and social consequences   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10047    Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCIL10083    Sociology of the Arts   20  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    SCIL10073    Gender, Marginality and Social Change   20  
    SCSU10004    Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment   20  
    SCIL10016    Medical Sociology   20  

     


    General Disclaimer

    © Copyright 2016 The University of Edinburgh - 3 February 2017 1:44 am