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Psychology

SCQF Level 07 (1 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PSYL07001 SS1 Introduction to Psychology (Credit Plus) Lifelong Learning - Session 1 10

SCQF Level 08 (11 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PSYL08001 Psychology 1 Not delivered this year 40
PSYL08008 Psychology 1: mind and brain (VS2) Not delivered this year 20
PSYL08007 Psychology 1: self and society (VS1) Not delivered this year 20
PSYL08009 SV1 Psychology 1A Semester 1 20
PSYL08010 SV1 Psychology 1B Semester 2 20
PSYL08002 Psychology 2 Not delivered this year 40
PSYL08006 Psychology 2: Mind and Brain (VS1) Not delivered this year 20
PSYL08005 Psychology 2: Self and Society (VS2) Not delivered this year 20
PSYL08011 SV1 Psychology 2A Semester 1 20
PSYL08012 SV1 Psychology 2B Semester 2 20
PPLS08001 SS1 Research Methods and Statistics Full Year 20

SCQF Level 10 (62 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PSYL10133 Active Vision Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10063 Basic Tendencies of Personality Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10129 Behavioural Genetics Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10113 SV1 Biological Psychology Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10064 SV1 Causes and Consequences of Personality Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10014 SV1 Children with Language Impairments Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10123 SV1 Class: The Psychology of Wealth, Poverty, and Social Rank Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10041 Clinical Neuropsychology: a Cognitive Perspective Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10122 SV1 Clinical Psychological Problems in Context Block 4 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10125 SV1 Cognitive Development in Children Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10121 Cognitive and Social Development in Children Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10099 SV1 Consciousness and Perceptual Awareness Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10058 Coping and Health Research Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10102 SS1 Critical Analysis Full Year 10
PSYL10018 SV1 Critical Social Psychology Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10018VV1 Critical Social Psychology Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10019 Current Issues in Human Mental Ability Differences Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10120 SV1 Debates in Current Personality Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10120VV1 Debates in Current Personality Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10119 Developing Relational Concepts Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10091 Development of Core Domains of Thought Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10106 SV1 Development of language, literacy and communication Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10130 SV1 Developmental Psychopathology Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10004 SS1 Dissertation in Psychology Flexible 40
PSYL10098 Emotions and Emotional Intelligence Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10096 Eye Movements and Visual Cognition Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10022 Face Perception Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10075 Frontal Lobe Functions Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10005 SS1 General Paper in Psychology Full Year 10
PSYL10124 SV1 History and Theory of Psychology Block 4 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10078 History of Unorthodox Psychology Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10094 Human Cognitive Abilities Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10105 SV1 Human Personality Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10115 Individual Differences in Intelligence and Related Constructs Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10101 SV1 Intelligence, Personality and Health Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10132 SV1 Intimate Relationships Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10108 SV1 Learning and Memory Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10092 SV1 Marxist Psychology Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10092VV1 Marxist Psychology Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10104 Memory and Language Processing Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10095 Memory, Ageing and the Brain Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10025 Mind, Body and Consciousness Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10100 SV1 Moral Judgment and Behaviour Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10100VV1 Moral Judgment and Behaviour Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10097 SV1 Multisensory Integration Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10060 Neuropsychology of Perception and Action Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10026 SV1 Parapsychology Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10116 SV1 Perception Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10027 SV1 Psycholinguistics of Language Production Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10027VV1 Psycholinguistics of Language Production Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10033 SV1 Psychological Therapies Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10103 Psychology Group Project Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10114 Psychology Literature Review Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10034 Psychology Methodology 1 Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10035 Psychology Methodology 2 Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10131 SS1 Psychology Mini-Dissertation Full Year 20
PSYL10090 SV1 Psychology Tutorial Course Blocks 2-3 (Sem 1-2) 10
PSYL10118 SV1 Psychology of Counselling Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10118VV1 Psychology of Counselling Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10109 SV1 Psychology of Language Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10127 SV1 Research Methods & Statistics 3 Semester 2 10
PSYL10126 SV1 Research Methods and Statistics 2 Semester 1 10
PSYL10061 Sentence Processing and Psycholinguistics Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10128 SV1 Social Psychological Approaches to Health Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10110 SV1 Social Psychology: Experimental and Applied Approaches Block 4 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL10112 Social Psychology: The Social Psychology of Identities Not delivered this year 10
PSYL10111 SV1 Thinking and Reasoning Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10117 SV1 Working Memory Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL10117VV1 Working Memory Block 1 (Sem 1) 10

SCQF Level 11 (55 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PSYL11082 SS1 Brain Imaging in Cognitive Neuroscience Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL11059 Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology Not delivered this year 20
PSYL11058 SV1 Clinical Neuropsychology Full Year 20
PSYL11048 SS1 Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL11005 Concepts and Categorisation Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11071 SS1 Consciousness and Perceptual Awareness Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL11064 SV1 Critical Social Psychology Semester 1 20
PSYL11094 SS1 Critical Social Psychology Semester 1 10
PSYL11084 SS1 Current Topics in Developmental Cognitive Science Semester 1 10
PSYL11023 SV1 Current Topics in Psychological Research Full Year 10
PSYL11090 SS1 Current Topics in Social Psychology Semester 2 10
PSYL11083 Development of Abstract Thinking Not delivered this year 20
PSYL11004 SV1 Dialogue Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL11002 SV1 Discourse Comprehension Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL11029 SS1 Disorders of language functions Block 4 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL11036 SV1 Dissertation (MScR, Psychology General) Full Year 180
PSYL11088 SS1 Dissertation in Developmental Cognitive Science Full Year 60
PSYL11032 SS1 Dissertation in Human Cognitive Neuropsychology Full Year 60
PSYL11033 SV1 Dissertation in Individual Differences Psychology Full Year 60
PSYL11034 SS1 Dissertation in Psychology Full Year 60
PSYL11092 SS1 Dissertation in Social Psychology Full Year 60
PSYL11037 SV1 Dissertation with Coursework (MScR, Psychology General) Full Year 140
PSYL11060 Evolutionary Psychology Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11068 Eye Movements and Visual Cognition Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11028 SS1 Frontal lobe functions Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL11063 History of Unorthodox Psychology Not delivered this year 20
PSYL11024 Human cognitive neuroscience Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11081 SS1 Imaging Mind and Brain Block 4 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL11077 SS1 Intelligence, Personality and Health (MSc) Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL11085 SS1 Introduction to Developmental Cognitive Science Semester 1 10
PSYL11074 Language Behaviours, Brains and Cognition: Data and Theories Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11073 SS1 Language Behaviours, Brains and Cognition: Principles and Approaches Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL11003 SV1 Language Production Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL11047 Mind, Body and Consciousness (MSc) Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11080 SS1 Moral Judgement and Behaviour Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL11066 SS1 Multisensory Integration Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL11054 SV1 Multivariate Statistics and Methodology using R Semester 2 10
PSYL11052 Neuropsychology of Perception and Action (MSc) Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11046 Postgraduate Dissertation in History & Theory of Psychology Not delivered this year 60
PSYL11062 SS1 Postgraduate Dissertation in Psychology of Language Full Year 60
PSYL11091 SS1 Problem-based Social Psychological Research Semester 2 10
PSYL11065 SS1 Psychological Research Skills Block 1 (Sem 1) 20
PSYL11014 Psychometrics Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11072 SS1 Qualitative Methodologies in Psychological Research Semester 1 10
PSYL11086 SS1 Research Internship in Developmental Cognitive Science Semester 2 10
PSYL11087 SS1 Research Methods for Developmental Cognitive Science Semester 1 10
PSYL11089 SS1 Research Methods in Social Psychology Semester 1 10
PSYL11093 SS1 Seminar in Developmental Cognitive Science Semester 2 10
PSYL11078 SS1 Seminar in Intelligence Semester 2 20
PSYL11075 SS1 Seminar in Personality Semester 1 20
PSYL11001 SV1 Sentence Comprehension Block 3 (Sem 2) 10
PSYL11095 SS1 Social Psychological Approaches to Health (MSc) Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL11070 SS1 Specialist Techniques in Psychological Research Block 2 (Sem 1) 10
PSYL11053 SV1 Univariate Statistics and Methodology using R Semester 1 10
PSYL11079 SS1 Working Memory Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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