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

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Psychology 1A

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

PSYL08009 20 credits
Psychology 1B

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

PSYL08010 20 credits
Global Challenges for Business

Must be taken during Semester 1

BUST08035 20 credits
The Business of Edinburgh

Must be taken during Semester 2

BUST08036 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

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

Economics 1A

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students on this programme are recommended to take either Economics 1A or Economic Principles and Applications in first year.
Economics 1A
ECNM08005 40 credits
OR

Economic Principles and Applications

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students on this programme are recommended to take either Economics 1A or Economic Principles and Applications in first year.
Economic Principles and Applications
ECNM08002 40 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Psychology 2A

Must be passed 1st time and taken during Semester 1

PSYL08011 20 credits
Psychology 2B

Must be passed 1st time and taken during Semester 2

PSYL08012 20 credits
Research Methods and Statistics

Must be passed 1st time at 50% and taken during Full Year

PPLS08001 20 credits

Course options

Courses from schedule H - Business Studies MAs - Level 8

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Principles of Finance
BUST08003 20 credits
Marketing
BUST08004 20 credits
Business Economics
BUST08005 20 credits
International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A
BUST08008 20 credits
International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B
BUST08009 20 credits
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
BUST08015 20 credits
Applications of Finance
BUST08018 20 credits
Human Resource Management 2
BUST08027 20 credits
Organisational Behaviour 2
BUST08028 20 credits
Business Simulation
BUST08031 20 credits
Business Analytics and Information Systems
BUST08032 20 credits
Organising for Social Change: Creating Value and Impact
BUST08037 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours requires a mean mark of 50% or above in Psychology 2A and Psychology 2B (with a minimum of 40% achieved at the first attempt) and a mark of 50% or above in Research Methods and Statistics at the first attempt.
AND
a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Strategic Management
CMSE10002 20 credits
Research in Management
BUST09001 0 credits
Research Methods and Statistics 2

Must be taken during Semester 1

PSYL10126 10 credits
Research Methods & Statistics 3

Must be taken during Semester 2

PSYL10127 10 credits

Course options

Psychology courses - Year 3 (MA Hons) - Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Human Personality
PSYL10105 10 credits
Development of language, literacy and communication
PSYL10106 10 credits
Learning and Memory
PSYL10108 10 credits
Psychology of Language
PSYL10109 10 credits
Social Psychology: Experimental and Applied Approaches
PSYL10110 10 credits
Thinking and Reasoning
PSYL10111 10 credits
Biological Psychology
PSYL10113 10 credits
Perception
PSYL10116 10 credits
Clinical Psychological Problems in Context
PSYL10122 10 credits
History and Theory of Psychology
PSYL10124 10 credits
Cognitive Development in Children
PSYL10125 10 credits
AND

Business Studies Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Business Studies Level 10 courses
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: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students returning to Year 4 from a year of study abroad who have not taken and passed courses equivalent to PSYL10126 Research Methods and Statistics 2 and PSYL10127 Research Methods and Statistics 3 while abroad will be required to take one or both of these courses in Year 4.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Schools of Philosophy/Psychology/Languge Sciences & Business/Economics- Psychology and Business Studies (MA)-Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
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)
Management Honours Dissertation
BUST10049 40 credits
Dissertation in Psychology
PSYL10004 40 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) I - Psychology ( Hons Fourth Year) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
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.
Children with Language Impairments
PSYL10014 10 credits
Critical Social Psychology
PSYL10018 10 credits
Parapsychology
PSYL10026 10 credits
Psycholinguistics of Language Production
PSYL10027 10 credits
Psychological Therapies
PSYL10033 10 credits
Causes and Consequences of Personality
PSYL10064 10 credits
Marxist Psychology
PSYL10092 10 credits
Multisensory Integration
PSYL10097 10 credits
Consciousness and Perceptual Awareness
PSYL10099 10 credits
Moral Judgment and Behaviour
PSYL10100 10 credits
Intelligence, Personality and Health
PSYL10101 10 credits
Working Memory
PSYL10117 10 credits
Psychology of Counselling
PSYL10118 10 credits
Debates in Current Personality
PSYL10120 10 credits
Class: The Psychology of Wealth, Poverty, and Social Rank
PSYL10123 10 credits
Social Psychological Approaches to Health
PSYL10128 10 credits
Developmental Psychopathology
PSYL10130 10 credits
Intimate Relationships
PSYL10132 10 credits
Active Vision
PSYL10133 10 credits
AND

Business Studies Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Business Studies Level 10 courses
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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