DPT: Psychology and Economics (MA Hons) (UTMAHPSYEC2F)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

Economics 1

Psychology 1A

Must be taken during Semester 1

Psychology 1B

Must be taken during Semester 2

Course options

It is strongly recommended that students on all joint honours psychology programmes take the course Data Analysis for Psychology in R1.

Data Analysis for Psychology in R1

AND

It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you choose outside courses in first year that follow on into second year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year. An overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted across years one and two.

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Economics 2

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

Psychology 2A

Must be passed 1st time and taken during Semester 1

Psychology 2B

Must be passed 1st time and taken during Semester 2

Data Analysis for Psychology in R 2

Must be passed 1st time and taken during Full Year

Course options

An overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted across years one and two.

Year 3 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

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 40% or above in Data Analysis for Psychology in R 2 at the first attempt.
AND
a pass in Economics 2

Compulsory courses

Essentials of Econometrics

Topics in Microeconomics

Research Methods and Statistics 2

Must be taken during Semester 1

Research Methods & Statistics 3

Must be taken during Semester 2

Course options

Applications of Econometrics

Topics in Macroeconomics

AND

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Infancy

Science of Close Relationships

Psychology of Language Understanding

Psychological Therapies

Methods and Controversies in Parapsychology

Perception, Action, Cognition

The Psychology of Mental Health

Human Personality

Causal cognition

Behavioural Genetics

Identities and Collective Behaviour

The Functional Organisation of Visual Cortex - A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

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

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)

Dissertation in Psychology