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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025
- ARCHIVE as at 1 September 2024

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Degree Programme Table: Psychology and Linguistics (MA Hons) (UTPYCHL)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Linguistics and English Language 1A

Must be passed

LASC08022 20 credits
Linguistics and English Language 1B

Must be passed

LASC08023 20 credits
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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Data Analysis for Psychology in R1

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
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
PSYL08013 20 credits
AND

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

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
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.
OR

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
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: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

LASC08017 20 credits
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
Data Analysis for Psychology in R 2

Must be passed 1st time and taken during Full Year

PSYL08015 20 credits

Course options

LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods
LASC08018 20 credits
OR

LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories
LASC08020 20 credits
AND

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

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
Although further LEL2 courses are not compulsory it is recommended that students take LEL2C.

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

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, 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 40% or above in Data Analysis for Psychology in R 2 at the first attempt AND an average of 50% across all obligatory LEL 2 courses.

Students who meet the university requirements for graduation, but who fail to meet the BPS accredited degree requirements will be eligible for the award of the unaccredited BSc(Hons) Psychological Studies and Linguistics degree. For more details on accreditation see the Psychology handbook.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Data Analysis for Psychology in R 3
PSYL10168 10 credits
Qualitative Methods in Psychology
PSYL10174 10 credits

Course options

Psychology UG Hons

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Childhood
PSYL10135 20 credits
Thinking and Reasoning
PSYL10138 20 credits
Social Psychology of Groups
PSYL10140 20 credits
Science of Close Relationships
PSYL10141 20 credits
Perception, Action, Cognition
PSYL10152 20 credits
Developmental Psychopathology
PSYL10153 20 credits
Human Personality
PSYL10157 20 credits
Causal cognition
PSYL10160 20 credits
Behavioural Genetics
PSYL10161 20 credits
History and Theory of Psychology
PSYL10163 20 credits
The Functional Organisation of Visual Cortex - A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach
PSYL10164 20 credits
The Psychology of Conversation
PSYL10175 20 credits
Induction: Analogy, Learning, and Generalisation in Humans and Machines
PSYL10176 20 credits
Moral Psychology in the Real World
PSYL10177 20 credits
Big Data and Psychological Science
PSYL10178 20 credits
Gender and Psychology
PSYL10179 20 credits
Human Speech: Beyond Written Language
PSYL10180 20 credits
Towards A Decolonised Approach to Psychology & Language
PSYL10182 20 credits
Active Vision
PSYL10183 20 credits
Clinical Psychology in Action
PSYL10184 20 credits
Emotions: social and neuroscience perspectives
PSYL10185 20 credits
AND

LEL Skills

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If you take a LEL Dissertation in Y4 you need to have taken a LEL Skills course in Year 3.
Simulating Language
LASC10018 20 credits
Reading Old English
LASC10049 20 credits
Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description
LASC10050 20 credits
Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing
LASC10079 20 credits
Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology
LASC10090 20 credits
Methods in Theoretical Linguistics
LASC10109 20 credits
Discourse Analysis
LASC10114 20 credits
Online Experiments for Language Scientists
LASC10115 20 credits
Structure of a Language A
LASC10123 20 credits
Quantitative Methods in Linguistics and English Language (Hons)
LASC10125 20 credits
AND

LEL Foundation

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Sociolinguistics
LASC10002 20 credits
Historical Linguistics
LASC10021 20 credits
Pragmatics
LASC10067 20 credits
Syntax: Theory and Practice
LASC10084 20 credits
Morphology
LASC10086 20 credits
Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology
LASC10090 20 credits
Cognitive Linguistics
LASC10107 20 credits
Semantic Theory
LASC10110 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Psychology UG Hons

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Childhood
PSYL10135 20 credits
Thinking and Reasoning
PSYL10138 20 credits
Social Psychology of Groups
PSYL10140 20 credits
Science of Close Relationships
PSYL10141 20 credits
Perception, Action, Cognition
PSYL10152 20 credits
Developmental Psychopathology
PSYL10153 20 credits
Human Personality
PSYL10157 20 credits
Causal cognition
PSYL10160 20 credits
Behavioural Genetics
PSYL10161 20 credits
History and Theory of Psychology
PSYL10163 20 credits
The Functional Organisation of Visual Cortex - A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach
PSYL10164 20 credits
The Psychology of Conversation
PSYL10175 20 credits
Induction: Analogy, Learning, and Generalisation in Humans and Machines
PSYL10176 20 credits
Moral Psychology in the Real World
PSYL10177 20 credits
Big Data and Psychological Science
PSYL10178 20 credits
Gender and Psychology
PSYL10179 20 credits
Human Speech: Beyond Written Language
PSYL10180 20 credits
Towards A Decolonised Approach to Psychology & Language
PSYL10182 20 credits
Active Vision
PSYL10183 20 credits
Clinical Psychology in Action
PSYL10184 20 credits
Emotions: social and neuroscience perspectives
PSYL10185 20 credits
AND

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
Notes:
Notes: The LEL Honours handbook 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. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students returning to Year 4 from a year of study abroad who have not taken and passed courses equivalent to PSYL10168 Data Analysis for Psychology in R 3 and PSYL10174 Qualitative Methods in Psychology while abroad will be required to take one or both of these courses in Year 4.

Students who meet the university requirements for graduation, but who fail to meet the BPS accredited degree requirements will be eligible for the award of the unaccredited BSc(Hons) Psychological Studies and Linguistics degree. For more details on accreditation see the Psychology handbook.

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Dissertation in Psychology

Select between 0 and 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 and PASS the Dissertation in Psychology.

Students who meet the university requirements for graduation, but who fail to meet the BPS accredited degree requirements will be eligible for the award of the unaccredited BSc(Hons) Psychological Studies and Linguistics degree. For more details on accreditation see the Psychology handbook.
Selected courses must be passed
Dissertation in Psychology
PSYL10004 40 credits
OR

Dissertation in Language Sciences

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Dissertation in Language Sciences
LASC10024 40 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Psychology UG Hons

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.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Childhood
PSYL10135 20 credits
Thinking and Reasoning
PSYL10138 20 credits
Social Psychology of Groups
PSYL10140 20 credits
Science of Close Relationships
PSYL10141 20 credits
Perception, Action, Cognition
PSYL10152 20 credits
Developmental Psychopathology
PSYL10153 20 credits
Human Personality
PSYL10157 20 credits
Causal cognition
PSYL10160 20 credits
Behavioural Genetics
PSYL10161 20 credits
History and Theory of Psychology
PSYL10163 20 credits
The Functional Organisation of Visual Cortex - A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach
PSYL10164 20 credits
The Psychology of Conversation
PSYL10175 20 credits
Induction: Analogy, Learning, and Generalisation in Humans and Machines
PSYL10176 20 credits
Moral Psychology in the Real World
PSYL10177 20 credits
Big Data and Psychological Science
PSYL10178 20 credits
Gender and Psychology
PSYL10179 20 credits
Human Speech: Beyond Written Language
PSYL10180 20 credits
Towards A Decolonised Approach to Psychology & Language
PSYL10182 20 credits
Active Vision
PSYL10183 20 credits
Clinical Psychology in Action
PSYL10184 20 credits
Emotions: social and neuroscience perspectives
PSYL10185 20 credits
AND

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
Notes:
Notes:The LEL Honours handbook 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. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
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