DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

You will take 120 credits in Year 1. 4 courses (80 credits) will be PPLS/Informatics courses and 2 courses (40 credits) are open (free choices). You must pass the 4 PPLS/Informatics courses in order to progress to Year 2 of the programme.

The breakdown of courses is as follows:
- Introduction to Cognitive Science (compulsory, 20 credits) - must pass
- Linguistics and English Language 1A (compulsory, 20 credits) - must pass
- 1 compulsory Philosophy course (20 credits, chosen from Group A) - must pass
- 1-3 courses (20-60 credits) of PPLS/ Informatics courses (chosen from Group B.1) - must pass at least 20 credits from this group.
- 0-40 credits of 'outside' Level 7/8 courses from across the University, including up to 1 'Challenge' course (Group B.2)

You may split your optional credits (Group B) as you wish, provided you take a minimum of 20 credits of PPLS and Informatics courses.

There are no compulsory courses in Year 2.

You must choose:

- 80-120 credits (4-6 courses) of PPLS courses, including at least one course in each PPLS subject area (Group A.1)
- 0-40 credits (1-2 courses) of Informatics courses (Group A.2)
- 0-40 credits (0-2 courses) of 'outside' Level 7/8 courses from across the University, including up to 1 'challenge' course (Group A.3)

You may divide your optional credits as you wish, as long as you take a minimum of 80 credits of PPLS courses. This ensures a total of 120 credits for the year.

Progression to Year 3 requires:
- a pass, achieved at the first attempt, in 80 credits of Year 2 PPLS courses.

Some Year 3 courses have Year 2 courses are pre-requisites so it is advised to check Year 3 courses when selecting your Year 2 courses.

There are no compulsory courses in Year 3.

You may take Year 3 courses from Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences, and Informatics.

You may divide your course credits as you wish, provided that across Years 3 and 4 combined, you take at least 20 credits of Honours courses in three of the four subject areas: Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences, Informatics. It is expected that you will choose courses in the subject areas you studied in Year 2.

Preparing for Dissertations in Year 4:

- If you are planning to undertake a Philosophy dissertation in Year 4, you must take the 0-credit Philosophy Dissertation Information course in Year 3.

- If you are considering a Psychology dissertation involving ADVANCED statistical methods and plan to take quantitatively demanding Honours Psychology courses, you must take Data Analysis for Psychology in R 3 (DAPR3). DAPR3 has DAPR2 as a prerequisite, and you will normally only be advised to follow this path if you have taken and passed DAPR2 at the FIRST ATTEMPT.

- If you are considering a Psychology dissertation involving BASIC statistical methods, and plan to take moderately quantitative Honours Psychology courses, you must have taken at least DAPR1, and are recommended to have passed DAPR2.

- If you are considering a Language Sciences dissertation you must take at least one course in the 'Skills' group of LEL Honours courses in Year 3. The LEL Honours handbook provides full details on which courses belong to which category.

There are no compulsory courses in Year 4.

You must choose:
- A 40-credit dissertation in either Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences, or Informatics; OR a Philosophy coursework dissertation (2x 20 credits) (Group A)
- 80 credits of PPLS courses or Informatics courses, distributed as you wish (Group B)

You may divide your course credits as you wish, provided that across Years 3 and 4 combined, you take at least 20 credits of Honours courses in three of the four subject areas: Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences, Informatics. It is expected that you will choose courses in subject areas you studied in Years 2 and 3.