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Psychology

SCQF Level 08 (7 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PSYL08014 Critical Thinking Not delivered this year 0
PSYL08015 SV1 Data Analysis for Psychology in R 2 Full Year 20
PSYL08013 SV1 Data Analysis for Psychology in R1 Full Year 20
PSYL08009 SV1 Psychology 1A Semester 1 20
PSYL08010 SV1 Psychology 1B Semester 2 20
PSYL08011 SV1 Psychology 2A Semester 1 20
PSYL08012 SV1 Psychology 2B Semester 2 20

SCQF Level 10 (50 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PSYL10183 SV1 Active Vision Semester 1 20
PSYL10161 SV1 Behavioural Genetics Semester 2 20
PSYL10178 SV1 Big Data and Psychological Science Semester 1 20
PSYL10160 SV1 Causal cognition Semester 2 20
PSYL10184 SS1 Clinical Psychology in Action Semester 2 20
PSYL10159 Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10102 SS1 Critical Analysis Full Year 10
PSYL10134 Critical and Discursive Social Psychology Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10173 Current Psychology 1 Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10172 Current Psychology 2 Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10168 SS1 Data Analysis for Psychology in R 3 Semester 1 10
PSYL10135 SV1 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Childhood Semester 1 20
PSYL10136 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Infancy Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10153 SV1 Developmental Psychopathology Semester 2 20
PSYL10004 SS1 Dissertation in Psychology Flexible 40
PSYL10185 SV1 Emotions: social and neuroscience perspectives Semester 1 20
PSYL10166 From Perception to Cognition: A Journey in Colour Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10137 Frontal Lobe Functions: Clinical and Experimental Approaches Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10179 SV1 Gender and Psychology Semester 2 20
PSYL10005 SS1 General Paper in Psychology Semester 2 10
PSYL10163 SV1 History and Theory of Psychology Semester 2 20
PSYL10157 SV1 Human Personality Semester 1 20
PSYL10180 SV1 Human Speech: Beyond Written Language Semester 2 20
PSYL10162 Identities and Collective Behaviour Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10176 SV1 Induction: Analogy, Learning, and Generalisation in Humans and Machines Semester 1 20
PSYL10151 Introduction to Neural Network Modelling Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10171 Language and Cognition Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10149 Methods and Controversies in Parapsychology Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10148 Moral Judgement and Behaviour Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10177 SV1 Moral Psychology in the Real World Semester 2 20
PSYL10169 Neurobiology of Language Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10165 Organisational Psychology Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10158 Origins of competence: Cognitive Ability, Interests, and Conscientiousness Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10152 SV1 Perception, Action, Cognition Semester 2 20
PSYL10146 Personality Topics Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10145 Psychological Therapies Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10131 SS1 Psychology Mini-Dissertation Full Year 20
PSYL10143 Psychology Outreach and Engagement Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10090 SS1 Psychology Tutorial Course Full Year 10
PSYL10150 SV1 Psychology in Action Full Year 10
PSYL10144 Psychology of Language Understanding Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10174 SV1 Qualitative Methods in Psychology Semester 2 10
PSYL10141 SV1 Science of Close Relationships Semester 1 20
PSYL10155 Social Psychological Approaches to Health Not delivered this year 20
PSYL10140 SV1 Social Psychology of Groups Semester 1 20
PSYL10164 SV1 The Functional Organisation of Visual Cortex - A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach Semester 1 20
PSYL10175 SV1 The Psychology of Conversation Semester 2 20
PSYL10138 SV1 Thinking and Reasoning Semester 1 20
PSYL10182 SV1 Towards A Decolonised Approach to Psychology & Language Semester 1 20
PSYL10170 Transition to Adulthood - Finding a Place in the World Not delivered this year 20

SCQF Level 11 (32 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PSYL11106 SS1 Applied Psychometrics Semester 2 20
PSYL11105 Atypical Development Not delivered this year 20
PSYL11100 SS1 Brain Imaging in Cognitive Neuroscience Semester 2 20
PSYL11058 SV1 Clinical Neuropsychology Semester 2 20
PSYL11101 SS1 Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience Semester 1 20
PSYL11111 SV1 Current Approaches in Social Psychology Semester 1 20
PSYL11103 SV1 Developmental Science 1 Semester 1 20
PSYL11104 SV1 Developmental Science 2 Semester 2 20
PSYL11029 Disorders of language functions Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11036 SV1 Dissertation (MScR, Psychology General) Full Year 180
PSYL11114 SV1 Dissertation in Developmental Science Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PSYL11032 SV1 Dissertation in Human Cognitive Neuropsychology Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PSYL11033 SV1 Dissertation in Individual Differences Psychology Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PSYL11034 SV1 Dissertation in Psychology Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PSYL11092 SV1 Dissertation in Social Psychology Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PSYL11037 SV1 Dissertation with Coursework (MScR, Psychology General) Full Year 140
PSYL11003 Language Production Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11098 SV1 Multivariate Statistics and Methodology using R Semester 2 20
PSYL11108 SV1 Neuroscience of Language Semester 2 20
PSYL11062 SV1 Postgraduate Dissertation in Psychology of Language Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PSYL11091 Problem-based Social Psychological Research Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11112 SV1 Problem-based Social Psychological Research Semester 2 20
PSYL11065 SV1 Psychological Research Skills Semester 1 20
PSYL11109 SV1 Psychology of Language 1 Semester 1 20
PSYL11110 SV1 Psychology of Language 2 Semester 2 20
PSYL11113 SV1 Qualitative Methodologies in Psychological Research Semester 1 20
PSYL11089 Research Methods in Social Psychology Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11078 SV1 Seminar in Intelligence Semester 2 20
PSYL11107 SV1 Seminar in Personality Semester 1 20
PSYL11102 SV1 Specialist Techniques in Cognitive Neuroscience Semester 2 20
PSYL11070 Specialist Techniques in Psychological Research Not delivered this year 10
PSYL11099 SV1 Univariate Statistics and Methodology using R Semester 1 20
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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