DPT: Psychology (BSc Hons) - 4 Years (Full-time) (UTBSCPSYCH1F)

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

This new BSc Psychology degree replaces both the MA and previous BSc programmes and is open to new entrants for September 2019.

Compulsory courses

Psychology 1A

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

Psychology 1B

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

Data Analysis for Psychology in R1

Must be taken during Full Year

Course options

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

Psychology 2A

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

Psychology 2B

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

Data Analysis for Psychology in R 2

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

Course options

It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you choose outside courses in second year that follow on from first 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 3 Academic year: 2024/25, 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.

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. For more details on accreditation see the Psychology handbook.

Compulsory courses

Critical Analysis

Psychology in Action

Qualitative Methods in Psychology

Data Analysis for Psychology in R 3

Psychology Mini-Dissertation

Course options

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Childhood

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Infancy

Thinking and Reasoning

Social Psychology of Groups

Methods and Controversies in Parapsychology

Perception, Action, Cognition

Developmental Psychopathology

Human Personality

Origins of competence: Cognitive Ability, Interests, and Conscientiousness

Behavioural Genetics

History and Theory of Psychology

From Perception to Cognition: A Journey in Colour

Prejudice and Social Change

Transition to Adulthood - Finding a Place in the World

Language and Cognition

The Psychology of Conversation

Induction: Analogy, Learning, and Generalisation in Humans and Machines

Moral Psychology in the Real World

Big Data and Psychological Science

Gender and Psychology

Human Speech: Beyond Written Language

Mindreading: Investigations in Theory of Mind

Towards A Decolonised Approach to Psychology & Language

Active Vision

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

Students returning to Year 4 from a year of study abroad who have not taken and passed courses equivalent to PSYL Qualitative Methods in Psychology and PSYL10168 DaPR3 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.