THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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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

Course options

Group B

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Data Analysis for Psychology in R1

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
OR

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


Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Please note that the Business School has stopped operating 1st attempt elevated hurdles for progression from year 2 to year 3. We do still require 50% on certain courses depending on the Programme, but that 50% no longer has to be at 1st attempt.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

ROU_H_UTMAH Business level 8

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses

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 a mark of 50% or above in one 2nd year Business School course taken in second year.

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 Business degree. For more details on accreditation see handbook

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Psychology UG Hons

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Business Year 3 Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
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.

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.

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Schools of Philosophy/Psychology/Languge Sciences & Business/Economics- Psychology and Business Studies (MA)-Level 10

Select exactly 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 Business degree. For more details on accreditation see handbook
OR

Business Honours Dissertation

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
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.
AND

Business Year 4 level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
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.

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