School of Psychology

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BSc in Psychology

Stage 1

Students take 120 credits, Level C:
SP300* Psychology Statistics and Practical (30 credits)
SP301 Introduction to Biological and General Psychology (30 credits)
SP302 Introduction to Social Psychology (30 credits)
Plus 30 further credits from the Social Sciences Faculty.
*This module cannot be trailed, compensated or condoned.

 

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Stage 2

Students take 120 credits, Level H:
SP500* Psychology Statistics and Practical (30 credits)
SP528 Child Development (15 credits) (Spring)
SP529 Personality (15 credits) (Autumn)
SP604 Biological Psychology (15 credits) (Autumn)
SP605 Cognitive Psychology (15 credits) (Spring)
SP619 The Social Psychology of Groups (15 credits) (Spring)
SP620 The Social Psychology of the Individual (15 credits) (Autumn)
SP638** Study Skills for Stage 2 Psychology (Autumn and Spring)
*This module cannot be condoned or compensated.
**SP638 is a non-credit study skills module, which must be taken by students who are registered for any of the Psychology Stage 2 core modules (with the exception of SP500).

 

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Stage 3

Students take 120 credits, Level H:
SP582 Psychology Project (45 credits)
SP633 Applying Psychology (15 credits) (Autumn)
Plus 60 credits selected from the Psychology modules below. These 60 credits must include 15 credits from Group 1, 15 credits from Group 2, and 15 credits from Group 3. The final 15 credits may be selected from any group.
Note:
  1. Before selecting modules students should ensure that they have taken any necessary prerequisite module(s) (see synopses).
  2. All modules listed below have a credit rating of 15 and are available only at Level H, Stage 3.
  3. Students should ensure that their option modules are equally balanced between Autumn and Spring Terms.
  4. Although we do our best to make sure you get some of your choices, because some modules are more popular than others and we cannot run any module with too few students, we cannot always guarantee it.
Group 1
SP580 Advanced Developmental Psychology (Autumn)
SP603 Groups in Action (Spring)
SP608 Motivation (Autumn)
SP612 Attitudes and Social Cognition (Spring)
Group 2
SP566 Cognition in Action (Autumn)
SP611 The Neuroscience of Cognitive Disorders (Spring)
SP616 Language and Communication (Spring)
Group 3
SP577 Selected Topics in Health and Well-being (Spring)
SP601 Understanding People with Learning Disabilities (Autumn)
SP602 Researching People with Learning Disabilities (Spring)
SP636 Evaluating Evidence: Becoming a Smart Research Consumer (Spring)
SP637 Forensic Psychology: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives (Autumn)
SP639 Freud and Post Freud (Spring)
SP640 Developing Leadership, Enterprise and Initiative Taking Skills (Autumn)
SP641 Mental Health: Diagnosis, Interventions and Treatments (Spring)

 

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Last Updated: 17/04/2012