2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BSc Psychology

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Details of our entry requirements can be found at: http://medhealth.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder/main/1300/institute_of_psychological_sciences/

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Psychology

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Psychology Board of Examiners

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

The QAA Benchmark Statement for Psychology is applicable to this Programme. This benchmark statement can be found at:

http://www.qaa.ac.uk/publications/information-and-guidance/publication/?PubID=3119#.WOdfxGkrLct

Programme specification:

This programme of study offers students an integrated and clear progression throughout. There will be extensive opportunity to personalise and tailor learning to suit the needs of the individual students, by means of online learning support.

Students will receive rigorous training in all aspects of research practice, and will graduate with exceptional skills in practical as well as theoretical aspects of the discipline.

The range of research skills training, in an apprenticeship model, provides students with flexibility and autonomy in personalising their learning.

The programme is characterised by:
- A modern, personalised learning environment;
- High-quality training in all aspects of research methods;
- Modules that fulfil the highest standards in terms of benchmarking and professional recognition;
- A coherent and systematic progression within and between years of study.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following 110 credits of compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Students take one 10-credit semester 2 discovery module (previously known as elective modules) from any department.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following 110 credits of compulsory modules:

Discovery modules:

Students take one 10 credit Level 2 discovery module (previously known as elective modules) from any department.

The only exception to this rule are language modules. Students in Year 2 may take a language module at any level as these may be particularly useful for students considering changing onto the international version of the programme.

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory 30 credit project module:

Optional modules:

Optional modules at Level 3 are grouped into three bands:
A = Health/Social Psychology
B = Biological Psychology
C = Cognitive Psychology.

Students are required to select 1 x 15 credit module from each of the bands A, B and C. You select a further 3 x 15 credit modules from any of the bands. Your overall selection must not include more than 3 modules from any one band.

Students state their module preferences via an online questionnaire. The questionnaire will ask you to rank modules within each band and each semester in terms of your preferences. Three modules should be chosen in each semester for an even spread of workload over the two semesters.

In Level 3 module numbers are capped to facilitate a range of teaching and assessment methods. Allocation to modules is based on your preferences. While we cannot guarantee places on specific modules for everyone, or that you will be allocated all your six "first choices", we use algorithms developed by the University of Leeds IT Services to ensure that you will get as many of your preferred modules as possible.

Please note that the following modules in Band B are mutually exclusive, i.e., you can take one or the other but NOT both of these modules:
PSYC3502 The Biopsychology of Human Appetite and PSYC3548 The Biopsychology of Human Energy Balance

Band A: Health/Social Psychology

Band B: Biological Psychology

Band C: Cognitive Psychology

Discovery modules:

Last updated: 29/08/2024 16:42:03

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