2020/21 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BSc Psychology
Programme code: | BS-PSYC | UCAS code: | C800 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Ed Sutherland | Contact address: | E.J.Sutherland@leeds.ac.uk |
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:
PSYC1036 | Research Skills 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC1037 | Research Skills 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC1603 | Developmental Psychology | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC1604 | Social Psychology | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC1605 | Biological Psychology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC1607 | Cognitive Psychology | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC1608 | Perception | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC1614 | Psychology at Leeds | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC1617 | Exploring Animal Behaviour | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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:
PSYC2503 | Psychological Disorders | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC2504 | Advanced Social Psychology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC2510 | Advanced Developmental Psychology | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC2518 | Cognitive Neuroscience | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC2519 | Behavioural Neuroscience | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC2521 | Individual Differences | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC2522 | Research Skills 3 | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC2523 | Research Skills 4 | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC2553 | Memory and Language | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC2554 | Perception, Action and Cognition | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
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:
PSYC3520 | Major Project | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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: the following two pairings of modules are mutually exclusive ie. within the pairing you can take one or the other, NOT both of these modules.
PSYC3517 Nutrition and Behaviour and PSYC3502 The Biopsychology of Human Appetite
PSYC3517 Nutrition and Behaviour and PSYC3547 Nutrition and Cognition
Band A: Health/Social Psychology
PSYC3501 | Health Psychology | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3514 | Occupational Health Psychology | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3517 | Approaches to Nutrition and Behaviour | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3531 | Biopsychosocial Approach to Understanding Human Pain | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC3532 | Eating Disorders | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC3540 | Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Psychology | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC3544 | Applied Social Psychology | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3545 | Work Psychology: Applying Theory to Practice in the Workplace | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Band B: Biological Psychology
PSYC3502 | The Biopsychology of Human Appetite | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3511 | Drug Addiction | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC3516 | Evolutionary Psychology | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3527 | Techniques in Human Neuropsychology | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC3536 | Applications of Learning Theory to Psychological Disorders | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3546 | Criminological Psychology: Violence, Drugs and Sex | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Band C: Cognitive Psychology
PSYC3510 | Reasoning and Decision Making | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC3519 | The Psychology of Eyewitness Testimony | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC3528 | One Brain, Two Hemispheres | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC3538 | Development of Language and Literacy | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3539 | Cognition and Emotion | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3541 | Face Perception | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PSYC3543 | Biopsychosocial Issues in Ageing | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PSYC3547 | Nutrition and Cognition | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
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