2022/23 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 | ||
PSYC1037 | Research Skills 2 | 20 credits | ||
PSYC1603 | Developmental Psychology | 10 credits | ||
PSYC1604 | Social Psychology | 10 credits | ||
PSYC1607 | Cognitive Psychology | 10 credits | ||
PSYC1608 | Perception | 10 credits | ||
PSYC1614 | Psychology at Leeds | 10 credits | ||
PSYC1624 | Biological Approaches to Human and Animal Behaviour | 20 credits |
Optional modules:
Elective 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 | ||
PSYC2504 | Advanced Social Psychology | 10 credits | ||
PSYC2510 | Advanced Developmental Psychology | 10 credits | ||
PSYC2521 | Individual Differences | 10 credits | ||
PSYC2522 | Research Skills 3 | 15 credits | ||
PSYC2523 | Research Skills 4 | 15 credits | ||
PSYC2553 | Memory and Language | 10 credits | ||
PSYC2554 | Perception, Action and Cognition | 10 credits | ||
PSYC2555 | Neuroscience | 20 credits |
Elective 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 |
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 pairing of modules are mutually exclusive ie. within the pairing you can take one or the other, NOT both of these modules.
PSYC3532 Eating Disorders and PSYC3533 Clinical Psychology
Band A: Health/Social Psychology
PSYC3501 | Health Psychology | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3507 | Applied Psychology: Critical Issues | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3514 | Occupational Health Psychology | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3533 | Clinical Psychology: Cognitive Behavioural Formulation for Disorders | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3540 | Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Psychology | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3544 | Applied Social Psychology | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3545 | Work Psychology: Applying Theory to Practice in the Workplace | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3549 | Feminist Social Psychology | 15 credits |
Band B: Biological Psychology
PSYC3502 | The Biopsychology of Human Appetite | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3505 | The Spatial World | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3516 | Evolutionary Psychology | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3527 | Techniques in Human Neuropsychology | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3546 | Criminological Psychology: Violence, Drugs and Sex | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3547 | Nutrition and Cognition | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3548 | The Biopsychology of Human Energy Balance | 15 credits |
Band C: Cognitive Psychology
PSYC3510 | Reasoning and Decision Making | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3519 | The Psychology of Eyewitness Testimony | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3528 | One Brain, Two Hemispheres | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3538 | Development of Language and Literacy | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3539 | Cognition and Emotion | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3541 | Face Perception | 15 credits | ||
PSYC3543 | Biopsychosocial Issues in Ageing | 15 credits |
Elective modules:
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