Applied Psychology (Clinical) MSci

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In Exeter

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    Exeter

The University of Exeter featured in the UK’s top 10 in the past 3 years (The Times Good University Guide) and ranks in the top one per cent of universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education international rankings. We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research intensive universities; the UK’s equivalent to the Ivy League.

The quality of education and experience received at the University of Exeter means we have never been out of the top 10 for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey.

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Exeter (Devon)
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Prince Of Wales Road, EX4 4SB

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  • Psychology
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Course programme

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The following tables describe the programme and constituent modules. Constituent modules may be updated, deleted or replaced as a consequence of the annual programme review of this programme.

You may take optional modules up to 15 credits in stage 3 as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.

Year 1

90 credits of compulsory modules, 30 credits of optional modules

a The written Statistics examination component of PSY1205 must also be passed at 40%.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits PSY1202 Introduction to Biological Psychology 15 PSY1203 Introduction to Social Psychology 15 PSY1204 Introduction to Clinical Psychology 15 PSY1205a Introduction to Statistics 15 PSY1206 Introduction to Research Methods 15 PSY1207 Cognition, Emotion and Development 15 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits PSY1105 Introduction to Behaviour and Evolution 15 PSY1126 Classic Studies in Psychology 15 Year 2

90 credits of compulsory modules, 30 credits of optional modules

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits PSY2203 Social Psychology II 15 PSY2205 Personality and Individual Differences 15 PSY2206 Methods and Statistics in Psychology II 15 PSY2303 Cognition and Emotion 15 PSY2304 Biological Basis of Behaviour 15 PSY2306 Development Psychology and Psychopathology 15 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits PSY2209 Cognition Practical I 15 PSY2210 Social Practical I 15 PSY2212 Cognition Practical II 15 PSY2213 Social Practical II 15 PSY2214 Observations and Experiments in Animal Behaviour 15 PSY2216 Qualitative Methods and Interview Skills 15 PSY2217 Wild Behaviour 15 Year 3

75 credits of compulsory modules, 45 credits of optional modules

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits PSY3401 Psychology Research Project 45 PSY3402 Methods and Statistics in Psychology III 15 PSY3305 Contemporary Issues in Clinical Psychology 15 Optional modules

b You must choose three 15 credit seminar modules in the series starting PSY3410. Seminars are arranged into three groups: Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3. The groupings may vary slightly from one year to the next and so prospective students should contact Psychology before making any firm decisions. You must take one seminar from each group and the three seminars cannot all be taken in the same term.

CodeModuleCredits PSY3410b Stereotypes and Stereotyping 15 PSY3411b Psychology and Law 15 PSY3412b The Psychology of Gender 15 PSY3413b Communication and Social Groups 15 PSY3415b Social Psychology of Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviour 15 PSY3416b Work and Organisational Psychology 15 PSY3417b The Associative Mind 15 PSY3418b Processes of Human Memory 15 PSY3419b Studying Cognition and Emotion with Brain Imaging 15 PSY3420b Brain Plasticity and Language Learning Across the Lifespan 15 PSY3422b Comparative Cognition 15 PSY3423b The Evolution of Social Behaviour and Social Organisation 15 PSY3424b Applied Social Psychology: Health, Environment and Society 15 PSY3425b Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to Mood Disorders 15 PSY3426b Parental Psychiatric Disorders and Children's Development 15 PSY3427b Compulsive Behaviour 15 PSY3429b Associative Basis of Addictive Behaviour 15 PSY3430b Women's Mental Health 15 Year 4

120 credits of compulsory modules

Compulsory modules

c PYCM016, PYCM017, PYCM018 and PYCM019 are the non-condonable compulsory stage 4 modules constituting the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme and must be passed to gain Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner course accreditation status. Additionally, each individual component of PYCM016, PYCM017, PYCM018 and PYCM019 must be passed: the academic assignments must be passed at 50%; the pass/fail clinical competency assessments must be passed at 50% in line with the competency rating scale used in the national curriculum. In line with the national curriculum these modules have a 100% attendance requirement. Should your attendance fall below that level you will be contacted and an action plan put into place. Should your attendance fall below 80% on any individual module specified above or you fail any of the assessments above, you will not be able to pass the module or the programme and, you will be required to exit with a BSc Psychology.

CodeModuleCredits PYCM003 Enhancing Practice: Broadening the Scope of Low Intensity CBT Interventions 20 PYCM016c Engagement and Assessment of Patients with Common Mental Health Problems 20 PYCM017c Evidence-Based Low Intensity Treatment for Common Mental Health Problems 20 PYCM018c Values, Diversity and Context 20 PYCM019c IAPT Applied Clinical Practice 40

Applied Psychology (Clinical) MSci

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