Bachelor's degree

In Aberdeen

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Aberdeen (Scotland)

  • Duration

    4 Years

Facilities

Location

Start date

Aberdeen (Aberdeen City)
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William Guild Building, King'S College, AB24 2UB

Start date

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Course programme

Programme Structure & Content

Courses are available at Levels 1 to 4. There is a non-accredited Honours degree in Behavioural Studies, delivered by the School of Psychology. Application for entry to Honours occurs at the end of second year, and depends upon passing the level 2 Psychology courses and obtaining sufficient credits in other disciplines. Students not continuing to Honours may complete the 3-year designated degree in Psychology.

First Year

There are lectures on:

  • Biological Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology (human development from infancy to old age)
  • Health Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Perceptual Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Second Year

There are lectures on:

  • Ageing & Individual Differences
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Behavioural Neuroscience
  • Cognition (modelling and explaining the higher abilities of the mind)
  • Quantitative Methods (design of experiments and elementary statistics)
  • Organizational Psychology
  • Perception
  • Social Psychology

Third & Fourth Year (Honours)

In third year, there are lectures and tutorials on:

  • Biological Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Human Memory
  • Methodology
  • Perception
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Social Psychology

In fourth year, students carry out and report an empirical investigation. They also select six options, currently from the following list:

  • Health Behaviour
  • Psychology, Law and Eyewitness Testimony
  • Human Neuropsychology
  • Applications of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Abnormal Psychology
  • The Cognitive Neuroscience of Person Perception
  • Human Evolution
  • Neuropsychology of Visual Awareness
  • Perspectives on Social Attribution
  • Stress and Disease
  • Studying the Stream of Consciousness

Teaching & Assessment

Teaching is by means of lectures, workshops and tutorials, and library study. Assessment is by means of examination and continuous assessment.

Additional information

Comments: This degree is not accredited by The British Psychological Society.
Career opportunities: Behavioural studies graduates have many employment opportunities (usually after postgraduate training) including psychology, counselling, educational psychology, ergonomics, forensic psychology, health psychology, and occupational psychology (some of these may require a BPS conversion course after graduation). Areas also benefiting from an understanding of the human mind and behaviour include careers in business, marketing, and advertising.

Behavioural Studies

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