BSc (Hons) Education and Psychology

Year 1

Compulsory

PSYC1010Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Research Methods and Data Analysis I

PSYC1016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Introduction to Psychology

PSYC1017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Behavioural Neuroscience

EDUC1033Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Contemporary Education Issues, Problems and Policies

PSYC1018Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Individual Differences: Personality & Intelligence

EDUC1042Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Special Educational Needs

EDUC1060Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

Researching Learning

Year 2

Note that, if you want to qualify for British Psychological Society (BPS) accreditation, one of the optional modules becomes compulsory.

Compulsory for BPS pathway

Cognitive Psychology in Education

Compulsory

Research Methods in Education & Psychology

Social Psychology

Developmental Psychology

Choose 4 options from Education, Psychology or other modules outside Education and Psychology (please note that 2 options must be from Education)

These modules are only indicative examples of the options available. There is a wide array of option modules to choose from, subject to availability.

Indicative Examples

Employability

Adult Learners and Learning

Cognitive Psychology in Education (compulsory for BPS pathway)

Language and Memory

Research Methods and Data Analysis 3

Perception

Indicative Examples from outside the Faculty

Global Health

Pathological Mechanisms of Disease

The Human Brain and Society

Ethics in a Complex World

Ethics

Year 3

In Year 3, you take 3 taught modules in each semester. They may be selected from a range of designated Education modules, or from the Year 3 BSc Psychology modules currently available. You must have 3 Education and 3 Psychology modules across the year.

In addition, you undertake a research project across the whole year. This can be supervised in either Education or Psychology. For Education topics, this is supported through one module with double weighting, while in Psychology it is split into two single modules. Note that, if you want to qualify for BPS accreditation, the Advanced Research Methods module and the research project are compulsory.

Compulsory for BPS pathway

Advanced Research Methods

Compulsory

Dissertation or Literature Review and Research Paper

Optional

Choose 3 options from Psychology and 3 from Education across the year

These modules are only indicative examples of the options available. There is a wide array of option modules to choose from, subject to availability.

Indicative examples

Current issues in teaching and learning in schools

Advanced Research Methods (compulsory for BPS pathway)

Sociology of Education

Supporting Additional Learning Needs: Critical Observations

Current Issues in Clinical Psychology

Perspectives in Human Animal Interactions

Mental Health Epidemiology

The Development of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

Learning to Read