Psychology and Language Sciences MSci

University College London
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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    4 Years

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
The first two years of your degree comprise mainly mandatory modules taken by all students, which aim to provide you with broad-based knowledge of psychology and language sciences. They cover fundamental topics such as the neural basis of perception, memory and language, social psychology, individual differences, speech production and perception, and the development of communication and cognition. Skills in planning, running and analysing experiments are taught through laboratory classes in years one and two.
Successful completion of year three allows you to graduate with a BPS-accredited BSc qualification, or you can continue to the MSci in the final (fourth) year.
The final year consists of a 2.0-credit project based either on research conducted at UCL (in the research route) or on a placement (the applied route). Students on both routes take a statistics module. Applied route students will also take a module on research in applied settings, plus two additional Master’s-level modules. Those on the Research route take three additional Master’s-level modules. Students on both routes receive a BPS-accredited MSci qualification.

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London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

UCL is known worldwide for its teaching and research in the fields of psychology, speech sciences, linguistics and neuroscience. Our staff's work appears in internationally acclaimed journals and books.
This programme provides experiential learning in these key areas, emphasising the complementary nature of psychology, speech sciences and linguistics and providing special insights into the human mind and human communication.
This degree is an excellent platform from which students can pursue further research or follow professional programmes (e.g. in clinical and educational psychology, teaching, speech and language therapy, or audiology).
If you choose the research route in the fourth year, you will gain advanced research skills and join world-leading researchers in the lab. Students on the applied route will meet the challenges of carrying out research in the workplace, for example, in a clinical or educational setting.

The cutting-edge experimental, empirical and statistical/computational tools employed in this degree will enable you to develop and evaluate ideas across the areas of human psychology and communication. They will provide you with an exceptional basis for further research in these areas.
Students will gain advanced training in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Additionally, graduates will have transferable skills in autonomy and responsibility, teamwork and presentation. This degree is an excellent foundation for further specialised training in careers such as audiology, clinical and educational psychology, teaching, and speech and language therapy.
The fourth MSci year will be of particular benefit to those students who wish to pursue a career in research (e.g. progressing to a PhD) or in clinical or educational work. Our aim is to help students to develop advanced interdisciplinary research and transferable skills valuable in a wide range of careers. Graduates from our BSc programme have gone on to further training in teaching, clinical psychology and medicine, to PhD study, as well as to careers in auditing and human resources.

English Language, Mathematics and two Sciences (double award acceptable) at grade B or 6. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required

British Psychological Society

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02/06/2018
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Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Communication Training
  • Production
  • Accredited
  • Social Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Neuroscience of Language
  • Conversation Analysis
  • Neurolinguistics

Course programme

YEAR 1

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Evidence and Enquiry in Psychology
  • Introduction to Research Methods
  • Introduction to Language
  • Introduction to Speech Science
  • Memory
  • Neural Basis of Perception, Memory and Language
  • Perception, Attention and Learning
  • Social Psychology
Optional modules

There are no optional modules in year one.

YEAR 2

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Language and Cognition
  • Development of Communication and Cognition
  • The Psychology of Individual Differences
  • Research Design and Experimental Methods
  • Speech Production and Perception
Optional modules

You will select one optional module from the following:

  • Introduction to Generative Grammar
  • Sociolinguistics
  • The Evolution of Vocal Communication

You will select 0.5 credits from a wide range of elective modules across UCL.

YEAR 3

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Research Project
Optional modules

You will select six optional modules from a wide range across the Devision of Psychology & Language Sciences, likely to include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Conversation Analysis
  • Development of Speech Perception and Production
  • Laboratory Methods in Phonetics and Speech Science
  • Linguistics of Sign Language
  • Neurolinguistics
  • Perspectives on Clinical Psychology
  • Stages in Normal Language Development
  • Rehabilitation of Acquired Neurogenic Communication Difficulties
  • Psychology of Politics
YEAR 4

Core or compulsory module(s)

Research route

  • Advanced Research Project (2.0 credits)
  • Statistics (0.5 credits)

Applied route

  • Placement Project (2.0 credits)
  • Statistics for Applied Research Settings (0.5 credits)
  • Behavioural Research in Applied Settings (0.5 credits)
Optional modules

You will select either three (research route) or two (applied route) optional modules from a wide range likely to include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Language Disorders and Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Human Learning and Memory
  • Introduction to Event-Related Potential Techniques
  • Neuroscience of Language
  • Second Language Speech Learning
  • Social Psychology
  • The Brain in Action
Your learning

Your learning will involve attendance at lectures (sometimes shared with students on other programmes), smaller laboratory classes and back-up classes. Regular group tutorials with a member of academic staff will provide an opportunity to integrate learning nd to discuss topics in more detail.

Assessment

Each module is examined separately, often by a combination of essays, data exercises and examinations and performance is always assessed in the same academic year in which you take it.

Additional information

Overseas students Fee - £24,520 (2018/19)

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