Psychology-BSc

Durham University

Bachelor's degree

In Durham

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Durham

Durham’s Psychology Department is a department with excellence in both research and teaching. This research strength extends across the wide variety of academic interests of the Department’s staff, from child health and development, perception, cognitive and behavioural neuroscience to the evolutionary basis of behaviour. The wide range and quality of the research interests of the staff in the Department allows us to offer a broad range of final-year option courses on both our degree courses. Our breadth of research strength means that you are guaranteed to be taught by some of the leading figures in their field of research. We offer two psychology degrees, Psychology and Psychology (Applied), with both courses demonstrating extensive depth and breadth in the field of psychology. Our applied research facilities related to neurorehabilitation, education,...

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About this course

Admissions Process Subject requirements, level and grade In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note: Grade B in Mathematics at GCSE or equivalent is required  We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking as part of our offer If Psychology has been studied at A Level (or equivalent), then this will form part of the offer (see our website for further details) We welcome applications from individuals with other qualifications equivalent to our standard entry requirements and from mature...

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Subjects

  • Psychology
  • University
  • Staff
  • Child health

Course programme

Year 1

In the first year, you will take three core modules in Psychology:

  • Introduction to Psychology 1: Cognitive & Biological Psychology ( credits)
  • Introduction to Psychology 2: Developmental, Social & Abnormal Psychology ( credits)
  • Introduction to Psychological Research ( credits).

The compulsory Psychology modules count for of your credits (two single modules, plus the double module), so in addition you may choose:

  • Classic Papers: A Tutorial Introduction to Psychological Science ( credits), or Classic Papers in Applied Psychology: A Tutorial Introduction to Psychological Science ( credits), plus modules to the value of credits from another University department;or
  • two modules to the value of credits from another University department (including modules from the University’s Centre for Foreign Language Study).

For modules taken from another University department you must meet their entry requirements and must be able to timetable your additional subjects to fit in with your compulsory modules.

Year 2

In the second year, you will build upon your first year and complete six credit modules in Psychology:

  • Topics in Cognitive Psychology ( credits)
  • Social & Developmental Psychology ( credits)
  • Biological Psychology and Perception ( credits)
  • Individual Differences & Abnormal Psychology ( credits)
  • Research Methods in Psychology ( credits)
  • Statistics for Psychology ( credits).
Year 3

In your final year, you may choose to take modules to the value of up to credits in Psychology. Alternatively, you may choose to take modules to the value of credits from the Psychology (Applied) Year Three modules on offer or even modules up to the value of credits from another department (including Modern Foreign Languages). The final-year Psychology modules are on specialist topics and include lectures, workshops, practical work and continuous assessment. In addition to your chosen modules to the value of credits, you will carry out and write up your own Research Project (Psychology Dissertation), supervised by a member of staff. The range of possible topics is very wide and research can take place in settings such as schools or hospitals, as well as in research laboratories in the Department of Psychology. The Dissertation is a double module ( credits).

The list of final-year Psychology option modules may vary from year, but has included in the past:

  • Neuropsychology of Memory ( credits)
  • Developmental Psychology ( credits)
  • Child Health Psychology ( credits)
  • Social Perception ( credits)
  • Brain and Cognition ( credits)
  • The Visual Brain ( credits)
  • Learning and Animal Cognition ( credits)
  • Human Evolutionary Psychology ( credits)
  • Modules from the University’s Centre for Foreign Language Study.

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Psychology-BSc

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