Psychology BSc (Hons)

Year 1

Compulsory modules:

• Research Methods A: Basic Skills
• Research Methods B: Introduction to Psychological Investigation and Statistics
• Cognitive Psychology
• Introduction to Psychobiology: from Ion Channels to Behaviour
• Introduction to Learning
• Introduction to Developmental Psychology
• Developing Skills for Psychologists/Neuroscientists 1: Making it work at University
• Developing Skills for Psychologists/Neuroscientists 2: Engaging professionally

Compulsory modules:

• Social and Cognitive Development
• Introduction to Social and Differential Psychology
• Neural Basis of Vision and Action
• Introduction to Psycholinguistics
• Research Methods C
• Research Methods D
• Introduction to Forensic Psychology

Compulsory module:

• Project

Option modules - Example option modules may include:

• Adolescence: Mind and Brain
• Adult Neuropsychological Syndromes
• Antisocial and Violent Behaviours: A Multilevel Perspective
• Brain Damage and Aging in the Attentional System
• Brain Imaging: a Toolbox for Understanding the Human Mind
• Clinical Psychology of Severe Intellectual Disability
• Communities and Social Action
• Development and Disorders of Language in Children
• Early Intervention: Can we improve atypical and neurodevelopmental outcomes?
• Higher Cognitive Function in Children, Adults and Non Human Animals
• Psychology of Popular Media Culture
• Rehabilitating the Brain
• Sleep
• The Mind Detective: Understanding how the mind works by looking at what happens when it is damaged
• Visual Cognitive Neuroscience and Art
• Why We Eat What We Eat
• Why We Remember and Why We Forget
• Understanding emotions: A neuro-cognitive perspective

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules after that date; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.