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Biology and Psychology (BSc) - Joint Honours Full Time - Course Map
For current students who started their course in 2011/12 academic year and earlier.
- Course Code: BIOAPY
- Course Leader: Julie Collins / Anne Goodenough
- Senior Tutor(s):
Each module taken by a student has a credit value (measured in Credit Accumulation and Transfer [CAT] points). Approximately 10 hours of total study time is required per CAT credit. A full-time year is equivalent to 120 CATs for students on an Undergraduate course.
To achieve an undergraduate award a student must accumulate a particular number of CATs at Level 4, 5 or 6 as illustrated below:
Bachelors Degree without Honours: 300 CATs
Bachelors Degree with Honours: 360 CATs (or 480 with year-long placement)
Level 5
| Module | CATs |
|---|---|
| To complete your programme you must pass the following compulsory modules: | |
| NS5201: Contemporary Issues In Biology
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with ANB212 or BIO212 |
15 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 15 credits from the following: | |
| PY204: Interpersonal and Group Behaviour
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY101 or pass PY105 or pass PY108 |
15 |
| PY210: Perception, Learning and Memory
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must ( pass PY109 or pass PY111 ) and pass PY107 |
15 |
| PY212: Controversies in Psychology
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY101 or pass PY105 or pass PY108 |
15 |
| PY217: Lifespan Development
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY107 and pass PY111 |
15 |
| PY218: Psychology of Learning and Teaching
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY101 |
15 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 15 credits from the following: | |
| PY213: Individual Differences
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY101 or pass PY108 |
15 |
| PY214: Abnormal Psychology
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY101 or pass PY108 |
15 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 15 credits from the following: | |
| NS5203: Microbe-Human Interactions
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO203 or BIO222 |
30 |
| NS5204: Ecological Impact Assessment and Monitoring
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO228 |
15 |
| NS5205: Biogeography
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO227 or GEO227 |
15 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 15 credits from the following: | |
| NS5202: Biostatistics
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO209 or GEO209 |
15 |
| PY208: Investigative Methods
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY110 or pass PY111 |
30 |
| Other modules that can be counted toward your programme include: | |
| GEO206: Geographical Information Systems | 15 |
| NS5206: Equine Biology
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with ANB229 |
15 |
| NS5207: Animal Behaviour
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO224 |
15 |
| NS5208: Residential Fieldwork
Restrictions: Only available to ANB and BIO students. Cannot be counted with BIO202, BIO207, GEO207 or NS5301 |
15 |
| SY214: Disability and Society | 15 |
Level 6
| Module | CATs |
|---|---|
| To complete your programme you must pass the following compulsory modules: | |
| NS6223: Biology Dissertation
Restrictions: Only available to Biology students. Cannot be counted with ANB333, BIO333 or NS6222 |
30 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 15 credits from the following: | |
| NS6204: Pollution in Ecological Systems
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO328 |
15 |
| NS6205: Microbial Biotechnology | 15 |
| NS6206: Palaeoecology
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO327 or GEO327 |
15 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 15 credits from the following: | |
| PY305: Educational Psychology
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY208 or pass PY213 |
15 |
| PY310: Issues in Clinical Psychology
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY214 |
15 |
| PY312: Occupational Psychology
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY213 |
15 |
| PY320: Psychology and Crime
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY213 or pass PY214 or pass PY216 |
15 |
| PY323: Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Counselling
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY214 |
15 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 15 credits from the following: | |
| PY313: Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuropsychology
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY210 |
15 |
| PY314: The Psychology of Sex and Gender
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY204 or pass SY208 |
15 |
| PY315: History and Theories of Psychology
Prerequisites: PYL2XX totalling at least 30 credits |
15 |
| PY316: Thinking and Reasoning: From the Laboratory to the Real World
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY208 and pass PY210 |
15 |
| PY318: Stereotypes
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY204 |
15 |
| Other modules that can be counted toward your programme include: | |
| NS6201: Evolutionary And Behavioural Ecology
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO324 |
30 |
| NS6202: Avian Biology
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO329 |
15 |
| NS6203: Population and Community Ecology
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO332 or BIO223 |
15 |
| NS6207: Advanced Skills for Biosciences
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO301 |
15 |
| NS6208: Conservation Ecology
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO326 or BIO330 |
15 |
| NS6302: Climate Change
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with GEO305 |
15 |
| PY306: Further Statistics and Investigative Methods
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY208 |
15 |
| PY399: Independent Study
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY208 |
15 |
| SY316: Biology and Politics | 15 |
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