Course Resources Archive
Psychology and Sociology (BA/BSc) - Joint Honours Full Time - Course Map
For current students who started their course in 2011/12 academic year and earlier.
- Course Code: PYASY
- Course Leader: Julie Collins / Charlotte Parker
- 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 6
Module | CATs |
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To complete your programme you must pass the following compulsory modules: | |
SY319: Research, Epistemology and Philosophy | 15 |
To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 30 credits from the following: | |
PY338: Psychology Investigation
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY208 |
30 |
SY333: Sociology Dissertation
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass SY223 or pass SY224 or pass SY208 |
30 |
To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 15 credits from the following: | |
NS6603: Counselling Models and Approaches | 15 |
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 |
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: | |
CRI303: Environments of Crime | 15 |
CRI304: Global Crime | 15 |
GEO302: Place, Culture and Identity | 15 |
GEO304: The Postcolonial World | 15 |
GEO309: Work Placement | 15 |
MCC318: Body Consciousness and the Media | 15 |
PY399: Independent Study
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY208 |
15 |
SY316: Biology and Politics | 15 |
SY317: Women Race and Representation | 15 |
SY320: Visual Culture and the Information Society | 15 |
SY321: Politics, Risk and Security in the Global Order | 15 |
SY398: Independent Study
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass SY223 or pass SY224 or pass SY208 |
15 |