Details of award: BSc (Hons) Psychology with Integrated Foundation Year: 2023 entry

Name of award: BSc (Hons) Psychology

In order to achieve the named award above, students must meet all requirements of this award map.

STAGE 1a

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
FDN018	Transition to University – Learning to Learn	40	Compulsory	None
FDN020	Investigating Your Subject	20	Compulsory	None
FDN021	Negotiated Learning Project	40	Compulsory	None
FDN027	Foundations in Psychology	20	Compulsory	None

Students must take all modules

STAGE 1b

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
PSY1011	Positive Psychology	20	Compulsory	None
PSY1003	Introduction to Psychology	20	Compulsory	None
PSY1001	Psychology in Practice	20	Compulsory	None
PSY1006	Becoming a Psychologist	20	Compulsory	None
PSY1004	Investigating Psychology^1	20	Compulsory	None
PSY1012	Psychology for Life	20	Compulsory	None

Students must take all modules

STAGE 2

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
PSY2003	Independent Practical Work	20	Compulsory	PSY1006 and PSY1003
PSY2005	Research Methods and Statistics	20	Compulsory	PSY1006
PSY2006	The Human Animal	20	Designated	PSY1003
PSY2007	The Psychology of Well Being	20	Designated	None
PSY2025	The Psychology of Learning and Teaching in Educational Settings	20	Designated	None
PSY2029	Biological and Cognitive Psychology: Mechanisms of the mind	20	Compulsory	PSY1003
PSY2030	Development and Society	20	Compulsory	PSY1003 or CRI1005
PSY2031	Personality & the Fundamentals of Psychology	20	Compulsory	PSY1003

Students must take the compulsory modules and one designated module

OPTIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR

Code		Title	Credits	Status	Pre – Requisites
PSY2028	The FHES Placement Year Experience		40	Designated	None

Students must have successfully completed 100 credits at Level 5 in order to undertake placement

STAGE 3

Code	Title		Credits			Status	Pre – Requisites
PSY4001		Psychology Dissertation ^2		40	Designated			PSY2005
PSY4004		Psychology Library Based Dissertation ^3		40	Designated			PSY2005
PSY3004		The Psychology of Mental Health		20	Designated			PSY2030 or PSY2031
PSY3007		Parapsychology and Anomalous Experiences		20	Designated			PSY2029
PSY3013		The Psychology of Health		20	Designated			None
PSY3016		Forensic Psychology^4		20	Designated			PSY2030 or PSY2031
PSY3055		Applying Positive Psychology		20	Designated			None
PSY3023		Educational Psychology		20	Designated			None
PSY3024		Understanding the Social World		20	Designated			PSY2006 or PSY2007 or PSY2030 or PSY2031
PSY3027		Psychology of Spirituality, Religion and Wellbeing		20	Designated			None
PSY3054		Neuroscience of Mind		20	Designated			PSY2029
PSY3053		Lifespan Development		20	Designated			PSY2030
PSY3063		The Psychology of Work and Organisations *		20	Designated			None

Students must take either PSY4001 or PSY4004 plus four designated modules. Students requiring GBC must take PSY4001 plus four designated modules.

Students who complete PSY4004 will achieve BA Psychological Studies, not BSc Psychology.

FDN and Level 4 modules are split across Stage 1a and Stage1b – 80 FDN credits/40 L4 credits at Stage 1a and 40 FDN credits/80 L4 credits at Stage 1b.  The University’s Supplementary Regulations govern how FDN modules are regulated and how progression from Stage 1a and Stage 1b and from Stage 1a and Stage 1b to Stage 2 is managed.

Students who do not complete the Honours Degree will be eligible for an Ordinary Degree in the named subject upon successful completion of a minimum of 60 Level 6 credits. These can be from any Level 6 modules, whether identified as compulsory or designated.

¹ Restricted module: available to single honours, joint and major Psychology students only
² Cannot be taken with PSY4004
³ Cannot be taken with PSY4001. Please read the rubric carefully about this module as it has implications regarding your degree title.
⁴ Students must obtain the approval of the module leader before choosing or enrolling on to this module

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07/06/23