Department of Psychology |
| Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Psychology in 2015/16. Follow the links on the unit codes to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function. |
- Certificate (FHEQ level 4) level units (e.g. units coded PS1*)
- Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) level units (e.g. units coded PS2*)
- Honours (FHEQ level 6) level units (e.g. units coded PS3*)
- Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) level units (e.g. units coded PS4* or PS5*)
| Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
Academic Year |
| PS10086 | Mind and behaviour | 12 Credits |
| PS10087 | Psychology research | 12 Credits |
Semester 1 |
| PS10105 | Controversies in Psychology 1 | 6 Credits |
| PS10120 | Representations of childhood and youth | 6 Credits |
| PS10121 | Applying psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS10154 | Being a psychologist | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| PS10088 | Quantitative methods 1 | 6 Credits |
| PS10089 | Controversies in Psychology 2 | 6 Credits |
| PS10153 | Psychological skills | 6 Credits |
| Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
Academic Year |
| PS20028 | Psychology placement | 60 Credits |
Semester 1 |
| PS20093 | Quantitative methods 2 | 6 Credits |
| PS20108 | Cognitive psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS20109 | Social psychology: traditional and critical approaches | 6 Credits |
| PS20124 | Research methods and design | 6 Credits |
| PS20152 | Health psychology | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| PS20104 | Personality and individual differences | 6 Credits |
| PS20106 | Biological psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS20107 | Developmental psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS20125 | Research project | 6 Credits |
| PS20150 | Psychopathology | 6 Credits |
| Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
Academic Year |
| PS30094 | Applied psychology dissertation | 18 Credits |
| PS30155 | Psychology dissertation | 18 Credits |
Semester 1 |
| PS30014 | History of psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS30083 | Stress, immunity & health | 6 Credits |
| PS30101 | Psychology of pain | 6 Credits |
| PS30102 | Traffic, transport and environmental psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS30103 | Attitudes and social cognition | 6 Credits |
| PS30115 | Contemporary educational psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS30126 | Developmental psychopathology | 6 Credits |
| PS30151 | Psychology and neuroscience of blindness | 6 Credits |
| PS30158 | Forensic psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS30159 | Language development | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| PS30110 | Psychology of risk | 6 Credits |
| PS30113 | Developmental disorders | 6 Credits |
| PS30116 | Cyberpsychology | 6 Credits |
| PS30122 | Clinical psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS30128 | A health psychology approach to loss, grief and bereavement | 6 Credits |
| PS30129 | Children and young people as consumers | 6 Credits |
| PS30130 | Organisational psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS30156 | Affective neuroscience | 6 Credits |
| Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
Dissertation period |
| PS50051 | Health psychology placement | 6 Credits |
| PS50055 | Health Psychology dissertation | 30 Credits |
Semester 1 |
| PS50029 | Introduction to issues in health and health beliefs | 6 Credits |
| PS50030 | Biopsychosocial mechanisms in health | 6 Credits |
| PS50031 | Communication in health | 6 Credits |
| PS50033 | Advanced research design in health | 6 Credits |
| PS50148 | Multivariate statistics for use in health contexts | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
| PS50081 | Extended essay in health psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS50112 | Advanced statistics for use in health contexts | 6 Credits |
| PS50160 | 21st century public health psychology | 6 Credits |
| PS50161 | Advanced qualitative analysis | 6 Credits |
| PS50162 | Informing interventions with health psychology | 6 Credits |