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Department of Psychology

Unit index 2021/2

Last update: 21 December 2021

Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Psychology in 2021/2.

Follow the links on the unit codes to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot.

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Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)

Academic year

  • Mind and behaviour
    12 Credits
  • Quantitative research methods
    12 Credits
  • Controversies in psychology
    12 Credits

Semester 1

  • Representations of childhood and youth
    6 Credits
  • Applying psychology
    6 Credits
  • Being a psychologist
    6 Credits

Semester 2

  • Research methods and design 1
    6 Credits
  • Psychology of wellbeing
    6 Credits

Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)

Academic year

  • Psychology placement
    60 Credits
  • Cognitive neuroscience
    12 Credits
  • Social psychology, personality and individual differences
    12 Credits

Semester 1

  • Quantitative methods
    6 Credits
  • Cognitive psychology
    6 Credits
  • Social psychology: traditional and critical approaches
    6 Credits
  • Research methods and design 2
    6 Credits
  • Health psychology
    6 Credits

Semester 2

  • Biological psychology
    6 Credits
  • Developmental psychology
    6 Credits
  • Research project
    6 Credits
  • Psychopathology
    6 Credits

Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)

Academic year

  • Applied psychology dissertation
    18 Credits
  • Psychology dissertation
    18 Credits

Semester 1

  • History of psychology
    6 Credits
  • Psychology of pain
    6 Credits
  • Attitudes and social cognition
    6 Credits
  • Contemporary educational psychology
    6 Credits
  • Clinical psychology
    6 Credits
  • Developmental psychopathology
    6 Credits
  • Psychology and neuroscience of blindness
    6 Credits
  • Language development
    6 Credits
  • Cognitive neuropsychology
    6 Credits
  • Neuroeconomics
    6 Credits

Semester 2

  • Psychology of risk
    6 Credits
  • Autism spectrum disorders
    6 Credits
  • Cyberpsychology
    6 Credits
  • Organisational psychology
    6 Credits
  • Affective neuroscience
    6 Credits
  • Forensic psychology
    6 Credits
  • Social action and change
    6 Credits
  • The psychology of music
    6 Credits
  • Psychology of creativity and innovation
    6 Credits
  • Psychology of addictive behaviours
    6 Credits

Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)

Academic year

  • Advanced psychology dissertation
    30 Credits
  • Health psychology placement
    6 Credits
  • Health Psychology dissertation
    30 Credits
  • Fundamentals of clinical and health psychology
    18 Credits
  • Fundamentals of clinical psychology practice
    18 Credits
  • Fundamentals of forensic psychology
    18 Credits
  • Advanced research methods for applied psychology
    18 Credits
  • Forensic psychology placement
    60 Credits
  • Forensic psychology dissertation
    30 Credits
  • Health psychology approaches
    18 Credits
  • Health psychology interventions
    18 Credits
  • Professional skills development
    6 Credits

Dissertation period

  • Health psychology placement
    6 Credits
  • Health Psychology dissertation
    30 Credits
  • Applied clinical psychology dissertation
    30 Credits

Semester 1

  • Advanced clinical & health psychology
    6 Credits
  • Advanced cognitive psychology
    6 Credits
  • Advanced social psychology
    6 Credits
  • Advanced research methods
    12 Credits
  • Foundation in systemic theory and practice
    12 Credits
  • Assessment and formulation
    6 Credits
  • Counselling skills for forensic psychology
    6 Credits
  • Psychological and economic perspectives into decision-making
    18 Credits
  • Statistical and mathematical modelling
    18 Credits

Semester 2

  • Professional skills
    6 Credits
  • Extended essay in health psychology
    6 Credits
  • Intermediate course in systemic theory and practice
    18 Credits
  • Working with offenders and victims
    6 Credits
  • Fundamentals of forensic psychology practice
    6 Credits
  • Professional skills development
    6 Credits
  • Contemporary issues in the understanding of decision-making
    48 Credits