Level 2 Module Choices 200809

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Level 2 Module Choices2008-09

• Psychology Department

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Important Deadlines

• Route changes
• FT students 3rd 17th March online
• PT students 17th March on paper form
• Module choices
• FT students 10th 17th April online
• PT students 17th March on paper form
• Course changes
• 17th March on paper form

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Questions you may have

• What does route mean?
• What route changes are possible??
• How will choices I make now affect what I can
  take at level H?
• Im a full-time student how do I change from a
  dual to a major/ minor route?
• Im a full-time student how do I choose modules?
• Im a part-time student what do I do?
• How can I change to a different course?
• What if I need further help or advice?

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What does route mean?

• Your route refers to the overall balance of
  modules across subjects. There are three types
• Single
• 1 subject, eg BSc Psychology
• Dual
• 2 subjects, equally balanced eg BSc Psych
  Health
• Major-Minor
• 2 subjects, with more time devoted to the major
  than the minor eg BSc Psychology with Health

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What route changes are possible?

• If you are currently taking a dual route
• you can normally choose to stay on a dual route
  60 credits per subject or to change to a
  Major/Minor route 90 credits of your major and
  30 credits of your minor. Moving to major-minor
  is subject to modules being available in your
  proposed major.
• BUT you may be able to apply to change to a
  different course.

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What route changes are possible?

• If you are currently taking one of Forensic
  Biology, Music Technology, or Nutrition
• you will automatically be placed on a major/minor
  route for Level I.
• If you are currently taking a single route or a
  major-minor route
• you will normally stay on that route
• BUT you may be able to apply to change to a
  different course.

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How will choices I make now affect what I can do
at level H?

• (a) If you continue with a dual route at Level I
• (60 credits in each subject).
• You will be able, at Level H, to
• Either continue the same dual pattern.
• Or opt for Major/Minor (90 credits of major
  subject and 30 credits of minor).
• Or opt for Single Major (all 120 credits at level
  H in one subject.

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How will choices I make now affect what I can do
at level H?

• (b) If you change to major/minor at Level I.
• You must stay as major/minor at Level H .
• You cannot return to a dual pattern (60 credits
  of each subject)
• You cannot opt for Single Major (120 credits in
  your major subject)

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Im a full-time student how do I change from a
dual to a major/ minor route?

• See your subject tutors for advice about
  availability of major/minor in your subject and
  to discuss the modules you may want to take.
• Log on to your student portal between 3rd 17th
  March and follow the instructions for changing
  route. No extensions will be possible under any
  circumstances, although there will be an
  opportunity to request a change from July, when
  the timetable has been published.

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Im a full-time student howdo I choose modules?

• Full-time students on Combined Honours and Single
  Honours degrees will choose optional modules via
  the student portal from 10th -27th April. No
  extensions will be possible under any
  circumstances, although there will be an
  opportunity to request a change from July, when
  the timetable has been published.
• Compulsory modules will be added automatically
  and you can view these. If all modules are
  compulsory, you will not choose any modules.

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Im a part-time student what do I do?

• Module selection and route changes will be
  handled simultaneously.
• The procedures will be based on paper forms the
  Registrars Office will write to you to explain
  procedures in detail and send you relevant forms.
• See your subject tutors for advice about
  availability of major/minor in your subject and
  to discuss the modules you want to take.
• The completed Form MUST be submitted to the
  Registrars Office Posting Box no later than 17th
  March 2008. No extensions will be possible under
  any circumstances, although there will be an
  opportunity to request a change from July, when
  the timetable has been published.

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British Psychological Society

• Modules conferring eligibility for Graduate Basis
  for Registration (GBR) of the BPS
• PSYI001 Researching the Social World (RSW)
• PSYI002 Mind, Brain and Behaviour (MBB)
• All students are required to take RSW
• BA/BSc Combined Hons
• Option of MBB
• BSc Single Hons Psychology/Sport Psychology
• Take MBB

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Qualifying Exam for BPS

• Guides our curriculum for BPS accreditation and
  GBR
• Areas to be covered during the next two years
• Cognitive Psychology
• Psychobiology
• Research Methods
• Social Psychology
• Human development
• Individual differences
• Conceptual and Historical Issues
• Practical Work

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Level 2

• BPS Taught Curriculum
• Researching the Social World
• Quantitative (ANOVA, multiple regression and
  questionnaire design) and qualitative (interviews
  and observational studies) research methods. The
  module also covers critically appraising research
  studies, considering ethical issues and writing
  up research reports
• Attitudes research methods and ethics in social
  psychology language and conversation social
  cognition prejudice aggression relationships
  leadership social influence altruism.

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Level 2

• BPS Taught Curriculum
• Mind, Brain and Behaviour
• Pain perception, altruism, obsessive-compulsive
  disorder, sexuality, visual perception, memory
  and language. The module emphasises the benefits
  of comparing different philosophical approaches
  within cognitive science, evolutionary psychology
  and neuropsychology.

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Level 2

• Non-BPS Curriculum
• Applying Psychology Explorations of Mind, Body
  and Spirit.
• Case studies will be drawn from a wide base
  representing the breadth of psychology as a
  discipline and will feature some of the
  following Forensic psychology, Psychology of
  Education and Learning, Alternative medicine,
  Dreams, Psychology of Design, Counseling
  Psychology, Depth Psychology, Sports Psychology,
  Transpersonal Psychology and spiritual beliefs
  and experiences and Parapsychology. Students will
  study each of these domains from a number of
  standpoints, exploring for instance how does
  each area apply psychological knowledge in
  practice How does each develop research within
  its own domain? How does each domain allow us a
  better understanding of the human condition? How
  does each domain imagine mind?

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Level 2

• Non-BPS Curriculum
• Psychologising Exploring methods in Psychology
• Only available to BSc Single Hons students
• Psychology as a discipline within the social
  sciences will be examined from different
  perspectives. Different research methods will be
  examined and set within their historical and
  disciplinary context e.g. case studies,
  experimental designs, narrative and textual
  approaches, ethnology, conceptual metaphor
  theory. There will also be engagement with the
  practical skills linked with undertaking research
  such as critical reading, scientific writing,
  editing and structuring, handling data, making
  decisions about research approaches and analytic
  techniques.

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To recap

• BA/BSc Combined Hons
• Do I want to do the BPS route (DUAL)?
• Yes
• Researching the Social World
• Mind, Brain and Behaviour
• No
• Researching the Social World
• Applying Psychology Explorations of Mind, Body
  and Spirit
• Do I want to Major in Psychology and Minor in
  another subject?
• Yes
• Researching the Social World
• Mind, Brain and Behaviour
• Applying Psychology Explorations of Mind, Body
  and Spirit
• Do I want to Minor in Psychology and Major in
  another subject?
• Yes
• Researching the Social World
• BSc Single Hons Psychology
• You will be following BPS route
• Researching the Social World

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Criminology Students

• The modules you will undertake in your second
  year will be
• The Criminal Justice System
• Will consider psychological and sociological
  approaches
• Understanding Criminal Behaviour
• Crime and Deviance
• Sociological Theory and Practice
• Will include relevant research techniques
• Please contact Ian Marsh if you require further
  information
• marshi_at_hope.ac.uk
• GLB007
• Tel [phone]

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How can I change to a different course?

• Sometimes it is possible to change from Combined
  to Single Honours if
• your subject is available as a Single Honours
  degree at level I in 2008-09
• you have completed level C modules which are
  suitable for the Single Honours degree in your
  subject and
• the Course Co-ordinator of the Single Honours
  degree is in agreement.
• You can also request other changes please seek
  advice from the APAS Office.

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How can I change from Combined to Single Honours?

• See the Course Co-ordinator of the Single Honours
  degree to check your eligibility
• Get a Change of Course Details Form from the
  Registrars Office webpages or the Gateway
  building.
• Complete the form and ask the Co-ordinator of
  your proposed course if they will approve your
  change via the form.
• Return the form to the Registrar's Office Posting
  Box or counter by the deadline of 17th March. No
  extensions will be possible under any
  circumstances, although there will be an
  opportunity to request a change from July, when
  the timetable has been published.

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What if I need further help or advice?

• If you need further help or advice about any
  changes described in this presentation, you
  should first speak to subject tutors and course
  co-ordinators.
• If you would like further advice about the
  academic implications of your choices, please
  contact the APAS Office on 0151 291 3687 and ask
  for an appointment with an adviser.