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Title: 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

13
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 0151 291 3144

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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.
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