BSC Psychology [C80F]

Academic Year: 2025/2026
Campus: Aberystwyth
Single Honours: scheme - available from 2019/2020
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Award Eligiblity: Standard Awards

Part 1 Rules

Year 1

Core (100 Credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Introduction to Social Science	GS09720	20	Semester 1
Information in a Post-Truth World	GS01120	20	Semester 1
How to be a Student 1	GS09520	20	Semester 1
How to be a Student 2	GS09320	20	Semester 2
Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places	GS00820	20	Semester 2

Options (20 credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes	GS09820	20	Semester 2
The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives	GS09620	20	Semester 2

Part 2 Rules

Year 2

Core (120 Credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology	PS11300 Cyflwyniad i ddulliau ymchwil mewn seicoleg Module in Welsh	0	Semester 1
Introduction to core topics in Social and Individual Behaviour	PS11420	20	Semester 1
Personal Development and Organisational Behaviour	PS11710	10	Semester 1
Applications of Psychology	PS11520	20	Semester 1
Brain, Behaviour and Cognition	PS11220	20	Semester 2
Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology	PS11320 Cyflwyniad i ddulliau ymchwil mewn seicoleg Module in Welsh	20	Semester 2
Designing Psychological Research Projects	PS11610	10	Semester 2
Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology	PS11820	20	Semester 2

Part 2 Rules

Year 3

Core (60 Credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Cognitive Psychology	PS21820	20	Semester 1
Quantitative Research Methods	PS21310 Dulliau Ymchwil Meintiol Module in Welsh	10	Semester 1
Qualitative Research Methods	PS20310	10	Semester 2
Social Psychology	PS20220	20	Semester 2

Options (60 credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Psychology in Practice	PS20600 Seicoleg mewn gweithred Module in Welsh	0	Semester 1
Issues in Clinical Psychology	PS21720	20	Semester 1
Forensic Psychology	PS21220	20	Semester 1
The Psychology of Language	PS20420	20	Semester 1
Evolutionary Psychology	PS21020	20	Semester 2
Psychology in Practice	PS20620 Seicoleg mewn gweithred Module in Welsh	20	Semester 2
Health Psychology	PS20720 Seicoleg Iechyd Module in Welsh	20	Semester 2
Seicoleg Iechyd	SC20720	20	Semester 2

Final Year

Core (80 Credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Behavioural Neuroscience	PS32120	20	Semester 1
Psychology Research Project for Single Honours	PS33100 Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer anrhydedd sengl Module in Welsh	0	Semester 1
Psychology Research Project for Single Honours	PS33140 Prosiect ymchwil Seicoleg ar gyfer anrhydedd sengl Module in Welsh	40	Semester 2
Developmental Psychology	PS34320	20	Semester 2

Options (40 credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Psychology in Practice	PS30600 Seicoleg mewn gweithred Module in Welsh	0	Semester 1
Drugs and Behaviour	PS30820	20	Semester 1
The Psychology of Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring	PS31920	20	Semester 1
Psychology of Humour	PS32620	20	Semester 1
Psychology Critical Review	PS31520	20	Semester 2
Child Language: Development and Assessment	PS31820	20	Semester 2
21st Century Self: Critical and Constructionist Approaches to Contemporary Personhood	PS31720	20	Semester 2
Psychology in Practice	PS30620 Seicoleg mewn gweithred Module in Welsh	20	Semester 2

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