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FHEQ level

This course is set at Level 6 in the national Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.

Course Aims

In the Psychology with Neuroscience (BSc) degree course we aim to:
1.Meet the accreditation requirements of the British Psychological Society for undergraduate courses, to permit entry to professional training or research.
2.Provide students with a firm grasp of the main theories, methods and findings of psychological research relevant to an understanding of the relationship between the brain and behaviour.
3.Incorporate a wide range of teaching methods to broaden the range of learning experience offered.
4.Offer a flexible and responsive admissions policy, offering access to students with special needs, and particularly to students in the local area who, while intellectually qualified to take a full-time degree course, have an unconventional academic background.
5.Prepare students for future employment or training by providing them with opportunities to develop a range of personal, practical and intellectual skills.
6.Encourage students to realise their potential in an environment that offers opportunities for learning and an integrated system of pastoral care.
7.Enable students to participate in processes of course review and evaluation.
8.Provide opportunities for students to develop analytical, critical evaluation and problem-solving skills for assessing psychological issues and evaluating research findings.
9.Provide opportunities for students to develop progressively advanced research skills, including formulation of research questions, study design, data collection, selection and performance of statistical analyses and evaluation of findings.
10.Provide opportunities for students to develop an understanding of how the brain modulates behaviour and contributes to conscious experience, and of the experimental techniques used to study the relationship between the brain and behaviour.
11.Effectively combine the study of Psychology and Neuroscience to provide a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the relationship between mind and brain.
12.Provide students with the opportunity to develop an in-depth knowledge of brain mechanisms and neural activity and how they inform perception, thought and action; through teaching by both neuroscientists and psychologists.

Course learning outcomes

Be able to demonstrate a good knowledge and critical understanding of the core area of biological psychology

Be able to demonstrate a good knowledge and critical understanding of the core area of cognitive psychology

Be able to demonstrate a good knowledge and critical understanding of the core area of developmental psychology

Be able to demonstrate a good knowledge and critical understanding of the core area of social psychology

Be able to demonstrate a good knowledge and critical understanding of the core area of individual differences

Be able to demonstrate knowledge of a range of research methods and measurement techniques, including statistical analysis

Be able to demonstrate competence in research skills through practical activities

Be able to demonstrate computer literacy, especially with statistical software and word processing

Be able to carry out data entry and manipulation and conduct inferential tests for simple and complex factorial designs

Be able to use multivariate methods and qualitative analysis

Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the scientific underpinnings of psychology and what it means to be a science

Be able to demonstrate knowledge of a number of specialised areas and/or applications of psychology

Be able to analyse data to answer a coherent set of original questions

Be able to make independent decisions about data presentation and analysis, and to expand independently ones knowledge of statistics beyond what one has been taught

Be able to show understanding of ethical issues relating to research in psychology

Be able to reason scientifically and statistically, appreciating the relationship between theory and evidence

Be able to initiate, design, conduct, and report on an empirically-based research project under appropriate supervision

Recognise the need to assess ones own skills and to harness them for future learning

Be able to demonstrate awareness of contextual and interpersonal factors in groups and teams, and to develop the interpersonal skills that will allow effective participation in co-operative group planning and decision making

Be able to critically assess ones own and others work so as to improve it

Be able to approach problem solving in a systematic way

Be able to communicate ideas and research findings by written, oral, and visual means

Understand the interaction between organs systems and the nervous system

Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental principles of the nervous system and brain function

Appreciate that understanding the neural mechanisms involved in the generation of behaviour depends on studying all levels of organization, behavioural, neural and molecular

For information on the composition of this course please see either the on-line Undergraduate prospectus for undergraduate related courses or the on-line Postgraduate prospectus for postgraduate related courses.

More detailed information on the course structure and modules within this degree will be available on this page shortly.