Programme structure: Psychology (MSci) - what's running in 2016/17

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Advanced Research Project	PSYCM0053	60	Mandatory	TB-4
Students take 3 units from the following list:
Advanced Psychology of Language	PSYCM0052	20	Optional	TB-1A
Advanced Evolutionary Psychology	PSYCM0046	20	Optional	TB-1
Advanced Developmental Disorders of Communication	PSYCM0051	20	Optional	TB-2C
Advanced Nutrition and Behaviour	PSYCM0049	20	Optional	TB-1
Advanced Neuropsychiatry	PSYCM0048	20	Optional	TB-1
Theory and Practice in Neuropsychological Research	PSYCM0039	20	Optional	TB-2
Psychological Statistics and Research Tools	PSYCM0041	20	Optional	TB-1
Creating Psychological Experiments	PSYCM0056	20	Optional	TB-1
Neuropsychological Approaches in Clinics and Research	PSYCM0040	20	Optional	TB-1
Communicating Science	PSYCM0042	20	Optional	TB-2
Apprenticeship in Psychological Research	PSYCM0043	20	Optional	TB-1,TB-2
Neuropsychological Analysis Tools	PSYCM0044	20	Optional	TB-2
Advanced Issues in Social Psychology	PSYCM0054	20	Optional	TB-2C
Psychology (MSci)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.