In the Psychology (BSc) degree programme we aim to:
1. Meet the accreditation requirements of the British Psychological Society for undergraduate programmes, 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 programme, 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.

By the end of the programme, successful students who have attended regularly and completed required work will:
A1. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the scientific underpinnings of psychology as a discipline.
A2. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the inherent variability and diversity of psychological functioning. A3. Be able to demonstrate a good knowledge and critical understanding of a range of influences on psychological functioning and how they are conceptualised across the core areas of biological psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, personality, and social psychology.
A4. Be able to demonstrate knowledge of a number of specialised areas and/or applications.
A5. Be able to demonstrate knowledge of a range of research paradigms, research methods and measurement techniques, including statistical analysis.
A6. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of how the brain modulates behaviour and contributes to conscious experience.
A7. Be able to show some understanding of ethical issues relating to research in psychology.

Students' knowledge and understanding is assessed through a mixture of unseen examinations (A1-A6) and course work (A1 - A7).

A1-A7 from lectures, tutorials, and practical classes in all years, together with the feedback to students on their coursework and the guided independent study required to participate in the course activities. A7 particularly from lectures and coursework in the second year research methods course and from discussions with their supervisor during their final year project.

By the end of the programme, successful students who have attended regularly and completed required work will:
B1. Be able to reason scientifically and demonstrate the relationship between theory and evidence.
B2. Be able to adopt multiple perspectives.
B3. Be able to detect meaningful patterns in behaviour and experience.
B4. Be able to pose and operationalise research questions.
B5. Be able to reason statistically and demonstrate competence in a range of statistical methods.
B6. Be able to initiate, design, conduct, and report an empirically-based research project under appropriate supervision.
B7. Be able to show an awareness of ethical principles and demonstrate this in relation to personal study, particularly with regard to the research project.
B8. Be able to critically evaluate the primary literature in particular areas of Psychology.
B9 Recognise the need to assess their own skills and to harness them for future learning.

Students' intellectual skills are assessed through a mixture of unseen examinations (B1- B3, B8), coursework (B1-B3, B8, B9) and practical and project work (B4-B9).

B1 to B3 from lectures and tutorials in all years together with the feedback to students on their coursework and the guided independent study required to participate in the course activities. B4 to B7 from research methods classes in the first and second years, in which the students have to run, analyse and write up experiments.B4 to B9 from the final year project.B8 from lectures and any associated tutorials/seminars in the final year, together with the independent study required.B9 through discussion of tutorial reports with tutors; through receiving feedback on coursework.

By the end of the programme, successful students who have attended regularly and completed required work will: -C1. Be able to demonstrate competence in research skills through practical activities.
C2. Be able to carry out basic manipulation of data, including statistical analyses
C3. Be able to manage time effectively and pursue personally set objectives.

Practical skills are assessed by practical write-ups and unseen examinations on the Research Methods courses in years one and two, and also by the write up of the final year project.

Participation in practical classes, statistics examples classes, and lectures in years one and two, and personal supervision on the final year project.

By the end of the programme, successful students who have attended regularly and completed required work will: -D1. Be able to communicate ideas and research findings by written, oral, and visual means. [BM]D2. Be able to interpret and use numerical, statistical and other forms of data. [BM]D3. Be able to demonstrate computer literacy, at least in the use of word processing, databases, statistical software, [BM] and obtaining information from WWW.D4. Be able to approach problem solving in a systematic way. [BM]D5. Be able to demonstrate awareness of contextual and interpersonal factors in groups and teams [BM] and has developed the interpersonal skills that will allow them to participate in co-operative group planning and decision making.D6. Be able to undertake self-directed study and project management in a supportive environment [BM] and be able to plan, execute and present an independent piece of work within such an environment.D7. Recognise the need to assess their own skills and to harness them for future learning. [BM]D8. Be able to reflect on and be critical of their own workD9. Recognise the applicability of Psychology to the careers to which they will be progressing.

Students' transferable skills are assessed through a mixture of unseen exams, essays and other coursework including presentations, and practical and project work

D1 through tutorials and seminars, which require informal contributions to discussion as well as, in many courses in all years, formal presentations; through preparing coursework and receiving feedback on it; and through writing a project and receiving feedback on the project write-up, and giving a formal presentation on the project. In addition, in the first year there is specific writing skills training.D2 through the lectures, examples classes and practical classes of the Research Methods courses in years one and two, and through personal supervision on the final year project.D3 from participation in a specific computer skills training in year one, and the use of these skills in subsequent courses. It is expected that work submitted for assessment will be word-processed. The WWW is increasingly used in the delivery of information about courses and supplementary information for courses. Much of the communication between course and personal tutors and students is via e-mail. Using statistical packages is part of the Research Methods courses in years one and two and of the final year project.D4 through preparing coursework in all years and receiving feedback that constantly emphasizes the need to rigorously organize one's strategy in dealing with the problem set by the essay title; through supervision on tackling the particular problem addressed in the final year project.D5 through teamwork in the Research Methods course in year two, where groups of students must isolate an interesting problem, and then design, prepare and conduct an experiment to tackle it, all as a group.D6 through final year project work.D7 and D8 through discussion of tutorial reports with tutors; through receiving feedback on coursework.D9 through discussion with personal tutor and project supervisor; participation in events organized by the CDU.