Course Structure for Psychology, Philosophy & Linguistic Students

TERM All students will study 3 Introductory Psychology & Philosophy students typically Psychology & Linguistics students Philosophy & Linguistics students
1 Prelims For Courses: take: typically take: typically take:
all subjects
o Psychology o Psychology o Psychology o Philosophy
1st Term o Statistics o Philosophy o Linguistics o Linguistics
YEAR 2 o Philosophy o Statistics o Statistics o Statistics
o Linguistics
o Neurophysiology
Preliminary Examinations
After the Prelim exams, students can choose to continue a bipartite degree (Psychology & Philosophy, Psychology & Linguistics or Philosophy & Linguistics, or, subject to their college’s approval, a
tripartite degree (Psychology, Philosophy & Linguistics). Prelim results do not count towards the final degree. Students studying Psychology as part of the PPL Degree must sit the Prelim Statistics
examination (or an equivalent qualifying examination) and an Experimental Design and Statistics examination in the second year.
Term
3 Students choosing Psychology will study 4
Part I Core Modules in Experimental Psychology in Students choosing Philosophy will study
Psychology Terms 3-5 from the following: between 3 and 5 Special Subjects in
Core Modules Philosophy in Terms 3-8 (examples below):
Term o Cognitive Neuroscience nd
There are no 2 Year Examinations for Philosophy and Linguistics.
4 Study o Behavioural Neuroscience o Ethics
Statistics & o Perception o Philosophy of Mind & Action
Experimental o Memory, Attention & Information o Philosophy of Science, PPL students studying Psychology must decide on the overall
Term Design Processing (MAIP) Neuroscience & Psychology balance of Psychology to that of Philosophy and/or Linguistics. In
5 o Language & Cognition o Knowledge & Reality total they must take 8 papers, out of which the Part 1 Psychology
2nd Carry out Lab- o Developmental Psychology o Philosophy of Religion Exams taken at the end of Term 5 counts as 2 papers. If you wish
Based o Social Psychology to concentrate on more Philosophy/Linguistics (a 3:5 split) then
Year Practical o Personality, Individual Differences you can take just 1 Psychology Advanced Option and 5 papers in
Work & Psychological Disorders other subjects.
Students choosing Linguistics will study
Part 1 Examinations (Psychology) and Lab-Based results count
Similarly, students studying Philosophy & Linguistics can choose the
between 3 and 5 Special Subjects in
20% towards the final degree Linguistics in Terms 3-8 (examples below): relevant balance of the two subjects.
Term If you wish to concentrate 50/50 (4:4) on
6 Psychology and Philosophy/Linguistics then o Syntax NB: You must choose a 4:4 or 5:3 split of Psychology to qualify for
Part II you will take 2 Psychology Advanced Options o Semantics Graduate Basis of Chartered Membership of the British
rd
Term in the 3 Year and 4 papers in other subjects. o Phonetics & Phonology Psychological Society (BPS)
3rd Psychology o Sociolinguistics
7
Advanced If you wish to concentrate more on o Psycholinguistics
Year Options Psychology (5:3 split in favour of Psychology) o Language Change & Historical
Term then you will take 3 Psychology Advanced Linguistics
8 Carry out Lab- Options and 3 papers in other subjects. One o Linguistics Project
Based paper may be Research Project or a Library o General Linguistics
Practical Dissertation
Work
Term
9 FINAL EXAMINATIONS