Programme Specifications

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• to develop an understanding of Human Biology and provide a firm foundation in scientific method including laboratory and analytical skills
• to promote and develop independent learning and encourage and support professional studies in human biology

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• The benchmark statements for Biosciences and Anthropology (Biological);
• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications;
• Criteria for recognition by Society of Biology

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a broadly-based core curriculum covering the major concepts, principles and theories associated with Human Biological Sciences from a whole body perspective
• identify, explain and discuss theoretical frameworks appropriate to the study of Human Biology
• demonstrate an understanding of knowledge of critical arguments in human biology that are at the forefront of the discipline

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• analyse, synthesise and summarise information critically, including published research or reports;
• recognise and apply subject-specific theories, concepts or principles;
• apply subject knowledge and understanding to address familiar and unfamiliar problems;
• obtain and integrate several lines of subject-specific evidence to formulate and test hypotheses;
• recognise the ethical issues of investigations and apply ethical standards and professional codes of conduct.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• design, plan, conduct and report on investigations, which may involve primary or secondary data (eg, from a survey database); these data may be obtained through individual or group projects;
• obtain, record, collate and analyse data using appropriate techniques in the field and/or laboratory, working by themselves or in a group;
• undertake field and/or laboratory investigations of the living human being or human material in a responsible, safe and ethical manner; showing sensitivity to the impact of investigations on the subjects under investigation and paying due attention to risk assessment, relevant health and safety regulations, and consent procedures.

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should have developed a range of communication, information technology, interpersonal, self-management and generic cognitive skills. They should be able to: 

• communicate effectively in a variety of formats;
• cite and reference work in an appropriate manner
• use information technology effectively as a learning and communication tool;
• work effectively as an individual and as part of a team;
• manage personal learning efficiently and effectively;
• develop skills management for lifelong learning including target setting for personal, academic and career development;
• develop the ability to work independently.

4. Programme structure

4.1       Part A - Compulsory Introductory  Modules:

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits.

Year-long modules have equal credit weightings per semester.

4.2a      Part B - Compulsory Degree Modules:

4.2b      Part B - Optional Degree Modules

20 credits from optional modules listed in the table below and may include 10-credits from the University-wide Undergraduate Module Catalogue or Language Programme:

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester. 

Year-long modules have equal credit weightings per semester.

4.3       Part I - Placement (8 semester programme only)

DPS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with professional training will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI002.

OR

DIntS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with international studies will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI005.

4.4a       Part C - Compulsory Degree Modules:

*The compulsory project module PSC200 is divided between Semesters 1 and 2 with a permitted modular weigh distribution of 10:30 or 20:20

4.4b       Part C - Optional Degree Modules:

80 credits from optional modules listed in the table below and may include 10-credits from the University-wide Undergraduate Module Catalogue or Language Programme:

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester. 

Please note: Optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting.

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must satisfy the requirements of Regulation XX

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C). The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40: Part C 60 to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

The overarching aim of the Psychology BSc is to provide graduates with the basic skills to be able to begin a career as a chartered psychologist. This is achieved by meeting the programme standards for the Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS). Psychology programmes, like ours, which have this accreditation, must demonstrate that they equip graduates with the necessary skills to start on the path to becoming a professional in the field.  This means demonstrating that we:

• equip students with intellectual, practical and transferable skills required for a career as a chartered psychologist
• develop and promote independent learning
• develop knowledge of a range of research skills and methods for investigating experience and behaviour
• promote and provide, where appropriate, a multi-disciplinary educational experience

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• British Psychological Society GBR curriculum
• Benchmark statements for Psychology
• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the core sub fields of the discipline: biological, cognitive, conceptual and historical issues, developmental, individual differences and social psychology.
• With reference to appropriate research designs, describe a range of quantitative, qualitative and statistical research methods and techniques appropriate to psychometrics and psychological testing

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• demonstrate evidence-based scientific reasoning, and make critical judgements about arguments and primary source material in psychology;
• adopt multiple perspectives, systematically analyse the relationships between them and use these insights to make informed critical judgements and evaluations;
• search for similarities and general principles in order to detect meaningful patterns in psychological functioning;
• recognise the continuous significance and import for psychology of contextual, interpersonal and cultural influences, and have some appreciation of the complexities their recognition raises;
• conduct and report an empirically-based research project under appropriate supervision, demonstrating at an appropriate level the relevant skills associated with personal planning, project management.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• Observe, record and give a systematic account of human behaviour in a multitude of settings
• Design an experiment to test the evidence for a specific theory or hypothesis taking into account an appropriate range of relevant variables
• Collect both a qualitative and quantitative data and apply appropriate analytic techniques to each
• Communicate and listen effectively, and be aware of how ethical considerations are relevant to professional psychological interactions.  

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• Demonstrate computer literacy with respect to relevant and widely used word-processing, database and analytic software packages and resources
• Use electronic and other resources to search for, identify and organise psychological information in library books, journals, and appropriate online sources
• Work independently and in groups to solve problems including the ability to clarify, find alternative solutions, reach common goals and evaluate outcomes.
• Communicate effectively to a range of audiences on psychological topics using an appropriate medium

4. Programme structure

4.1       Part A  - Introductory Modules

4.2       Part B  - Degree Modules

4.3       Part I - Placement (8 semester programme only)

DPS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with professional training will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI003.

OR

DIntS Route (2015 entry onwards): Candidates on degree programmes with international studies will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI005.

4.4       Part C  - Degree Modules

Please note: Optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting. 

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester.  Students who opt for a 50/70 or 70/50 split of credit weightings must have the permission of the Programme Director.

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must satisfy the requirements of Regulation XX

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40: Part C 60 to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• to provide students with an intellectually stimulating environment within which they can develop knowledge, understanding and skills
• to enable students to benefit from a broad curriculum grounded in the study of sport, exercise science and pedagogy
• to enable students to engage with issues through specialist study and research
• to allow students to draw upon knowledge and expertise in both teaching and research to support their professional practice
• to enhance students’ career and employment prospects by developing a range of transferable skills embedded in the programme
• to support the student experience through effective management and improvement of the School’s learning and teaching resources

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• Subject Benchmark Statement (Unit 25 : Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism)
• The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (2001)

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate: 

• an ability to reflect critically upon approaches to the acquisition, interpretation and analysis of information in a variety of sport contexts
• their knowledge and understanding of sport-related behaviour through critical evaluation of both academic and professional practices

Module choice will be important in determining whether the following intended learning outcomes are achieved: 

• an understanding of human structure and function addressed in multi- discipline based enquiry
• an ability to appraise and evaluate the effects of sport and exercise intervention on the participant and special populations
• the importance of the social, economic and political domains to explain the development and differentiation of sport in society.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• reflect critically on the central themes and issues in modules within the programme
• critically assess and interpret evidence from data and text derived from sport-related enquiry
• present a reasoned argument to assess the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and instructional models
• relate theory to practice in sport, exercise and pedagogy
• apply knowledge to solve problems in a variety of laboratory and sport-based practicals

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• plan, design and execute a sustained piece of independent research
• monitor and evaluate sports performance in laboratories and field settings
• undertake laboratory and fieldwork efficiently and with due regard to safety and risk assessment
• plan, prepare and present appropriate techniques and skills to develop practice in a range of sport activities

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should have developed competencies in the following generic skill areas: 

• communication
• numeracy
• information technology
• team work
• problem solving
• management of self learning

(ref. Skills for Success Programme http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/ltd/services/stud_support/programme.html)

4. Programme structure

Part C - Degree Modules 

 Modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester.  Students who opt for a 50/70 or 70/50 split of credit weightings must have the permission of the Programme Director.

* Students may opt for either PSC003 or PSC005, not both.

Please note: Optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting.

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must satisfy the requirements of Regulation XX

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates’ final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in Part C modules at Loughborough University.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• to provide students with an intellectually stimulating environment within which they can develop knowledge, understanding and skills
• to enable students to benefit from a broad curriculum grounded in the study of sport, exercise science and pedagogy
• to enable students to engage with issues through specialist study and research
• to allow students to draw upon knowledge and expertise in both teaching and research to support their professional practice
• to enhance students’ career and employment prospects by developing a range of transferable skills embedded in the programme
• to support the student experience through effective management and improvement of the School’s learning and teaching resources

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• Subject Benchmark Statement (Unit 25 : Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism)
• The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (2001)

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate: 

• an ability to reflect critically upon approaches to the acquisition, interpretation and analysis of information in a variety of sport contexts
• their knowledge and understanding of sport-related behaviour through critical evaluation of both academic and professional practices

Module choice will be important in determining whether the following intended learning outcomes are achieved: 

• an understanding of human structure and function addressed in multi- discipline based enquiry
• an ability to appraise and evaluate the effects of sport and exercise intervention on the participant and special populations
• the importance of the social, economic and political domains to explain the development and differentiation of sport in society.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• reflect critically on the central themes and issues in modules within the programme
• critically assess and interpret evidence from data and text derived from sport-related enquiry
• present a reasoned argument to assess the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and instructional models
• relate theory to practice in sport, exercise and pedagogy
• apply knowledge to solve problems in a variety of laboratory and sport-based practicals

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• plan, design and execute a sustained piece of independent research
• monitor and evaluate sports performance in laboratories and field settings
• undertake laboratory and fieldwork efficiently and with due regard to safety and risk assessment
• plan, prepare and present appropriate techniques and skills to develop practice in a range of sport activities

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should have developed competencies in the following generic skill areas: 

• communication
• numeracy
• information technology
• team work
• problem solving
• management of self learning

(ref. Skills for Success Programme http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/ltd/services/stud_support/programme.html)

4. Programme structure

4.1         Part A  - Introductory Modules

All modules are compulsory with an equal weighting of 60 credits in each semester

4.2       Part B - Degree Modules

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester.

Please note: Optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting.

4.3       Part I - Placement (8 semester programme only)

DPS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with professional training will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI004.

OR

DIntS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with international studies will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI005.

4.4       Part C - Degree Modules

Modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester. 

Please note: Optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting.

*Students may opt for either PSC003 or PSC005, not both

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must satisfy the requirements of Regulation XX

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40: Part C 60 to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• to provide students with an intellectually stimulating environment within which they can develop knowledge, understanding and skills
• to allow students to draw upon knowledge and expertise in both teaching and research to support their professional practice
• to enable students to gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of issues in sport, leisure and management through specialist study and research
• to enhance students’ career and employment prospects by developing a range of transferable skills embedded in the programme
• to support the student experience through effective management and improvement of the School’s learning and teaching resources.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• Subject Benchmark Statement (Unit 25 : Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism)
• The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate: 

• an ability to reflect critically upon approaches to the acquisition, interpretation and analysis of information in a variety of sport and leisure contexts
• their knowledge and understanding of sport, management and leisure-related behaviour through critical evaluation of both academic and professional practices
• the importance of the social, economic and political domains to explain the development and differentiation of sport and leisure in society
• the importance of policy, planning and management to the delivery of sport and leisure opportunities
• an ability to understand, critically evaluate and reflect upon issues of lifestyle, consumption and culture, and to analyse the affect that they can have on people’s leisure
• an ability to appraise and evaluate the effects of sport, exercise and leisure interventions on individual and special populations

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• reflect critically on the central themes and issues in modules within the programme
• critically assess and interpret evidence from data and text derived from sport and leisure enquiry
• present a reasoned argument to assess the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and instructional models
• relate theory to practice in sport, leisure and management
• review the social, political, economic and physical contexts of leisure and assess the impact of these upon leisure operations

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• plan, design and execute a sustained piece of independent research 

• monitor and evaluate sport and leisure activities in field settings 

• undertake fieldwork efficiently and with due regard to safety and risk assessment 

• apply vocationally relevant concepts to the operation and strategic management of human, financial and physical resources 

Only in placement year (Diploma in Professional Studies): 

• demonstrate vocationally relevant managerial skills and knowledge with experience of professional practice

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should have developed competencies in the following generic skill areas: 

• communication
• numeracy
• information technology
• team work
• problem solving
• management of self learning 

(ref. Skills for Success Programme http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/ltd/services/stud_support/programme.html)

4. Programme structure

4.1       Part A  - Introductory Modules

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester.  Students who opt for a 50/70 or 70/50 split of credit weightings must have the permission of the Programme Director.

Please note: Optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting.

4.2       Part B - Degree Modules

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester.  Students who opt for a 50/70 or 70/50 split of credit weightings must have the permission of the Programme Director.

Please note: Optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting.

4.3       Part I - Placement (8 semester programme only)

DPS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with professional training will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI001.

OR

DIntS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with international studies will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI005.

4.4       Part C - Degree Modules

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must satisfy the requirements of Regulation XX.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40: Part C 60 to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• to provide students with an intellectually stimulating environment within which they can develop knowledge, understanding and skills
• to enable students to benefit from a broad curriculum grounded in the study of sport, exercise science, pedagogy and management
• to enable students to gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of issues in sport, exercise science, leisure and management through specialist study and research
• to allow students to draw upon knowledge and expertise in both teaching and research to support their professional practice
• to enhance students’ career and employment prospects by developing a range of transferable skills embedded in the programme
• to support the student experience through effective management and improvement of the School’s learning and teaching resources.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• Subject Benchmark Statement (Unit 25 : Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism)
• The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (2001)

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate: 

• an ability to reflect critically upon approaches to the acquisition, interpretation and analysis of information in a variety of sport contexts
• their knowledge and understanding of sport, management and leisure- related behaviour
• an understanding of theories, principles and practice, developed from study of core management areas of human resources, finance, economics, marketing and operations as applied to sport and leisure contexts
• the importance of policy, planning and management to the delivery of sport and leisure operations 

Module choice will be important in determining whether the following intended learning outcomes are achieved: 

• the importance of the social, economic and political domains to explain the development and differentiation of sport in society.
• an understanding of human structure and function addressed in multi- discipline based enquiry
• an ability to understand, critically evaluate and reflect upon issues of lifestyle, consumption and culture, and to analyse the affect that they can have on people’s leisure.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• reflect critically on the central themes and issues in modules within the programme
• critically assess and interpret evidence from data and text derived from sport and leisure related enquiry
• present a reasoned argument to assess the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and instructional models
• relate theory to practice in sport, exercise, leisure and management
• apply knowledge to solve problems in a variety of laboratory and sport-based practicals

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

• plan, design and execute a sustained piece of independent research
• monitor and evaluate sports performance in laboratories and field settings
• undertake laboratory and fieldwork efficiently and with due regard to safety and risk assessment
• plan, prepare and present appropriate techniques and skills to develop practice in a range of sport activities
• apply vocationally relevant concepts to the operation and strategic management of human, financial and physical resources

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should have developed competencies in the following generic skill areas:

• communication
• numeracy
• information technology
• team work
• problem solving
• management of self learning

(ref. Skills for Success Programme http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/ltd/services/stud_support/programme.html)  

4. Programme structure

4.1       Part A  - Introductory Modules

 *Students are not permitted to take additional optional modules from the School of Business and Economics in Part A.

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester.  Students who opt for a 50/70 or 70/50 split of credit weightings must have the permission of the Programme Director.

4.2       Part B - Degree Modules

^M Signifies management modules which, combined, should not exceed a maximum modular weight of 50.

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester.  Students who opt for a 50/70 or 70/50 split of credit weightings must have the permission of the Programme Director.

4.3       Part I - Placement (8 semester programme only)

DPS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with professional training will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI004.

OR

DIntS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with international studies will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI005.

4.4       Part C - Degree Modules

*Students may opt for either PSC003 or PSC005, not both

Please note: Optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting. 

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must satisfy the requirements of Regulation XX.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40: Part C 60 to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• To develop students’ scientific knowledge and understanding of scientific processes underlying  life on earth from the molecular to organism level, with particular focus on those relevant to human health 

• To develop students’ programme relevant practical skills, application of these skills to address a problem, and their critical awareness of practical techniques 

• To develop students’ intellectual skills to research and synthesise scientific information, to apply their knowledge to develop arguments and to critically evaluate material, to equip graduates with the skills necessary to update their knowledge and understanding over a future career. 

• To develop research skills to enable students to design and test hypotheses and to interpret and present data. 

• To provide students with the opportunity to apply intellectual, research, and practical skills to design and conduct an independent piece of research 

• To facilitate students’ engagement with emerging research in selected specialised areas to further their depth of understanding of life processes and develop their appreciation of the provisional nature of scientific knowledge 

• To enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of biological sciences in an industrial, economic, environmental, social and ethical context 

• To equip students with transferable and independent learning skills for relevant employment 

• Through providing the above skills, to advance students’ understanding of the breadth of biological sciences to support a variety of potential careers in both academia and industry through study, research and the opportunity to specialise via a dedicated research project in a chosen scientific area 

• To support students with knowledge and skills acquisition  in the current and relevant areas of Biology, Biochemistry, Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Genetics and Evolution  

Additional Aims at Part D: 

• To foster in students a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights at the forefront of biosciences research 
• To equip students with a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship 
• To develop students’ ability to show originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge for the interrogation of complex life systems 
• To provide students with an understanding and ability to work between disciplines, including an awareness of techniques, methods and protocols used across the scope of the Biosciences.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• The Benchmark Statement for Biosciences
• The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas: 

 Additional knowledge and understanding at Part D:

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

Additional subject specific cognitive skills at Part D:

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

Additional subject specific practical skills at Part D

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

Additional transferable skills at Part D

4. Programme structure

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits.

Year-long modules have equal credit weightings per semester.

4.1    Part A - Compulsory Introductory Modules:

4.2a    Part B - Compulsory Degree Modules:

4.2b    Part B - Optional Degree Modules

20 credits from optional modules listed in the table below:

4.3       Part I - Placement (8 semester programme only)

DPS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with professional training will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI002.

OR

DIntS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with international studies will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI005.

4.4a    Part C - Compulsory Degree Modules:

Candidates must take the compulsory 40 credit Bioscience Research Project module which is divided between semesters with a permitted modular weight distribution of 10:30 or 20:20.

4.4b    Part C - Optional Degree Modules:

80 credits from the optional modules listed in the table below to bring the total credit weighting for each semester to 50, 60 or 70:

4.5    Part D - MSci Compulsory Modules:

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

For BSc

In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to C and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX and Regulation XI for programmes with DPS and DIntS (if applicable).

For MSci

For MSci students commencing Part A prior to 2019, in order to progress from Part A to B, from Part B to either Part I or Part C, from Part C to Part D and to be eligible for the award of an Extended Honours degree, candidates must achieve 120 credits and an average mark of 50% at each part.

For MSci commencing Part A or joining a cohort commencing Part A from 2019/20 onwards in order to progress from Part A to B, from Part B to either Part I or Part C, from Part C to Part D and to be eligible for the award of an Extended Honours degree, candidates must achieve 120 credits and an average mark of 55% at each part.

Candidates who, after reassessment, fail to achieve this mark at Part C will not progress to Part D, but may, at the discretion of the Examiners, be eligible for consideration for the award of BSc with a classification based on the candidate’s performance in Parts B and C and determined on  the basis of the Part weightings for the BSc programme (40:60).

Candidates who, after reassessment, fail to qualify for the award of Extended Honours Degree in Part D may, at the discretion of the Examiners, be awarded a BSc with a classification based on the candidate’s performance in Parts B and C and determined on the basis of the Part weightings for the BSc programme (40:60).

Subject to the exception specified below, provision will be made in accordance with Regulation XX for candidates who have the right of re-assessment in any Part of the programme to undergo re-assessment in the University's Special Assessment Period (SAP).

Candidates who have accumulated fewer than 60 credits in any Part of the programme may not undergo re-assessment in the University’s SAP. Re-assessment in the SAP will also not be available for certain modules and this is indicated in individual module specifications.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C (and D if applicable). For BSc (Hons) degrees, the percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part C 60%: Part B 40% to determine the final percentage mark. For MSci degrees, the percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part D 40%: Part C 40%: Part B 20% to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• To develop students’ scientific knowledge and understanding of scientific processes underlying life on earth from the molecular to organism level, with particular focus on those relevant to human health
• To develop students’ programme relevant practical skills, application of these skills to address a problem, and their critical awareness of practical techniques
• To develop students’ intellectual skills to research and synthesise scientific information, to apply their knowledge to develop arguments and to critically evaluate material, to equip graduates with the skills necessary to update their knowledge and understanding over a future career.
• To develop research skills to enable students to design and test hypotheses and to interpret and present data.
• To provide students with the opportunity to apply intellectual, research, and practical skills to design and conduct an independent piece of research
• To facilitate students’ engagement with emerging research in selected specialised areas to further their depth of understanding of life processes and develop their appreciation of the provisional nature of scientific knowledge
• To enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of biochemistry in an industrial, economic, environmental, social and ethical context
• To equip students with transferable and independent learning skills for relevant employment
• Through providing the above skills, to advance students’ understanding of the breadth of biochemistry to support a variety of potential careers in both academia and industry through study, research and the opportunity to specialise via a dedicated research project in a chosen scientific area
• To support students with knowledge and skills acquisition in the fundamental areas of Biochemistry, Biology and Chemistry in conjunction with supporting subject areas

Additional Aims at Part D

• To foster in students a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights at the forefront of biochemistry research 
• To equip students with a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship 
• To develop students’ ability to show originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge for the interrogation of complex life systems 
• To provide students with an understanding and ability to work between disciplines, including an awareness of techniques, methods and protocols used across the scope of the Biosciences.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• The Benchmark Statement for Biosciences
• The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas: 

Additional knowledge and understanding at Part D:

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

Additional subject specific cognitive skills at Part D:

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

Additional subject specific practical skills at Part D

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

Additional transferable skills at Part D

4. Programme structure

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits.

Year-long modules have equal credit weightings per semester.

 4.1       Part A - Compulsory Introductory Modules:

4.2a       Part B - Compulsory Degree Modules: 

4.2b       Part B - Optional Degree Modules: 

20 credits from optional modules listed in the table below and may include 10-credits from the University-wide Undergraduate Module Catalogue or Language Programme:

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester. 

4.3       Part I - Placement (for programmes with DPS or DInts only)

DPS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with professional training will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI002.

OR

DIntS Route: Candidates on degree programmes with international studies will register for the non-credit bearing placement module PSI005.

4.4a       Part C - Compulsory Degree Modules:

Candidates must take the compulsory 40 credit Bioscience Research Project module which is divided between semesters with a permitted modular weight distribution of 10:30 or 20:20.

4.4b       Part C - Optional Degree Modules:

80 credits from the optional modules listed in the table below to bring the total credit weighting for each semester to 50, 60 or 70:

^$modules run alternate academic years

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester. 

4.5       Part D - MSci Compulsory Modules:

Candidates must take 120 credits of compulsory modules:

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

For BSc

In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to C and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX and Regulation XI for programmes with DPS and DIntS (if applicable).

For MSci

For MSci students commencing Part A prior to 2019, in order to progress from Part A to B, from Part B to either Part I or Part C, from Part C to Part D and to be eligible for the award of an Extended Honours degree, candidates must achieve 120 credits and an average mark of 50% at each part.

For MSci commencing Part A or joining a cohort commencing Part A from 2019/20 onwards in order to progress from Part A to B, from Part B to either Part I or Part C, from Part C to Part D and to be eligible for the award of an Extended Honours degree, candidates must achieve 120 credits and an average mark of 55% at each part.

Candidates who, after reassessment, fail to achieve this mark at Part C will not progress to Part D, but may, at the discretion of the Examiners, be eligible for consideration for the award of BSc with a classification based on the candidate’s performance in Parts B and C and determined on  the basis of the Part weightings for the BSc programme (40:60).

Candidates who, after reassessment, fail to qualify for the award of Extended Honours Degree in Part D may, at the discretion of the Examiners, be awarded a BSc with a classification based on the candidate’s performance in Parts B and C and determined on the basis of the Part weightings for the BSc programme (40:60).

Subject to the exception specified below, provision will be made in accordance with Regulation XX for candidates who have the right of re-assessment in any Part of the programme to undergo re-assessment in the University's Special Assessment Period (SAP).

Candidates who have accumulated fewer than 60 credits in any Part of the programme may not undergo re-assessment in the University’s SAP. Re-assessment in the SAP will also not be available for certain modules and this is indicated in individual module specifications.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C (and D if applicable). For BSc (Hons) degrees, the percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part C 60%: Part B 40% to determine the final percentage mark. For MSci degrees, the percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part D 40%: Part C 40%: Part B 20% to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

The principal aim of the programme is to provide a multi-disciplinary and practically-based approach to the contemporary study of sport, coaching and physical education, underpinned by both sport and exercise science, and critical social and health perspectives.

Specific programme aims are:     

• To develop students’ specific practical and applied sports science skills (e.g. performance analysis, fitness training, health and physical activity) that will enhance students’ employability in various sport, coaching and physical education related vocations. 

• To focus on integrated and multidisciplinary content, which allow students to develop their understanding of physical and psychological development and its impact on participation and performance in Sport, Coaching and/or Physical Education. 

• To develop students’ skills to research, analyse and synthesise scientific information to enable them to develop arguments, critically evaluate material, and conduct an independent piece of research relevant to Sport, Coaching and/or Physical Education. 

• To provide students with a broad understanding of the importance of Sport, Coaching and Physical Education through a scientific, social, political and ethical lens. 

• To provide students with real world practice, experiences and opportunities to work towards professional awards in Sport, Coaching and/or Physical Education. 

• Through the above, to advance students’ understanding of the breadth of disciplines, such as Psychology, Physiology, Physical Activity/Sport and Health, Sociology, Skill Acquisition and Sport Pedagogy, which support a variety of potential careers in Sport, Coaching and/or Physical Education. 

• To equip students with the knowledge, understanding and skills to develop and critically reflect upon professional practice and their own future personal development.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications

The QAA Subject Benchmark Statements for Leisure and Sport

QAA Quality Code http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/AssuringStandardsAndQuality/Pages/The-Quality-Code.aspx

FHEQ http://www.qaa.ac.uk/publications/information-and-guidance/publication/?PubID=2718#.WZMlVsuWypp

The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) http://www.bases.org.uk/

The Association for Physical Education (afPE) http://www.afpe.org.uk/

UK Coaching https://www.ukcoaching.org/

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas: 

K1        Key subject specific terminology, concepts, skills and models in underpinning disciplines.

K2        The key principles, techniques, strategies and skills associated with various sports, dance, games and gymnastic activities

K3        Pedagogical and coaching models, philosophies and processes.

K4        Safety, risks, and ethical considerations when teaching, coaching and conducting research.

K5        The associations among societal and political developments, and research, policy and practice.  

K6        Key psychological (e.g. motivation), social (e.g. equity and inclusion) and health (e.g. sport injuries, depression, obesity) issues relating to sport/physical activity, coaching and teaching in varied settings and populations.

K7        The interactions of the skeletal and muscular structures of the body during human movement, exercise and sport and how these relate to physical activity participation and/or performance (e.g. skill development, physical fitness, adaptations to training).

K8        Philosophical considerations in research and appropriate research methodology, strategy and design to answer research/practice led questions.

K9       Key political, structural and cultural factors which have shaped the levels and types of engagement with – and experiences of - sport amongst diverse populations in varied national and global settings.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

This section covers Cognitive and Practical Skills with the below including both subject-specific cognitive and subject-specific practical skills learning outcomes.

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

S1        Develop pedagogical skills in various sports, games and gymnastic activities.

S2        Critically evaluate pedagogical concepts, theories and philosophies and the impact of these on learning and teaching.

S3        Apply and critique a variety of assessment methods and approaches employed within Sport, Coaching and Physical Education contexts.

S4        Critically analyse their own (and others’) ability to plan, communicate, participate, deliver, evaluate, and reflect on coaching/teaching sessions.

S5        Apply knowledge and understanding of evidence, policy and practice based facts, concepts, principles and theories to critically examine and debate national and global pedagogical, social and health problems and issues.

S6        Apply knowledge and understanding of applied sport science including physical activity and health, principles of training and measurement, performance analysis and fitness testing.

S7        Demonstrate the skills required for a range of awards and NGB recognised qualifications relevant to teaching and coaching.

S8        Apply knowledge of issues around equity and inclusion to appraise current policies and practices in Sport, Physical Activity, Coaching and Physical Education.

S9        Apply a broad range of qualitative and quantitative data collection and/or analysis techniques to research questions relating to social/political aspects of sport, pedagogy (theory or practice), physical activity and health, performance analysis, fitness techniques, skill acquisition, psychology.

S10      Demonstrate proficiency in the use of a variety of online resources, software and technologies to support one’s learning and pedagogical practice.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

See above

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

T1        Work independently and in groups, demonstrating high standards of academic scholarship and conduct to solve problems, find alternative solutions, reach end goals and evaluate outcomes.

T2        Develop practical skills relevant to future employability including thinking and decision-making, team working, project management, negotiation and conflict resolution.

T3        Effectively manage time and effort in the organisation of work to ensure independent and pragmatic learning and meet deadlines.

T4        Work effectively in a team by co-operating and negotiating with others, making decisions and resolving issues, difficulties and conflicts, as applicable.

T5        Demonstrate proficiency in Information Technology.

T6        Generate, organise, analyse and interpret qualitative and quantitative data effectively.

T7        Demonstrate communication skills including effective written and oral presentation (individual and in a group) skills, tailored to the audience. 

T8        Identify and critically reflect on a range of literature and information from different sources. 

The full range of intended learning outcomes that will be achieved by students taking the Sport, Coaching and Physical Education programme will be dependent upon which routes they choose to study. In Parts B-C, students have module choice enabling them to tailor their learning; however, the learning outcomes above represent the minimum number that will be achieved by all students regardless of the optional modules selected. Individual module specifications should be consulted for details of the specific knowledge and understanding obtained from optional modules within the programme.

4. Programme structure

Each year 120 credits must be taken. All modules are compulsory in part A. In Part B students undertake a compulsory Research Methods module, two compulsory 20 credit modules in Teaching and Coaching and then select 3 optional modules. In Part C students undertake a compulsory research project (40 credits), at least one module in teaching or coaching and 3 optional modules. Options should be chosen such that there is a balanced weighting of study across the two semesters. 

BSc (Hons) Sport, Coaching and Physical Education 

Part A

Part B

Part I (for programmes with DPS or DIntS only)

Part C

*Although optional must take a minimum of one of these modules

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to C, and to be eligible for the award of an Honours, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX and Regulation XI for programmes with DPS/DinTS (if applicable).

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. For this BSc (Hons) degree, the percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40%: Part C 60% to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

The principal aim of the programme is to provide a comprehensive and coherent understanding of fundamental and cutting-edge aspects of sport and exercise science as applied to human performance, physical activity, health and well-being. The programme will provide a multi-disciplinary and predominately natural science-based approach to the study of sport and exercise.

Specific programme aims are:    

• To develop students’ knowledge and understanding of Sport and Exercise Science with particular focus on the core disciplines of physiology, nutrition, biomechanics, motor control, and psychology 

• To enable students to develop and sustain arguments and solve problems through a conceptually and empirically grounded understanding of sport performance, physical activity and health and wellbeing, and to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to different audiences 

• To develop students’ practical, laboratory and field-based skills, enabling them to apply these to performance and health contexts 

• To provide students with a critical appreciation of the roles and responsibilities of the sport and exercise scientist 

• To engage students in research and formal scientific inquiry in Sport and Exercise Science  in order to develop their research skills and prepare them for completion of an independent research project 

• To equip students with intellectual, practical and other transferable skills and attributes for a graduate career and personal success 

• To promote and provide students with a multi-disciplinary and applied educational experience.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications 

QAA Quality Code http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/AssuringStandardsAndQuality/Pages/The-Quality-Code.aspx 

FHEQ

http://www.qaa.ac.uk/publications/information-and-guidance/publication/?PubID=2718#.WZMlVsuWypp 

The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) http://www.bases.org.uk/ 

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: 

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

4. Programme structure

Each year 120 credits must be taken. All modules are compulsory in Part A. In Part B students undertake the compulsory Research Methods, and Integrated Professional and Applied Skills modules; and then select four optional modules including at least one module from each of the core disciplines of: Physiology and Nutrition; Biomechanics and Motor Control; Sport and Exercise Psychology. In Part C students undertake a compulsory Research Project (40 credits), the Integrated Professional and Applied Skills module; and then select three optional modules from the core disciplines. Options should be chosen such that there is a balanced weighting of study across the two semesters.

Part A - Compulsory Introductory Modules:

Part B - Compulsory Degree Modules: 

Part B - Optional Degree Modules: 

Part I (for programmes with DPS or DIntS only)

Part C - Compulsory Degree Modules

Part C - Optional Degree Modules

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to C, and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX and Regulation XI for programmes with DPS/DInts (if applicable).

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. For this BSc (Hons) degree, the percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40%: Part C 60% to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

The principal aim of the programme is to provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the complex and varied sport industry combined with knowledge and core skills in business, finance, marketing and management.

Specific programme aims are:    

• To develop students’ knowledge and understanding of key issues and themes in sport management through specialist study and research. 

• To provide students with an understanding of the social, economic and political context within which sport management takes place and the sport industry operates. 

• To develop students’ skills to research, analyse and synthesise scientific information to enable them to develop arguments, critically evaluate material, and conduct an independent piece of research relevant to sport management. 

• To develop students’ business knowledge and skills in marketing, economics, human resource management, and finance relevant to a career in sport management and the sport industry. 

• To provide students with opportunities to apply their business knowledge and skills to practical sport management-related activities and situations. 

• To equip students with the knowledge, understanding and skills to develop and critically reflect upon professional practice and their own future personal development.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Events, Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism
• QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Business and Management
• The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications
• University Strategy (Educating for Success)

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: 

K1 sports organisations, the environment in which they operate and their management 

K2 sport, management and leisure provision for a wide-range of stakeholders through critical evaluation of both academic and professional practices relating to policy, planning management and delivery of sporting opportunities 

K3 the importance of the social, economic and political domains to explain the dynamic development and differentiation of sport and leisure in a global society 

K4 the importance of policy, planning and management to the delivery of sport and leisure opportunities 

K5 issues of lifestyle, consumption and culture, and their influence on people’s lives 

K6 the effects of sport, exercise and leisure interventions on individual and special populations 

K7 the fast rate of change in the environment in which sports organisations exist which impacts on the strategy, behaviour, management and sustainability of organisations (e.g. economic, environmental, cultural, ethical, legal and regulatory, political, sociological, digital and technological change).

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

C1 reflect critically on the central themes and issues in modules within the programme 

C2 critically assess and interpret evidence from data and text derived from sport management enquiry 

C3 present a reasoned argument to assess the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and instructional models relevant to sport management 

C4 relate theory to practice in sport management 

C5 review the social, political, economic and physical contexts relevant to sport management.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

P1 plan, design and execute a sustained piece of independent research relevant to sport management 

P2 monitor and evaluate sport and leisure activities in field settings drawing on their business skills and knowledge 

P3 undertake fieldwork efficiently and with due regard to safety and risk assessment 

P4 apply vocationally relevant concepts to the operation and strategic management of human, financial and physical resources.

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

T1 demonstrate people management skills including communication, team building, leadership and motivating others 

T2 demonstrate the ability to generate, organise, analyse and interpret qualitative and quantitative data effectively 

T3 demonstrate how research leads to evidence-based decision making 

T4 problem solve and engage in critical analysis, identifying, understanding, analysing and addressing problems relevant to managers 

T5 demonstrate commercial acumen showing awareness of key drivers for success, understanding failure and the importance of customer/consumer satisfaction/loyalty 

T6 communicate effectively and network, listen, negotiate, persuade, present arguments and develop contacts 

T7 work independently showing a willingness to accept responsibility, be flexible, resilient and be able to plan, organise and manage time 

T8 demonstrate self-reflection and awareness/sensitivity to diversity 

T9 show innovation, creativity and enterprise and act entrepreneurially to generate, develop and communicate ideas, manage and exploit intellectual property, gain support and deliver successful outcomes.

4. Programme structure

4.1     Part A  - Introductory Modules 

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester.

 4.2     Part B - Degree Modules 

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester. 

Part I (for programmes with DPS or DIntS only) 

4.3     Part C - Degree Modules 

Compulsory and optional modules must be taken such that the total modular weight for the year is 120 credits, with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester.

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to C, and to be eligible for the award of an Honours, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX and Regulation XI for programmes with DPS/DinTS (if applicable).

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. For this BSc (Hons) degree, the percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40%: Part C 60% to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

The overarching aim of the BSc Social Psychology programme is to provide a comprehensive and coherent understanding of key and cutting-edge aspects of psychological science.

Within this general aim, curriculum content reflects the need to meet the programme standards for the Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and:

• equip students with intellectual, practical and transferable skills for careers in which psychology provides a relevant  foundation;
• develop a range of research skills for investigating experience and behaviour, culminating in the deployment of these skills in the conduct and reporting of an independent piece of research;
• foster a constructive, critical approach to the evaluation of psychological theory and research, and to relations between psychology and its cognate disciplines in both academic and applied settings;
• enable students to develop and sustain arguments and solve problems through a conceptually and empirically grounded understanding of psychological topics, and to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to different audiences; and
• promote and provide a multi-disciplinary educational experience.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• British Psychological Society GBC curriculum
• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications
• The subject benchmark statement for Psychology

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of these programmes, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of these programmes, students should be able to:

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of these programmes, students should be able to:

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of these programmes, students should be able to:

4. Programme structure

Candidates must take a total modular weight of 120 credits in each Part with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester, taking into account both compulsory and optional modules.  Individual modules taught and assessed over both semesters with a modular weight of 10 may count against either semester 1 or semester 2, depending on the balance of other modular weights between semesters.  Where the modular weight of a module taught and assessed over both semesters is 20 or 40, this shall be split equally between semesters.

4.1a    Part A – Compulsory Introductory Modules 

4.1b     Part A – Optional Introductory Modules

20 credits from optional modules listed in the table below and may include 10-credits from the University-wide Language Programme:

4.2a    Part B – Compulsory Degree Modules

4.2b     Part B – Optional Degree Modules – all subject to confirmation, availability and having taken appropriate pre-requisite modules.

20 credits from optional modules listed in the table below and may include 10-credits from the University-wide Language Programme:

4.3       Part I (4-year/8-semester programme only)

Candidates pursue ONE of the following streams:

(i)        Placement Stream (DPS)

Candidates will undertake an appropriate psychology-related placement.

(ii)       Study Abroad Stream (DIntS) where applicable

Candidates will study at an approved academic institution overseas.

4.4a    Part C – Compulsory Degree Modules 

4.4b    Part C – Optional Degree Modules – all subject to confirmation, availability and having taken appropriate pre-requisite modules

60 credits from optional modules listed in the table below and may include 10-credits from the University-wide Language Programme:

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to Part C and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX. 

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40: Part C 60 to determine the final percentage mark.

Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

The overarching aim of the BSc Psychology programme is to provide a comprehensive and coherent understanding of key and cutting-edge aspects of psychological science.

Within this general aim, curriculum content reflects the need to meet the programme standards for the Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and:

• equip students with intellectual, practical and transferable skills for careers in which psychology provides a relevant foundation;
• develop a range of research skills for investigating experience and behaviour, culminating in the deployment of these skills in the conduct and reporting of an independent piece of research;
• foster a constructive, critical approach to the evaluation of psychological theory and research, and to relations between psychology and its cognate disciplines in both academic and applied settings;
• enable students to develop and sustain arguments and solve problems through a conceptually and empirically grounded understanding of psychological topics, and to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to different audiences; and
• promote and provide a multi-disciplinary educational experience.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external and internal reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• British Psychological Society GBC curriculum
• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications
• The subject benchmark statement for Psychology

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of these programmes, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of these programmes, students should be able to:

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of these programmes, students should be able to:

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of these programmes, students should be able to:

4. Programme structure

Candidates must take a total modular weight of 120 credits in each Part with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester, taking into account both compulsory and optional modules.  Individual modules taught and assessed over both semesters with a modular weight of 10 may count against either semester 1 or semester 2, depending on the balance of other modular weights between semesters.  Where the modular weight of a module taught and assessed over both semesters is 20 or 40, this shall be split equally between semesters.

4.1a    Part A – Compulsory Introductory Modules:

4.1b     Part A – Optional Introductory Modules:

20 credits from optional modules listed in the table below and may include 10-credits from the University-wide Language Programme: