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Psychology
MA or BSc (Single Honours Degree) Psychology
BSc (Single Honours Degree) Neuroscience (with School of Biology – see page 92 for Entry Requirements)
Joint Honours Degrees Psychology and one of:
Art History (MA) Biology (BSc) Computer Science (BSc) Economics (MA or BSc) English (MA) Film Studies (MA) FrenchW (MA) Geography (MA) GermanW (MA)
International Relations (MA) ItalianW (MA) Management (MA) Mathematics (MA or BSc) Mediaeval History (MA) Modern History (MA) Philosophy (MA) Social Anthropology (MA) Theological Studies (MA)
W Available With Integrated Year Abroad – see Modern Languages. “With” Degrees
Honours in which the majority of the course deals with the first-named subject: Psychology with Biology (BSc) Psychology with Film Studies (MA) Psychology with Geography (MA)
[If you wish to study Arts subjects in your first and second years, apply for the MA rather than the BSc degree.]
Entry Requirements The likely minimum grades currently required are shown below. (For Joint Honours degrees the subject with the higher entry requirements determines the likely minimum grades.)
SQA Highers: AAAB GCE A-Levels: AAA International Baccalaureate Points: 36
Please note: • Obtaining these grades may not guarantee you a place. • We consider all aspects of every application, including the personal statement.
• Remember to confirm that you also meet the Faculty Entrance Requirements. Information on these and other qualifications pages 52-85.
Degree Structure For Arts and Science Faculty information and other module choices, see pages 13 and 16-17.
Features
• An emphasis on ‘doing’ not just listening: we equip you to ask and answer psychological questions.
• An opportunity to conduct your own research project in well-equipped laboratories under the supervision of leading authorities in the field.
• The opportunity to specialise in your areas of interest in the final year and to be taught in small specialist seminars.
• A course that is given the top rating in the Teaching Quality Assessment.
• Psychology was rated Top in Scotland and one of five departments in the UK to have 100 per cent of our research at international level and the majority ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008 (see page 5).
In one sense Psychology is as old as humanity. People have always been eager to understand how the mind works and what determines their behaviour. Originally people speculated about the causes of human conduct and, rather than being a separate subject, psychology was studied within philosophy and theology. Over the last century, however, a more scientific psychology has emerged. Modern Psychology is studied by the methods of empirical science and stresses the importance of its links with other biological and social sciences. The scope of the subject varies from the study of the complex behaviour of humans interacting in groups to an attempt to understand the biological and biochemical basis of behaviour.
Such a wide ranging discipline offers opportunities for degrees in Psychology for those who, on the one hand, have specialised at school in Arts subjects to those who, on the other, are trained in the physical and biological sciences. As such, the degree is offered as both an MA in the Faculty of Arts, and a BSc in the Faculty of Science. The Psychology components of your degree are the same regardless of whether you take an MA or BSc in Psychology. The difference is in the other subjects you study in your first and second year. If your background is scientific choose the BSc but if your other interests are philosophical, historical or literature, choose the MA.
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A consequence of the diverse range of skills that will be acquired in a Psychology degree is that, in addition to careers directly linked to Psychology, graduates of this discipline are well equipped for careers in many professional fields.
Psychology at St Andrews introduces students to the latest ideas in the field of psychology. In the first three years the course is very broad based. You are introduced to the full range of areas that are studied by psychologists. This provides a firm foundation in the subject and allows you to make choices in the final year amongst the advanced modules that are on offer.
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