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Master of Arts (Honours) Psychology and Theological Studies


MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20 AND
Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Theological Studies (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
God and the World: Introducing Theology 20 AND
Introduction to Practical Theology and Theological Ethics 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ Advanced Principles of Psychology 1 30 AND
^ Advanced Principles of Psychology 2 30 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Theological Studies (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
* Philosophical Theology 20 AND
* The Early and Medieval Church: History, Beliefs and Practices 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at grade 7 or better in the modules marked *

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list At least 60 credits from Module List: PS3023 - PS3024, PS3031 - PS3038, PS4040
Psychological Statistics and Research Methods 3A 15
Psychological Statistics and Research Methods 3B 15
Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Social Psychology 10
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
Perception 10
Cognition 10
Psychology Review 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

PS3035 cannot be taken with PS3036. PS3037 cannot be taken with PS3038.
MA (Hons) Theological Studies (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
Reading in Reformation and Early Modern Theology 15 AND
Reading in Theological Ethics 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI3717, DI3719, DI4500 - DI4549, DI4750 - DI4789, DI4800 - DI4989
Readings in Early Christian Greek Texts 30
DI4510 Modern Ecclesiology: from Age to Age 30
Medieval Monastic Spirituality 30
DI4526 Christian Mysticism Through the Ages 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
Theology and Pastoral Care 30
DI4805 Practical Theology Special Topic - Child Ethics in an Adult World 30
DI4823 Worship and the Word: Liturgy and Homiletics 30
DI4824 Theology in Latin America 30
DI4825 Theology in Africa 30
DI4826 Themes in Postcolonial Theology 30
DI4827 Christian Ethics and Contemporary Society 30
DI4829 A Quest for God: The Religious World of Dante 30
Aquinas' Theology 30
Native American Religions 30
DI4832 God in Ancient Thought 30
DI4833 History of Christianity in Latin America 30
Theology Special Topic: Christian Intellectual History: Patriotism, Republicanism, and Cosmopolitanism 30
DI4915 Theology Special Topic 30
Analytic Theology 30
DI4941 Theology of the Reformation 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
DI4936 Theology and Literature 30
Theology and Imagination 30
DI4928 Theological Anthropology 30
The History of the Bible 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
( View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PS3031 - PS3034 AND
Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Social Psychology 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10 OR
Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10 ) AND
( Perception 10 OR
Cognition 10 )) AND
View list Credits from Module List: PS3000 - PS3800, PS4000 - PS4195
PS3021 Research Design and Analysis 1 15
Psychological Statistics and Research Methods 3A 15
Psychological Statistics and Research Methods 3B 15
Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
Developmental Psychology 10
Social Psychology 10
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
Perception 10
Cognition 10
Psychology Review 10
Psychology Project (30) 30
Psychology Team Enterprise Project 30
The Impact of Science 15
Vision in a complex world 15
Collective Behaviour 15
Behavioural Neuroscience 15
Cognitive Psychology and the Emotional Disorders 15
Psychology of Music 15
Psychology of Visual Art 15
Topics in Social Cognition: Developmental and Comparative Perspectives 15
PS4086 Theory of Mind in development, evolution and autism 15
Memory mechanisms and Alzheimer's disease 15
PS4091 Computer-aided Research 15
The Psychosocial Impact of Dementia 15
Communicating Psychology and Neuroscience 15
Mechanisms of Behaviour: Integrating Psychological and Neuroscience Perspectives 15
Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience 15
PS4101 Selves and Identities 15
The Psychology of Social Change 15
PS4103 The subjective experience of cognition 15
Aggressive Behaviour 15
Clinical Neuropsychology 15
Data Science for Psychology & Neuroscience 15
Evolution of Human Behaviour and Culture 15
Animal Models in Psychology and Neuroscience 15
PS4109 The Origins of Causal Thinking 15
PS4110 The Narratives that Shape Psychology and Neuroscience 15
PS4111 Special Topics in Psychology and Neuroscience 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year



Unless taken in Third Year students must take 20 credits from PS3035 - PS3038.
Other credits must be taken from PS3000 - PS3900, PS4000 - PS4195 to a maximum of 155 from this range across Third and Fourth Year.
At least 60 credits must be taken in Fourth year to make at least 120 credits from Psychology modules across Honours years.
MA (Hons) Theological Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
(( Honours Dissertation in Divinity 30 OR
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30 ) AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI3717, DI3719, DI4500 - DI4549, DI4750 - DI4789, DI4800 - DI4989 ) OR
Readings in Early Christian Greek Texts 30
DI4510 Modern Ecclesiology: from Age to Age 30
Medieval Monastic Spirituality 30
DI4526 Christian Mysticism Through the Ages 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
Theology and Pastoral Care 30
DI4805 Practical Theology Special Topic - Child Ethics in an Adult World 30
DI4823 Worship and the Word: Liturgy and Homiletics 30
DI4824 Theology in Latin America 30
DI4825 Theology in Africa 30
DI4826 Themes in Postcolonial Theology 30
DI4827 Christian Ethics and Contemporary Society 30
DI4829 A Quest for God: The Religious World of Dante 30
Aquinas' Theology 30
Native American Religions 30
DI4832 God in Ancient Thought 30
DI4833 History of Christianity in Latin America 30
Theology Special Topic: Christian Intellectual History: Patriotism, Republicanism, and Cosmopolitanism 30
DI4915 Theology Special Topic 30
Analytic Theology 30
DI4941 Theology of the Reformation 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
DI4936 Theology and Literature 30
Theology and Imagination 30
DI4928 Theological Anthropology 30
The History of the Bible 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI3717, DI3719, DI4500 - DI4549, DI4750 - DI4789, DI4800 - DI4989 AND
Readings in Early Christian Greek Texts 30
DI4510 Modern Ecclesiology: from Age to Age 30
Medieval Monastic Spirituality 30
DI4526 Christian Mysticism Through the Ages 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
Theology and Pastoral Care 30
DI4805 Practical Theology Special Topic - Child Ethics in an Adult World 30
DI4823 Worship and the Word: Liturgy and Homiletics 30
DI4824 Theology in Latin America 30
DI4825 Theology in Africa 30
DI4826 Themes in Postcolonial Theology 30
DI4827 Christian Ethics and Contemporary Society 30
DI4829 A Quest for God: The Religious World of Dante 30
Aquinas' Theology 30
Native American Religions 30
DI4832 God in Ancient Thought 30
DI4833 History of Christianity in Latin America 30
Theology Special Topic: Christian Intellectual History: Patriotism, Republicanism, and Cosmopolitanism 30
DI4915 Theology Special Topic 30
Analytic Theology 30
DI4941 Theology of the Reformation 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
DI4936 Theology and Literature 30
Theology and Imagination 30
DI4928 Theological Anthropology 30
The History of the Bible 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 )
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Communication in Divinity 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

60 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI4500 - DI4549, DI4750 - DI4789, DI4800 - DI4989 and Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 must be taken if a 4000-level dissertation or comparable independent research project is taken in the other Honours subject.

If selected both DI4015 and ID4002 must be taken.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓÆµ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).