The BSc Psychology with Sport and Exercise Science is taught jointly by Psychology and Sport and Health Sciences. The degree provides an excellent foundation for any student interested in a career as a psychologist with a particular focus on applying those skills in the broad areas of sport, exercise and health maintenance.
The programme allows you to examine the complementary nature of both psychology and sport and exercise science and focuses on two significant applications of psychology: understanding the key components necessary for developing high-level skill and expertise, such as those required in sports; and understanding the effects of physical activity and exercise on behaviour, cognition, interpersonal interactions and mental health.
The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.
Year 1:
- 60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules
- a The written Statistics examination component of PSY1205 must also be passed at 40%.
- b You must choose modules to the value of 15 credits from this list of Psychology modules.
- c You must choose modules to the value of 45 credits from this list of Sport and Health Sciences modules.
Compulsory modules
- Introduction to Biological Psychology
- Introduction to Statistics [See note a above]
- Introduction to Research Methods
- Cognition, Emotion and Development
Year 2:
- 90 credits of compulsory modules, 30 credits of optional modules
- d You must choose modules to the value of 15 credits from this list of Psychology modules.
- e You must choose modules to the value of 15 credits from this list of Sport and Health Sciences modules.
Compulsory modules
- Social Psychology II
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Methods and Statistics in Psychology II
- Cognition and Emotion
- Biological Basis of Behaviour
- Development Psychology and Psychopathology
Final Year:
60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules (subject to an overall total of 120 credits)
f All students must take a research project module. This can either be PSY3401 Research Project in Psychology (45 credits) or ESS3302 Dissertation (45 credits) offered by Sport and Health Sciences. In the latter case, it is a requirement of BPS accreditation that the project involves a Psychology topic and that the work be supervised by a Psychologist within Sport and Health Sciences.
If you choose PSY3401 then you must take 60 credits of optional modules comprising:
- At least one ESS-coded module (30 or 15 credits).
- 30 or 45 credits from either PSY- or ESS-coded modules. You can select all ESS-coded modules. If you decide to take two Psychology modules these must be from two different groups. If you decide to take three Psychology modules these must be from three different groups.
If you choose ESS3302 then you must take 60 credits of optional modules comprising:
- At least one ESS-coded module (30 or 15 credits).
- At least one PSY-coded module (15 credits).
- 30 or 15 credits from either PSY- or ESS-coded modules. If you decide to take two Psychology modules these must be from two different groups. If you decide to take three Psychology modules these must be from three different groups.
Compulsory modules
- Psychology Research Project [See note f above]
- Dissertation [See note f above]
- Methods and Statistics in Psychology III
