MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology
Programme Code: TMSCPS
Department: Psychological and Behavioural Science
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme. Students are required to take two compulsory courses, optional courses to the value of one unit and a dissertation as shown.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
PB401 Contemporary Social and Cultural Psychology (1.0) | |
Paper 2 |
Students may opt to take PB414 instead of PB411 where they can demonstrate prior experience on quantitative techniques up to and including the topics covered in MY465 | |
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PB411 Methods for Social Psychology Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods (1.0) or | |
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PB414 Advanced Methods for Social Psychology Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods (1.0) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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PB415 Behavioural Science (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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PB416 Cognition and Culture (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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PB417 Consumer Psychology for Sustainability (0.5) | |
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PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5) | |
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PB419 Creativity and Innovation (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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PB420 Current Communication Research (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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PB421 Happiness (0.5) | |
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PB422 Health Communication (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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PB424 Organisational Life (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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PB427 Organisational and Social Decision Making (0.5) | |
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PB428 Political Psychology: Inequality & Intergroup Relations (0.5) | |
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PB429 Science, Innovations and the Human Future (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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PB430 Social Influence Modes and Modalities (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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PB431 Social Psychology of Economic Life: Advanced Topics (0.5) | |
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PB432 Social Representations: Social Knowledge and Contemporary Issues (0.5) | |
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PB433 Theory and Practice of Organisational Development (0.5) | |
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PB434 Behavioural Science in an Age of AI and New Technology (0.5) | |
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PB435 Behavioural Science for Planetary Wellbeing (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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PB436 The Science of Time at Work (0.5) | |
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PB437 Conversation Analysis and the Science of Social Interaction (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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PB452 Behavioural Science for Health and Pandemic Responses (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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PB457 Organisational Culture (0.5) | |
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PB458 Dialogue: Conflict & Negotiation (0.5) | |
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A course from another programme (subject to the approval of the Candidate's Programme Director). | |
Paper 4 |
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Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
Footnotes
A : Failures in this course cannot be condoned. A bad fail is defined as a mark less than 29%.
Note for prospective students:
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