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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2007/2008
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Biological Sciences [Psychology] (BSc)
Degree Type: Single Honours
POS Code: S0307
UCAS Code: C800
NYT Course S L CT
1 TWO OF:
  Origin & Diversity of Life 1 K 8 20
  Molecules, Genes and Cells 1 K 8 20
  Environmental and Community Biology 1 K 8 20
  Medical Biology 1 K 8 20
Psychology 1 I 8 40
Further courses‡ A-Q, & T 7/8 40
2 Psychology 2 I 8 40
THREE OF:
  The Dynamic Cell 2 K 8 20
  Ecology N 8 20
  Genes and Gene Action 2 K 8 20
  Human and Mammalian Physiology 2 T 8 20
  Plants, Fungi and Symbiosis 2 K 8 20
  Animal Biology 2 K 8 20
  Neuroscience with Pharmacology 2 T 8 20
  Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes N 8 20
  Biometrics 2 K 8 20
Further course (which may include another listed above) A-Q, & T 7/8 20
3 † Psychology Methodology 1   I 10 10
Psychology Methodology 2 I 10 10
Psychology Literature Review I 10 20
AT LEAST ONE OF:
  Psychology Group Project 1 I 10 10
  Psychology Group Project 2 I 10 10
Further courses in Psychology * I 10 50
Further course(s) A-Q, & T 9/10 20
4 Dissertation in Psychology (MUST be taken in final year) I 10 40
General Paper in Psychology I 10 10
Further courses in Psychology * I 10 70
*  A booklet giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning.
† Entry to Honours requires a pass at 50% or above in Psychology 2, at the first attempt, and a pass in the combined mark of the statistics components of the degree exams.
‡ The following courses are strongly recommended: Biological Chemistry 1 and EITHER Introduction to the Chemistry of Biology 1 OR Biological Chemistry [Foundations] 1.
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