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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2008/2009
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Psychological Research Methods (MSc/Diploma)
Degree Type: Taught Postgraduate Masters/Diploma
POS Code: A0015
NYT Course S L CT
1 Compulsory Core Courses      
  Psychological Research Concepts and Research Design I 11 10
  Professional and Generic Psychological Research Skills I 11 10
  Methods of Data Collection I 11 10
  Psychology Methodology 1 I 11 10
  Advanced Statistical Methods for Psychology Using R I 11 10
  Current Topics in Psychological Research I 11 10
2 Optional Courses*      
  A MAXIMUM OF 40 CREDITS FROM:      
    Personality, Coping and Health Research I 11 10
    Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology I 11 10
    Psychometrics I 11 10
    Human Cognitive Neuroscience I 11 10
    Working Memory in the Healthy and Damaged Brain I 11 10
    Visual Cognition (MSc) I 11 10
    The Neuropsychology of Perception and Action (MSc) I 11 10
    Frontal Lobe Functions I 11 10
  REMAINING CREDITS FROM:      
    Developmental and Social Psychology I 11 10
    Clinical Neuropsychology I 11 10
    Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology I 11 10
    Evolutionary Psychology I 11 10
    Human Genetics O 11 20
    Advanced Statistical Methods: Categorical and Survival Data O 11 10
    Genetics for Individual Differences I 11 10
    Disorders of Language Functions I 11 10
  Further approved courses O 11 10/20
3 Compulsory Dissertation      
  Dissertation in Psychology I 11 60
  * Candidates should note that not all optional courses will necessarily be available in any given year and should consult the relevant programme handbook. The programme director must approve choice of courses.
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