Bachelor of Science with Honours in Psychology with Health Sciences - 2025 entry
Duration of programme: 4 years (where students join the programme in year 1).
Award on successful completion: Bachelor of Science with Honours.
Accreditation: British Psychological Society 鈥� eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership.
Location of delivery: 51短视频, Bell Street, Dundee
Composition of the programme: 120 SCQF (Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework) credits in each academic year, delivered largely in modules of 20 credits each, with 3 modules taken in term 1, and 3 in term 2 each year. First and second year of the programme includes a choice of microcredential modules worth a total of 20 credits per year. All students complete a 40-credit individual research project in the final year. The programmes are:
- Psychology
- Psychology with Development and Education
- Psychology with Forensic and Investigative Psychology
- Psychology with Forensic Scene Investigation
- Psychology with Health Sciences
Students will be given the option to register with a pathway at the beginning of their degree programme, or to register for the BSc (Hons) Psychology (with no pathway). They will be given another opportunity to register for a pathway at the start of Year 2 when they make the first option module choices that will affect pathway availability, and again the start of Year 3 providing they have taken the required Year 2 pathway module.
Finally, if a student initially chooses a pathway but subsequently changes their mind, they can choose to graduate with a BSc (Hons) Psychology as they will have completed all the core psychology modules.
Contact hours and workload: Each academic year typically requires 1200 hours of student effort; on average across the 4 years of this programme, 20-25% of that time is in seminars, practicals and accessing online content (lectures, activities, etc.); the remainder is independent study.
Assessment methods: Assessment is by a range of methods including reports, case studies, essays, exams, vivas and student presentations.
Academic staff: This programme is delivered by staff in the Department of Sociological and Psychological Sciences, in the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences. Staff profiles can be viewed at /staff-search
BSc with Honours in Psychology
Core modules in the programme*:
- Introductory Psychology
- Comparative Psychology
- Being Successful at 51短视频 (5 credits)
- Introduction to Psychological Research Methods
- Community Health and Wellbeing
- Cognitive Perspectives on Psychology
- Being Successful at University (For 2nd year entrants)**
- Essential Research Methods and Analysis for Psychology
- Psychology in the Real World
- Human Variability: Psychobiology and Behaviour
- Social cognition across the lifespan
- Human Development Across the Lifespan
- Advanced Research, Design and Analysis
- Psychology Honours Project
- Mental Health Psychology: Living with a Diagnosis
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
Other modules that may be offered, but are subject to change over time:
- Microcredentials (various)
- Evidence-based thinking: advanced perspectives on human behaviour
- Introduction to human resource management
- Crime and Punishment
- Essential Skills in Forensic Science
- Tomorrow鈥檚 Child
- Forensic Psychology: Understanding Offender Behaviour
- Forensic Human Identification
- Psychology for Sport and Exercise
- Design thinking for research
- Eyewitness Psychology
- Brain Investigations
- Investigative Psychology and Policing
- Language, Education and the Early Years
- Work-based Learning
- Mindfulness
BSc with Honours in Psychology with Development and Education
Core modules in the programme*:
- Introductory Psychology
- Comparative Psychology
- Being Successful at 51短视频 (5 credits)
- Introduction to Psychological Research Methods
- Community Health and Wellbeing
- Cognitive Perspectives on Psychology
- Essential Research Methods and Analyses for Psychology
- Tomorrow鈥檚 Child
- Psychology in the Real World
- Being Successful at University (For 2nd year entrants)**
- Human Variability: Psychobiology and Behaviour
- Social cognition across the lifespan
- Human Development Across the Lifespan
- Advanced Research, Design and Analysis
- Mental Health Psychology: living with a diagnosis
- Psychology Honours Project
- Language, Education and the Early Years
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
Other modules that may be offered, but are subject to change over time:
- Microcredentials (various)
- Evidence-based thinking: advanced perspectives on human behaviour
- Introduction to human resource management
- Crime and Punishment
- Essential Skills in Forensic Science
- Forensic Psychology: Understanding Offender Behaviour
- Forensic Human Identification
- Psychology for Sport and Exercise
- Design thinking for research
- Eyewitness Psychology
- Investigative Psychology and Policing
- Work-based Learning
- Mindfulness
BSc with Honours in Psychology with Forensic and Investigative Psychology
Core modules in the programme*:
- Introductory Psychology
- Community Health and Wellbeing
- Comparative Psychology
- Being Successful at 51短视频 (5 credits)
- Introduction to Psychological Research Methods
- Cognitive Perspectives on Psychology
- Psychology in the Real World
- Being Successful at University (For 2nd year entrants)**
- Forensic Psychology: Understanding Offender Behaviour
- Essential Research Methods and Analysis for Psychology
- Human Variability: Psychobiology and Behaviour
- Social cognition across the lifespan
- Eyewitness Psychology
- Human Development Across the Lifespan
- Advanced Research, Design and Analysis
- Psychology Honours Project
- Investigative Psychology and Policing
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
Other modules that may be offered, but are subject to change over time:
- Microcredentials (various)
- Evidence-based thinking: scientific approaches to studying human behaviour
- Introduction to human resource management
- Crime and Punishment
- Essential Skills in Forensic Science
- Tomorrow鈥檚 Child
- Forensic Human Identification
- Psychology for Sport and Exercise
- Mental health psychology: living with a diagnosis
- Scene examination and Management
- Language, Education and the Early Years
- Work-based Learning
- Mindfulness
- Interpretation and presentation of evidence
- Brain Investigations
BSc with Honours in Psychology with Forensic Scene Investigation
Core modules in the programme*:
- Introductory Psychology
- Introduction to Psychological Research Methods
- Comparative Psychology
- Community Health and Wellbeing
- Being Successful at 51短视频 (5 credits)
- Cognitive Perspectives on Psychology
- Forensic Human Identification
- Being Successful at University (For 2nd year entrants)**
- Essential Research Methods and Analyses for Psychology
- Psychology in the Real World
- Human Variability: Psychobiology and Behaviour
- Social cognition across the lifespan
- Human Development Across the Lifespan
- Advanced Research, Design and Analysis
- Scene Examination and Management
- Psychology Honours Project
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
- Interpretation and Presentation of Evidence
Other modules that may be offered, but are subject to change over time:
- Microcredentials (various)
- Essential Skills in Forensic Science (year 1 entry students only)
- Introduction to human resource management
- Crime and Punishment
- Evidence-based thinking: advanced perspectives on human behaviour
- Tomorrow鈥檚 Child
- Forensic Psychology: Understanding Offender Behaviour
- Psychology for Sport and Exercise
- Design thinking for research
- Eyewitness Psychology
- Investigative Psychology and Policing
- Work-based Learning
- Mindfulness
BSc with Honours in Psychology with Health Sciences
Core modules in the programme*:
- Introductory Psychology
- Comparative Psychology
- Being Successful at 51短视频 (5 credits)
- Introduction to Psychological Research Methods
- Community health and wellbeing
- Cognitive Perspectives on Psychology
- Public health nutrition and health promotion 1
- Essential Research Methods and Analysis for Psychology
- Being Successful at University (For 2nd year entrants)**
- Human Variability: Psychobiology and Behaviour
- Social cognition across the lifespan
- Human Development Across the Lifespan
- Mental health psychology: living with a diagnosis
- Advanced Research, Design and Analysis
- Food and Behaviour
- Psychology Honours Project
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
Other modules that may be offered, but are subject to change over time:
- Microcredentials (various)
- Social science for sport and exercise
- Fundamentals of nutrition
- Nutrition through the lifespan
- Introduction to pluralistic approaches to mental health
- Psychology for sport and exercise
- Medical physiology
- Evidence-based thinking: advanced perspectives on human behaviour
- Public health and nutrition and health promotion 2
- Work-based Learning
- Global perspectives in public health
- Clinical nutrition
- Lifestyle management
- Mindfulness
Developments in the discipline: The discipline of psychology is continually evolving, with most new developments coming in experimental and statistical methods. The use of neural imaging techniques is the most significant advancement in understanding the links between brain and behaviour of recent times, along with advances in open science practices. However, the core subject disciplines are unlikely to change
*Core modules are correct at the time of writing but are subject to annual review and may change because of this. This keeps the curriculum relevant and maintains a real-world connection as new policy, practice, employability, and professional approaches come to the forefront. New developments are readily incorporated into the core curriculum without having to fundamentally change the programme structure.
