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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Computer Science and Psychology (BPS Recognition Route)


BSc (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours) (BPS Recognition Route): First year
Code Module name Credits
PS1001 Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20 AND
PS1002 Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Psychology (BPS Recognition Route) (Computer Science Element): First year
Code Module name Credits
CS1002 Object-Oriented Programming 20 AND
CS1003 Programming with Data 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
BSc (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours) (BPS Recognition Route): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ PS2001 Advanced Principles of Psychology 1 30 AND
^ PS2002 Advanced Principles of Psychology 2 30 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options AND

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked ^
BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Psychology (BPS Recognition Route) (Computer Science Element): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ CS2001 Foundations of Computation 30 AND
^ CS2002 Computer Systems 30 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )

BSc Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.

BSc (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours) (BPS Recognition Route): Third year
Code Module name Credits
PS3023 Psychological Statistics and Research Methods 3A 15 AND
PS3024 Psychological Statistics and Research Methods 3B 15 AND
PS4040 Psychology Review 10 AND
View list At least 20 credits from Module List: PS3031 - PS3034, (PS3035 or PS3036), (PS3037 or PS3038)
PS3031 Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
PS3032 Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
PS3033 Developmental Psychology 10
PS3034 Social Psychology 10
PS3035 Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
PS3036 Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
PS3037 Perception 10
PS3038 Cognition 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

PS3035 cannot be taken with PS3036
PS3037 cannot be taken with PS3038

BPS recognition for Psychology Degree: Passes in (PS3021 or PS3023), (PS3022 or PS3024), PS3031, PS3032, PS3033, PS3034, (PS3035 or PS3036 or PN3313), (PS3037 or PS3038), PS4040 and (PS4050 or PS4055 or PS4299 or PS4796 or PS4797 or PN4299) are required for recognition by the British Psychological Society. In order to be eligible for accreditation, students must gain at least a Lower Second Class Honours degree. This recognition is required for those who wish to gain employment as professional psychologists. Please note: due to potential timetable clashes, it may not be possible to gain accreditation for all joint degrees..
BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Psychology (BPS Recognition Route) (Computer Science Element): Third year
Code Module name Credits
CS3050 Logic and Reasoning 15 AND
CS3099 Software Engineering Team Project 30

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Choose 120 credits in academic year
BSc (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours) (BPS Recognition Route): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PS3031 - PS3034 AND
PS3031 Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
PS3032 Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
PS3033 Developmental Psychology 10
PS3034 Social Psychology 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: (PS3035 or PS3036), (PS3037 or PS3038) AND
PS3035 Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
PS3036 Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
PS3037 Perception 10
PS3038 Cognition 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
( PS4050 Psychology Project (30) 30 OR
PS4055 Psychology Team Enterprise Project 30 OR
PS4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30 ) AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: PS3000 - PS3800, PS4000 - PS4195
PS3023 Psychological Statistics and Research Methods 3A 15
PS3024 Psychological Statistics and Research Methods 3B 15
PS3031 Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
PS3032 Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
PS3033 Developmental Psychology 10
PS3034 Social Psychology 10
PS3035 Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
PS3036 Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
PS3037 Perception 10
PS3038 Cognition 10
PS4040 Psychology Review 10
PS4060 The Impact of Science 15
PS4065 Vision in a complex world 15
PS4069 Collective Behaviour 15
PS4071 Behavioural Neuroscience 15
PS4074 Cognitive Psychology and the Emotional Disorders 15
PS4083 Psychology of Music 15
PS4084 Psychology of Visual Art 15
PS4085 Topics in Social Cognition: Developmental and Comparative Perspectives 15
PS4086 Theory of Mind in development, evolution and autism 15
PS4089 Memory mechanisms and Alzheimer's disease 15
PS4091 Computer-aided Research 15
PS4093 The Psychosocial Impact of Dementia 15
PS4094 Communicating Psychology and Neuroscience 15
PS4096 Mechanisms of Behaviour: Integrating Psychological and Neuroscience Perspectives 15
PS4097 Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience 15
PS4101 Selves and Identities 15
PS4102 The Psychology of Social Change 15
PS4103 The subjective experience of cognition 15
PS4104 Aggressive Behaviour 15
PS4105 Clinical Neuropsychology 15
PS4106 Data Science for Psychology & Neuroscience 15
PS4107 Evolution of Human Behaviour and Culture 15
PS4108 Animal Models in Psychology and Neuroscience 15
PS4109 The Origins of Causal Thinking 15
PS4110 The Narratives that Shape Psychology and Neuroscience 15
PS4111 Special Topics in Psychology and Neuroscience 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

PS3031 - PS3034 - Select all modules not taken in Year 3.
(PS3035 or PS3036) and (PS3037 or PS3038) - Select to make a total of 20 credits from these modules over Year 3 and 4.

BPS recognition for Psychology Degree: Passes in (PS3021 or PS3023), (PS3022 or PS3024), PS3031, PS3032, PS3033, PS3034, (PS3035 or PS3036 or PN3313), (PS3037 or PS3038), PS4040 and (PS4050 or PS4055 or PS4299 or PS4796 or PS4797 or PN4299) are required for recognition by the British Psychological Society. In order to be eligible for accreditation, students must gain at least a Lower Second Class Honours degree. This recognition is required for those who wish to gain employment as professional psychologists. Please note: due to potential timetable clashes, it may not be possible to gain accreditation for all joint degrees.
BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Psychology (BPS Recognition Route) (Computer Science Element): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
( CS4098 Minor Software Project 15 OR
CS4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30 ) AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: CS4052, CS4100 - CS4999 excluding CS4701, CS4796, CS5010 - CS5089 (except CS5041 and CS5042.), ID5059
CS4102 Computer Graphics 15
CS4103 Distributed Systems 15
CS4105 Advanced Communication Networks and Systems 15
CS4144 Visual Analytics 15
CS4201 Programming Language Design and Implementation 15
CS4202 Computer Architecture 15
CS4203 Computer Security 15
CS4204 Concurrency and Multi-Core Architectures 15
CS4302 Signal Processing: Sound, Image, Video 15
CS4303 Video Games 15
CS4402 Constraint Programming 15
CS4499 Computer Science (Special Subject) 15
CS5010 Artificial Intelligence Principles 15
CS5011 Artificial Intelligence Practice 15
CS5012 Language and Computation 15
CS5014 Machine Learning 15
CS5020 Principles of Computer Communication Systems 15
CS5030 Software Engineering Principles 15
CS5031 Software Engineering Practice 15
CS5032 Critical Systems Engineering 15
CS5033 Software Architecture 15
CS5040 Human Computer Interaction Principles and Methods 15
CS5044 Information Visualisation 15
CS5052 Data-Intensive Systems 15
CS5055 Data Ethics and Privacy 15
ID5059 Knowledge Discovery and Datamining 15
CS4052 Logic and Software Verification 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Students must select 45 credits from the Computer Science element.
Students must take CS4098 or CS4796 or an approved Joint Honours project module from another school.

British Psychological Society (BPS) accreditation

Passes in (PS3021 or PS3023), (PS3022 or PS3024), PS3031, PS3032, PS3033, PS3034, (PS3035 or PS3036 or PN3313), (PS3037 or PS3038), PS4040 and (PS4050 or PS4055 or PS4299 or PS4796 or PS4797 or PN4299) are required for recognition by the British Psychological Society. In order to be eligible for accreditation, students must gain at least a Lower Second Class Honours degree. This recognition is required for those who wish to gain employment as professional psychologists. Please note: due to potential timetable clashes, it may not be possible to gain accreditation for all joint degrees.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).