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Master of Arts (Honours) Psychology and Theological Studies


MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
PN1001 Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20 AND
PN1002 Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Theological Studies (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
DI1001 God and the World: Introducing Theology 20 AND
( DI1009 Introduction to World Religions 20 OR
DI1014 The Good Life: Christian Ethics and Human Flourishing 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ PN2001 Advanced Principles of Psychology 1 30 AND
^ PN2002 Advanced Principles of Psychology 2 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

  • passes in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Theological Studies (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ View list 40 credits from Module List: DI2003, DI2006, DI2010, DI2011, DI2015, DI2016 AND
DI2003 Christ, Paul, and the Origins of Christianity A (English Texts) 20
DI2006 Early and Medieval Christianity 20
DI2010 Philosophical Theology 20
DI2011 Religion Today 20
DI2015 Reading the Women of the Old Testament A (English Texts) 20
DI2016 Christianity and Modernity in Global Perspective 20
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
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

  • passes 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/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA 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 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.

MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PN3031 - PN3034 AND
PN3031 Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
PN3032 Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
PN3033 Developmental Psychology 10
PN3034 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 10 credits from Module List: PN3035 - PN3036 AND
PN3035 Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
PN3036 Evolutionary and Comparative 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 10 credits from Module List: PN3037 - PN3038 AND
PN3037 Perception 10
PN3038 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
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List PN3025 and PN4026
PN3025 Psychological Statistics and Methodology 1 20
PN4026 Psychological Statistics and Methodology 2 20
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 between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Must take at least 60 credits in 3rd Year from Module List: PN3025, PN4026, PN3031 - PN3038.

All Joint Psychology students must take a total of 60 credits from: PN3031-PN3034, (one of PN3035 or PN3036) and (one of PN3037 or PN3038) across 3rd and 4th Year.

For BPS Accreditation, students must take modules PN3025 and PN4026 in 3rd Year.
MA (Hons) Theological Studies (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
( DI3719 The Bible Through the Ages: History, Theology, and Hermeneutics 30 OR
DI3720 Religious Practices in Socio-Political Contexts 30 ) AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: DI3716-DI3720, DI4500 - DI4549, DI4750 - DI4789, DI4800 - DI4989
DI3716 Readings in Early Christian Greek Texts 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
DI3718 Mary Through the Centuries 30
DI3719 The Bible Through the Ages: History, Theology, and Hermeneutics 30
DI3720 Religious Practices in Socio-Political Contexts 30
DI4510 Modern Ecclesiology: from Age to Age 30
DI4525 Medieval Monastic Spirituality 30
DI4526 Christian Mysticism Through the Ages 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI4800 Theology and Pastoral Care 30
DI4805 Practical Theology Special Topic - Child Ethics in an Adult World 30
DI4823 Worship and the Word: Liturgy and Homiletics 30
DI4824 Theology in Latin America 30
DI4825 Theology in Africa 30
DI4826 Themes in Postcolonial Theology 30
DI4827 Christian Ethics and Contemporary Society 30
DI4829 A Quest for God: The Religious World of Dante 30
DI4830 Aquinas' Theology 30
DI4831 Native American Religions 30
DI4832 God in Ancient Thought 30
DI4833 History of Christianity in Latin America 30
DI4834 The Doctrine of Creation 30
DI4835 Christianity and Politics: Patriotism, Republicanism, and Cosmopolitanism 30
DI4836 Religion and Violence 30
DI4914 Theology Special Topic: Theodicy and Anti-Theodicy: Jewish and Christian Perspectives 30
DI4915 Theology Special Topic 30
DI4924 Theology and Imagination 30
DI4928 Theological Anthropology 30
DI4933 Colgate University Module 15
DI4936 Theology and Literature 30
DI4940 Analytic Theology 30
DI4941 Theology of the Reformation 30
DI4944 Ecotheology and the Arts 30
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 between 120 to 160 credits in academic year
MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PN3031 - PN3034 AND
PN3031 Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
PN3032 Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
PN3033 Developmental Psychology 10
PN3034 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 10 credits from Module List: PN3035 - PN3036 AND
PN3035 Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
PN3036 Evolutionary and Comparative 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 10 credits from Module List: PN3037 - PN3038 AND
PN3037 Perception 10
PN3038 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
Remaining credits from Module List: PN3025, PN4000 - PN4195 (exluding PN4056), PN4796, PN4797

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

All Joint Psychology students must take a total of 60 credits from: PN3031-PN3034, (one of PN3035 or PN3036) and (one of PN3037 or PN3038) across 3rd and 4th Year.

Students must take at least 60 credits in their 4th Year to make at least 120 credits in Psychology modules across the Honours years.

For a joint degree to be accredited by the British Psychological Society students are required to pass one of the following project modules: (PS/PN4050 or PS/PN4055 or PS/PN4796 or PS/PN4797).
MA (Hons) Theological Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
(( DI4498 Honours Dissertation in Divinity 30 OR
DI4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30 ) AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: DI3716-DI3720, DI4500 - DI4549, DI4750 - DI4789, DI4800 - DI4989 ) OR
DI3716 Readings in Early Christian Greek Texts 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
DI3718 Mary Through the Centuries 30
DI3719 The Bible Through the Ages: History, Theology, and Hermeneutics 30
DI3720 Religious Practices in Socio-Political Contexts 30
DI4510 Modern Ecclesiology: from Age to Age 30
DI4525 Medieval Monastic Spirituality 30
DI4526 Christian Mysticism Through the Ages 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI4800 Theology and Pastoral Care 30
DI4805 Practical Theology Special Topic - Child Ethics in an Adult World 30
DI4823 Worship and the Word: Liturgy and Homiletics 30
DI4824 Theology in Latin America 30
DI4825 Theology in Africa 30
DI4826 Themes in Postcolonial Theology 30
DI4827 Christian Ethics and Contemporary Society 30
DI4829 A Quest for God: The Religious World of Dante 30
DI4830 Aquinas' Theology 30
DI4831 Native American Religions 30
DI4832 God in Ancient Thought 30
DI4833 History of Christianity in Latin America 30
DI4834 The Doctrine of Creation 30
DI4835 Christianity and Politics: Patriotism, Republicanism, and Cosmopolitanism 30
DI4836 Religion and Violence 30
DI4914 Theology Special Topic: Theodicy and Anti-Theodicy: Jewish and Christian Perspectives 30
DI4915 Theology Special Topic 30
DI4924 Theology and Imagination 30
DI4928 Theological Anthropology 30
DI4933 Colgate University Module 15
DI4936 Theology and Literature 30
DI4940 Analytic Theology 30
DI4941 Theology of the Reformation 30
DI4944 Ecotheology and the Arts 30
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 30 and 60 credits from Module List: DI3716-DI3720, DI4500 - DI4549, DI4750 - DI4789, DI4800 - DI4989 AND
DI3716 Readings in Early Christian Greek Texts 30
DI3717 Holy Scripture, Sacred Earth: The Bible and Ecology 30
DI3718 Mary Through the Centuries 30
DI3719 The Bible Through the Ages: History, Theology, and Hermeneutics 30
DI3720 Religious Practices in Socio-Political Contexts 30
DI4510 Modern Ecclesiology: from Age to Age 30
DI4525 Medieval Monastic Spirituality 30
DI4526 Christian Mysticism Through the Ages 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI4800 Theology and Pastoral Care 30
DI4805 Practical Theology Special Topic - Child Ethics in an Adult World 30
DI4823 Worship and the Word: Liturgy and Homiletics 30
DI4824 Theology in Latin America 30
DI4825 Theology in Africa 30
DI4826 Themes in Postcolonial Theology 30
DI4827 Christian Ethics and Contemporary Society 30
DI4829 A Quest for God: The Religious World of Dante 30
DI4830 Aquinas' Theology 30
DI4831 Native American Religions 30
DI4832 God in Ancient Thought 30
DI4833 History of Christianity in Latin America 30
DI4834 The Doctrine of Creation 30
DI4835 Christianity and Politics: Patriotism, Republicanism, and Cosmopolitanism 30
DI4836 Religion and Violence 30
DI4914 Theology Special Topic: Theodicy and Anti-Theodicy: Jewish and Christian Perspectives 30
DI4915 Theology Special Topic 30
DI4924 Theology and Imagination 30
DI4928 Theological Anthropology 30
DI4933 Colgate University Module 15
DI4936 Theology and Literature 30
DI4940 Analytic Theology 30
DI4941 Theology of the Reformation 30
DI4944 Ecotheology and the Arts 30
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 30 credits from Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 )
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
DI4015 Communication in Divinity 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

60 credits from Module List: DI3716, DI4500 - DI4549, DI4750 - DI4789, DI4800 - DI4989 and Module List: DI4015 with ID4002 must be taken if a 4000-level dissertation or comparable independent research project is taken in the other Honours subject.

If selected both DI4015 and ID4002 must be taken.

British Psychological Society (BPS) accreditation

For your degree to be accredited by the British Psychological Society students must meet the following requirements.

  • Students are required to take the following modules: (PS3021 or PS3023 or PS/PN3025), and (PS3022 or PS3024 or PS/PN4026), and PS/PN3031, and PS/PN3032, and PS/PN3033, and PS/PN3034, and (PS/PN3035 or PS/PN3036 or PS/PN3313), and (PS/PN3037 or PS/PN3038).
  • Students are required to pass one of the following modules: (PS/PN4050 or PS/PN4055 or PS/PN4056 or PS/PN4299 or PS/PN4796 or PS/PN4797).
  • Students must gain at least a Lower Second Class Honours degree.

BPS accreditation is both an important hallmark of quality that is extensively acknowledged by employers in the field, and an essential stepping-stone for students who are looking to progress to become a Chartered Psychologist after graduation. Taking a BPS accredited course is necessary if you wish to pursue a career in psychology or in the wider psychological workforce. 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 ).