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Master of Arts (Honours) German and Psychology (With Integrated Year Abroad)


MA (Hons) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( GM1001 First Level German A 1 20 AND
GM1002 First Level German A 2 20 ) OR
( GM1003 First Level German B 1 20 AND
GM1004 First Level German B 2 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): 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) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
(( GM2003 Second Level Advanced German Language 1 10 AND
GM2004 Second Level Advanced German Language 2 10 ) OR
( GM2007 Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 1 10 AND
GM2008 Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 2 10 )) AND
View list At least 20 credits from Module List: GM2011 - GM2014 AND
GM2011 The Age of Goethe 10
GM2012 Unification to the First World War 10
GM2013 Medieval German Language and Literature 10
GM2014 Weimar Republic: 1918-1933 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 Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

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

Students are strongly advised to take at least 60 credits in German.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in the two compulsory modules and 20 further credits in German
MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ PN2001 Advanced Principles of Psychology 1 30 AND
^ PN2002 Advanced Principles of Psychology 2 30 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 ^
MA (Hons) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Year Abroad
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Options for Year Abroad Study
AR3101 Arabic Integrated Year Abroad 60
FR3101 French Integrated Year Abroad 60
GM3101 German Integrated Year Abroad 60
IT3101 Italian Integrated Year Abroad 60
ML3101 Modern Languages Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3101 Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3102 Semester of Study in a Russian-speaking country 60
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
CN3101 Chinese Integrated Year Abroad 60
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

select 60 credits in acadeimc year
MA (Hons) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
GM3005 German Language 1 15 AND
GM3006 German Language 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: GM3010 - GM3099, GM4000 - GM4095, GM4097
GM3073 The Medieval Short Story 15
GM3088 Travel Writing in German since 1990 15
GM3089 The German Gothic (1800 - 2000) 15
GM3091 The Nazi Past in German Cultural Memory 15
GM4007 Translation Methodology (German / English) 15
GM4046 Medieval Things 15
GM4048 Art and the Artist in Modern German Culture 15
GM4056 German Popular Music: Sound, Page and Screen 15
GM4057 Holocaust Memory Culture and Its Discontents 15
GM4058 Memory and the Archive in Contemporary German Culture 15
GM4061 Animals in Literature and Film 15
GM4065 Introduction to Heterosexuality: Queer Methods, Straight Culture 15
GM4070 Writing Nature: German Environmental Thought (1800 - 2000) 15
GM4071 Shakespeare: the German Catalyst 15
GM4072 German Classicism 15
GM4073 Women in German Letters 15
GM4074 Medieval History 15
GM4078 Masculinities in Contemporary German Film, TV and Literature 15
GM4092 East German Cinema 15
GM4094 The German Long Story 15
GM4095 Rethinking German Realism 1845 - 1898 15
GM4097 Post-Wall Cinema: The Berlin School and beyond 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
MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): 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
Remaining credits from Module List PN3025 and PN4026

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) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
GM4105 German Language 3 15 AND
GM4106 German Language 4 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: GM3010 - GM3099, GM3103, GM4000 - GM4099, ML4794, ID4002
GM3073 The Medieval Short Story 15
GM3088 Travel Writing in German since 1990 15
GM3089 The German Gothic (1800 - 2000) 15
GM3091 The Nazi Past in German Cultural Memory 15
GM4007 Translation Methodology (German / English) 15
GM4046 Medieval Things 15
GM4048 Art and the Artist in Modern German Culture 15
GM4056 German Popular Music: Sound, Page and Screen 15
GM4057 Holocaust Memory Culture and Its Discontents 15
GM4058 Memory and the Archive in Contemporary German Culture 15
GM4061 Animals in Literature and Film 15
GM4065 Introduction to Heterosexuality: Queer Methods, Straight Culture 15
GM4070 Writing Nature: German Environmental Thought (1800 - 2000) 15
GM4071 Shakespeare: the German Catalyst 15
GM4072 German Classicism 15
GM4073 Women in German Letters 15
GM4074 Medieval History 15
GM4078 Masculinities in Contemporary German Film, TV and Literature 15
GM4092 East German Cinema 15
GM4094 The German Long Story 15
GM4095 Rethinking German Realism 1845 - 1898 15
GM4096 Love in German Literature since the 1990s 15
GM4097 Post-Wall Cinema: The Berlin School and beyond 15
GM4098 Dissertation on German Topic 15
GM4099 Long Dissertation on a German Topic 30
ML4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 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
MA (Hons) Psychology (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): 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
( PN3035 Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10 OR
PN3036 Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10 ) AND
( PN3037 Perception 10 OR
PN3038 Cognition 10 )) AND
View list Credits from Module List: PN3000 - PN3800, PN4000 - PN4195
PN3025 Psychological Statistics and Methodology 1 20
PN3031 Conceptual Issues and Theoretical Perspectives 10
PN3032 Assessment in Clinical Psychology 10
PN3033 Developmental Psychology 10
PN3034 Social Psychology 10
PN3035 Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience 10
PN3036 Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology 10
PN3037 Perception 10
PN3038 Cognition 10
PN4026 Psychological Statistics and Methodology 2 20
PN4040 Psychology Review 10
PN4050 Psychology Project (30cr) 30
PN4055 Psychology Team Enterprise Project (30cr) 30
PN4056 Psychology Team Enterprise Project (60cr) 60
PN4060 The Impact of Science 15
PN4065 Vision in a complex world 15
PN4069 Collective Behaviour 15
PN4071 Behavioural Neuroscience 15
PN4074 Cognitive Psychology and the Emotional Disorders 15
PN4083 Psychology of Music 15
PN4084 Psychology of Visual Art 15
PN4085 Topics in Social Cognition: Developmental and Comparative Perspectives 15
PN4086 Theory of Mind in development, evolution and autism 15
PN4089 Memory mechanisms and Alzheimer's disease 15
PN4091 Computer-aided Research 15
PN4093 The Psychosocial Impact of Dementia 15
PN4094 Communicating Psychology and Neuroscience 15
PN4096 Mechanisms of Behaviour: Integrating Psychological and Neuroscience Perspectives 15
PN4097 Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience 15
PN4101 Selves and Identities 15
PN4102 The Psychology of Social Change 15
PN4104 Aggressive Behaviour 15
PN4105 Clinical Neuropsychology 15
PN4106 Data Science for Psychology & Neuroscience 15
PN4107 Evolution of Human Behaviour and Culture 15
PN4108 Animal Models in Neuroscience and Psychology 15
PN4109 The Origins of Causal Thinking 15
PN4110 The Narratives that Shape Psychology and Neuroscience 15
PN4111 Special Topics in Psychology and Neuroscience 15
PN4112 Forging Sustainable Research 15
PN4123 Psychology & Neuroscience Colloquium 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

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).

British Psychological Society (BPS) accreditation

For recognition by the British Psychological Society, at least 130 credits must be taken across 3rd Year and 4th Year, including passes in the following modules: (PS3021 or PS3023 or PS3025), (PS3022 or PS3024 or PS4026), PS3031, PS3032, PS3033, PS3034, (PS3035 or PS3036 or PN3313), (PS3037 or PS3038) and (PS4050 or PS4055 or PS4056 or PS4299 or PS4796 or PS4797). 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.

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 ).