Year Two Modules

You take SEVEN MODULES in your second year of study – three in Semester One, three in Semester Two and one across the full academic year. Each module is worth 15 credits (or CATS points*).

The modules are defined as either “CORE”, “COMPULSORY” or “OPTION”. You MUST TAKE all of the “core” and “compulsory” modules. You can choose “option” modules in both Semester One and Semester Two, from an available list. This is outlined below.

BPS Accreditation Criteria

If you want to qualify for BPS accreditation, ONE of your option module choices MUST become core. You MUST choose:

EDUC2045 Cognitive Psychology in Education as your SEMESTER TWO option module choice.

Please click on the ‘Module Names’ listed below for an outline of the module(s) and assessment procedures. Specific details will be provided by individual Module Coordinators when you begin your module.

Guidelines on signing up to option modules can be found here.

Full Academic Year

Across both semesters you will take the double module EDUC2054 Research Methods in Education & Psychology.

Semester One

In Semester One, you take ONE CORE module and TWO OPTION modules. This is listed below:

Module Code Module Type Module Name

PSYC2003 Core Social Psychology

[Option Code] Option [Your Option Module Choice]

Semester One: Option Modules

In Semester One, you must take TWO “option” modules from Education, Psychology or another department in the University. You must take a minimum of TWO Education option modules in year two.

Your option modules can either be “Internal”, within the Southampton Education School or Psychology Academic Unit, or “External” – that being, a module on offer in a different Department/Faculty in the University, as long as you meet the module’s pre-requisite(s), there is no clash in your timetable and there are spaces on the course. Your list of option modules can be accessed on the Student Record Self Service System (Banner), under the BSc Education and Psychology programme criteria. To view your options, you will need to select the 2017/18 Academic Year, your degree programme and your year of study.

Some examples of your “Internal” option module choices within Education and Psychology are listed below:

Module Code Module Type Module Name

EDUC2028 Option Employability

EDUC2037 Option Internationalisation and Education

EDUC2038 Option Early Years: Critical Observations

PSYC2019 Option Research Methods & Data Analysis 3

PSYC2021 Option Language and Memory

Alternatively, there is an exciting range of “External” option modules to choose from throughout the University, providing you with the opportunity to deepen your current knowledge or broaden your knowledge in another discipline. Flexible Learning at the University of Southampton, and the University’s curriculum innovation project (CIP), allows you to customise your curriculum. More information about which option modules are available to you can be accessed on Flexible Learning’s BSc Education and Psychology webpage.

A note about taking options and our Credit Systems

The University of Southampton and Education and Psychology operate in accordance with a Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS). This scheme—specific to England, Wales and Northern Ireland—exists to monitor, record, and reward passage through modular degree programmes, as well as to facilitate the movement of students between different courses and Universities.All Education and Psychology modules are worth 15 CATS points. When a student successfully progresses each year of study, he/she automatically accumulates 120 CATS points—that is, 15 CATS points for each of the 8 modules completed that Year. To qualify for award of an honours degree, a student needs to accumulate a total 360 points across three years of the Programme—that is, 120 CATS points per year.If a student meets all the progression and graduation criteria, then he or she will automatically accumulate the required number of CATS points. One complication is that some option units outside of Education or Psychology at the University of Southampton—which may be available for you to take—do not give 15 credits per unit, but only 10.Please try to ensure, when taking option modules, that they give the full 15 credits.

Semester Two

In Semester Two, you take ONE CORE module and TWO OPTION modules. These are listed below:

Module Code Module Type Module Name

PSYC2007 Core Developmental Psychology

[Option Code] Option [Your Option Module Choice]

Semester Two: Option Modules

In Semester Two, you must take TWO “option” modules from Education, Psychology or another department in the University. You must take a minimum of TWO Education option modules in year two.

NOTE: The Education option has to be EDUC2045 Cognitive Psychology in Education if you wish to qualify for BPS accreditation.

Some examples of your “Internal” option module choices within Education and Psychology are listed below:

Module Code Module Type Module Name

EDUC2029 Option Leading and Managing in Education

EDUC2030 Option Learners and Learning

EDUC2045 Option Cognitive Psychology in Education

EDUC2035 Option ICT and Digital Literacies

PSYC2018 Option Perception

PSYC2020 Option Empirical Studies II

* Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS) suggests that a 15 credit course equates to 150 study hours (including both contact time and self-study).

† This module is an “option” module because you can choose whether you want to take it, or not, from a list of “option” module choices. However, if you choose to take the module it becomes “core”, as you must pass it at a minimum of 40% in order to progress to Year Three. This is in-line with the Psychology Academic Unit’s module regulations that are in place for their BSc Psychology programme.

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