Programme structure: Psychology with Innovation (MSci) - what's running in 2021/22

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Please note that the BSc Life Sciences (Psychology with Innovation) is not accredited.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Creativity and Innovation	INOV30001	10	Mandatory		TB-1
Transdisciplinary Group Project 3: Doing something completely new	INOV30003	40	Mandatory		TB-4
New Venture Creation	INOV30004	10	Mandatory		TB-2
Further Psychological Research Methods	PSYC30024	40	Mandatory		TB-4
Select from:
Animal Learning and Cognition	PSYC30021	20	Optional		TB-2
Drug Use and Addiction	PSYC30020	20	Optional		TB-1
Evolutionary Psychology	PSYC30001	20	Optional		TB-1
Genes and Behaviour	PSYC30018	20	Optional		TB-2
Issues in Social Psychology	PSYC30017	20	Optional		TB-2
Nutrition and Behaviour	PSYC31052	20	Optional		TB-1
BSc Life Sciences (Psychology with Innovation)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).