Study Schemes

BA Psychology / English Literature [CQ83]

Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2009/2010 (Last intake year is 2012/2013)

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Bursary;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (40 Credits)

You must take the following modules:

Semester 1
EN10020

Encountering Texts

Semester 2
EN10220

Ancestral Voices

Year 1 Options

You should take further level 1 modules totalling 80 credits from the list of modules approved by the Faculty of Arts. This may include further modules offered by the English Dept, listed below:

Semester 1
CL10120

Greek And Roman Epic And Drama

EN10120

Re-writing, Re-visioning Texts

EN11220

Introduction To American Literature And Culture

Semester 2
CL10320

History Of Greek And Roman Ideas

EN10520

Contemporary Writing

Year 1 Core (40 Credits)

Students must take the following core Modules

Semester 1
PS11420

Perspectives On Social And Individual Behaviour

Semester 2
PS11220

Perspectives On Psychobiology And Cognition

Year 1 Options

You must take PS11320 or SC11320 (Welsh language alternative)

Semester 1
PS11300

Introduction To Psychology: Investigation And Communication

SC11300

Cyflwyniad I Seicoleg: Ymchwilid A Chyfathrebiad

Semester 2
PS11320

Introduction To Psychology: Investigation And Communication

SC11320

Cyflwyniad I Seicoleg: Ymchwili A Chyfathrebiad

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (20 Credits)

ENGLISH - You must take the following module

Semester 1
EN20120

Reading Theory/reading Text 1

Semester 2

Year 2 Options

You MUST take two of the following modules

Semester 1
EN20520

Medieval And Renaissance Writing

EN20720

Nineteenth Century Literature

Semester 2
EN20620

Restoration & Eighteenth Century Literature

EN20820

Twentieth Century British Literature

Year 2 Core (60 Credits)

Students must take the psychology core modules listed below in year two. Students must also pass module PS20320 in order to be eligible for a Joint Honours Degree.

Semester 1
PS20120

Brain And Behaviour

PS20300

Research Methods In Psychology

Semester 2
PS20220

Social Psychology

PS20320

Research Methods In Psychology

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

Students must take the core psychology modules listed below in year 3. Students in year 3 also must pass module PS34120 in order to be eligible to a Joint Honours Degree.

Semester 1
PS34100

Psychology Research Project For Joint Honours

PS34220

Cognitive Psychology For Joint Honours

Semester 2
PS34120

Psychology Research Project For Joint Honours

PS34320

Individual Differences And Lifespan Development For Joint Honours

Final Year Core (30 Credits)

ENGLISH - You must take the following module

Semester 1
EN30930

Reading Theory/ Reading Text

Semester 2

Final Year Options

ENGLISH - You should choose one module from the list below..

Semester 1
EN31000

Undergraduate Dissertation

EN31430

Elizabethan Drama: Hieronimo To Hamlet

EN32830

The Years Between: Women's Fiction, 1918-1939

EN36330

Heroes+dragon Slayers:literature At End Of First Millennium

Semester 2
EN31030

Undergraduate Dissertation

EN31830

Haunting Texts: Victorian And Modern Ghost Stories

EN34030

Poetry But Not As We Know It-uk Poetry Since 70s-remapping

EN34730

Detective And Crime Fiction

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary