Newcastle University

Biology and Psychology BSc Honours
UCAS Code: CC18 (3 Years)

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Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules

• ACE1013  Introduction to Genetics
• ACE1050  Developing skills to make sense of global challenges: sustainable development
• BIO1002  The Animal Kingdom
• BIO1005  Evolution
• BIO1006  Ecology 1
• BIO1019  Introductory Biochemistry for Biologists
• PSY1002  Developmental and Social Psychology
• PSY1004  Cognitive Psychology
• PSY1005  Sensation and Perception
• PSY1006  Instinct, Learning and Motivation
• PSY1008  Personality and Abnormal Psychology

Stage 2 

Compulsory modules:

• BIO2007  Vertebrate Biology
• BIO2013  Animal Behaviour
• PSY2001  Developmental Psychology
• PSY2002  Visual Perception
• PSY2003  Social Psychology
• PSY2004  Individual Differences
• PSY2007  Biological Psychology: Sex, Drugs, Rhythms and Blues

Optional modules

You take five modules from the following list:

• ACE2053  Developing Graduate Skills for Professional Practice
• BIO2002  Biodiversity and Conservation
• BIO2008  Evolutionary and Population Genetics
• BIO2009  Ecology of Populations and Communities
• BIO2010  Molecular Biology and Genomics
• BIO2014  Animal Physiology
• BIO2016  Metabolism
• BIO2019  Animal Reproduction and Development
• PSY2006  Comparative Cognition
• PSY2014  Cognitive Neuroscience

Other optional modules may also be available.

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• BIO3016  Mechanisms of Behaviour
• PSY3001 Evolution and Behaviour
• PSY3025  Forensic Psychology

Optional modules

You take 90 credits from the following list:

• ACE3901  Joint Honours Project
• BIO3001  Animal Ecophysiology
• BIO3002  Animal Population Genetics
• BIO3006  Plant-Animal Interactions
• BIO3012  Conservation Biology Issues
• BIO3019  Genomics
• NCL3007  Career Development for final-year students
• PSY3006  Consumer Psychology
• PSY3007  Abnormal Psychology and Psychiatry
• PSY3009  Co-operation
• PSY3013  Eating Disorders: Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment
• PSY3020  Face Perception
• PSY3024  Personality Disorders

Please note: This degree is not accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).