Newcastle University

Mathematics and Psychology BSc Honours
UCAS Code: CG81 (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

• ACE1050  Developing skills to make sense of global challenges - sustainable development
• MAS1041  Mathematical Methods A
• MAS1042  Mathematical Methods B
• MAS1141  Analytic Geometry and the Foundations of Differential Equations
• MAS1142  Modelling with Differential Equations
• MAS1341  Introduction to Probability
• MAS1342  Introduction to Statistics
• 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 

• MAS2104  Introduction to Vector Calculus
• MAS2105  Methods of Solving Differential Equations
• MAS2241  Number Systems
• MAS2242  The Foundations of Analysis
• MAS2304  Foundations of Probability
• MAS2316  Introduction to Regression and Modelling
• PSY2001  Developmental Psychology
• PSY2002  Visual Perception
• PSY2003  Social Psychology
• PSY2004  Individual Differences
• PSY2007  Biological Psychology: Sex, Drugs Rhythms and Blues
• PSY2014  Cognitive Neuroscience

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• MAS3213  Algebra
• MAS3223  Linear Algebra
• MAS3224  The Foundations of Calculus
• PSY3024  Personality Disorders

Optional modules

• MAS3216  Enumeration and Combinatorics
• MAS3302  Introduction to Statistical Inference
• MAS3317  Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
• NCL3007  Career Development for final year students
• PSY3001  Evolution and Behaviour
• PSY3007  Abnormal Psychology and Psychiatry
• PSY3009  Cooperation
• PSY3013  Eating Disorders: Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment
• PSY3020  Face Perception
• PSY3022  The Psychology of Financial Decision Making
• PSY3025  Forensic Psychology

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