ObjectivesCore (compulsory) modules include Introduction to Communication, Cognitive and Communicative Development, Speech and Language Processing, and Research Methods. You are also required to take modules in the Department of Psychology. Options from modules in other departments are also available, such as English Language and Linguistics, Modern Languages, or Sociology. In the final year of the course you will complete a research project on a topic related to your interests.
Entry requirements-GCE/VCE A Levels - BBB -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - BB+BB -BTEC National Diploma - 2 Distinctions + 1 Merit -Scottish Highers - AABB -Irish Leaving Cert. - ABBBB -International Baccalaureate - 32 points -Core Requirements - All applicants are required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
Academic titleBSc Human Communication Sciences
Course descriptionThis is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Discovering Psychology
-Introduction to Communication
-Lifespan Communicative and Cognitive Development
-Research Methods 1
-Research Methods 2
-Participation and Society
-Memory, Skill and Everyday Life
-Neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology
-Social Understanding, Social Communication, Social Places
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Language Processing
-Speech Processing 1
-Speech Processing 2
-Research Methods 3
-Cognitive Psychology
-Complex Communication Impairment
-Developmental Psychology and Individual Differences
-Neuroscience
-Social and Health Psychology
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Research Methods 4
-Cognition and Communication
-Audiology
-Clinical Psychology
-Co-operative Models of Mind
-Cognitive Development
-Cognitive Neuropsychology
-Cognitive Neuroscience
-Environmental Psychology
-Extended Essay in Human Communication Sciences
-Literacy, Numeracy and Other Symbolic Systems
-Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Across the Life Span
-Multivariate Methods for Personality and Social Psychology
-Neural Bases of Learning and Development
-Occupational Psychology
-Practical Project in Human Communication Sciences
-Speech Technology
-The Social Psychology of the Self
-Visual Perception