PC4051 - Study Skills for Psychology (2024/25)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2024/25, but may be subject to modification | ||||||||||||||||
| Module title | Study Skills for Psychology | ||||||||||||||||
| Module level | Certificate (04) | ||||||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| School | School of Social Sciences and Professions | ||||||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 150 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Running in 2024/25(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) | No instances running in the year |
Module summary
The aims of this module are aligned with the qualification descriptors within the Quality Assurance Agency’s Framework for Higher Education Qualifications and the University’s Education for Social Justice Framework. Specifically, this module aims to:
• Develop students’ ability to study and learn Psychology at HE level.
• Enable students to reflect upon and develop their abilities in oral and written communication, selecting, analysing and evaluating information, and interpersonal relationship management.
• Support students in understanding and creating a profile of personal and professional skills (e.g. communication and digital literacy skills), attributes and achievements.
• Give students the opportunity to critically reflect on the limitations of the discipline in terms of its reliance on Europeans and North American paradigms and racialised and gendered assumptions.
As such, the module encourages students to develop practical, ethical, intellectual and interpersonal skills that are of use in many employment settings, and also provides students with a toolkit of intellectual and practical academic skills which will assist their progression to modules at levels 5 and 6.
Syllabus
The syllabus supports students to settle into university life: to get to know their peer group, learn about university resources and develop personal skills such as time-management and organisation. Students will learn to improve their digital literacy skills, reading and note-taking skills, writing skills, research skills and presentation skills. Students will practise identifying skills learned at university and how these are useful to employers. Students will take part in a research participation scheme and will acquire an understanding of and be able to apply ethical principles from the discipline of Psychology across a range of contexts.
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
The module is delivered through a variety of teaching and learning methods. A combination of group and individual activities will take place within a framework of lectures, seminars and workshops. Key material will be delivered through lecture sessions which are complimented by practical exercises during lectures and workshops, offering students the opportunity to develop their understanding of the topics and reflect upon how their new understanding could be applied to their own academic and personal development. Guided independent study opportunities will be offered via Weblearn. Students are expected to engage in private study around the topics covered in the module.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Apply study techniques, skills and strategies to help their learning and academic performance within Psychology.
2. Demonstrate experience of participating in psychological research and reflecting on the ethics, method and administrative approaches.
3. Be aware of the limitations and microaggressions present within the discipline, understand how to articulate these issues and how to address them for the benefit of themselves and the discipline as a whole
Assessment strategy
The summative assessment for this module consists of a reflective log on the skills that students have developed to date and how these can be transferred to the workplace, a presentation which critically analyses a psychology paper and the limitations and biases within it and lastly, a research participation log in which students reflect on their participation in 3 or more studies (a study = 1 Hours). To pass the module students must achieve a minimum aggregate grade of 40%.