PSYK1320 General Psychology Course description

The course provides an introduction to key topics emphasised in psychology, such as heredity and environment, individual differences, different states of consciousness, life-long development, motivation and emotions. The course will also look at various studies on these topics.

Admission to the programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student has

• broad knowledge of key topics in the field of psychology

Skills

The student is capable of

• describing and discussing key topics in the psychology discipline

Competence

The student is capable of

• presenting subject matter to and sharing opinions with fellow students

Work and teaching methods used in the course are lectures, self-study and student-initiated group work. Seminars will also be held that focus on the presentation of psychology literature. Participation in these seminars is compulsory. Four one-hour tests will be held during the course.

• Participation at the seminars (80%)
• Three written texts (max. 900 words)

The required coursework must be approved before the students can take the supervised written exam.

Portfolio exam comprising four tests and a supervised written exam lasting four hours. All four tests must be passed before the student can take the supervised written exam. All the components must be awarded a pass grade before the exam as a whole can be passed. If the student fails one test, the student can retake this test. Resits/rescheduled attempts of the four tests can be taken once before the ordinary supervised written exam. Before the resit/rescheduled supervised written exam, students will be given a third and final attempt at one or more of the tests.

None

A–F. A grade will be awarded on the basis of the tests taken during the course (60%) and the result of the final written exam (40%). The student has a right to appeal the overall exam grade for the whole portfolio.

One internal examiner.

10 ECTs overlap with the course PSYK1310 (15 ECTs).