Programme Structure

Bachelor of Applied Psychology with Honours, Bachelor of Business Management with Honours

General Structure

During the four years of study, students will need to complete 200 credits of courses, comprising 5 credits of foundation courses, 105 credits of core courses in business and psychology, 40 credits of synergy courses, 15 credits of psychology elective courses, 15 credits of business elective courses, and 20 credits Purpose-Designed General Education Courses from fields of study which are different from those of their programmes.

Programme Structure

Year One Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn	BUS B200F^*	Integrated Business Foundation	30
Autumn	PSYC A124F	Foundation of Social Sciences: Psychology	5
Spring	BUS B200F^*	Integrated Business Foundation	30
Spring		A purpose-designed general education course^#	5

Year Two Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Titlte	No. of Credits
Autumn	COMR B208F^*	Creating Values	10
	PSYC A236F	Positive Psychology and Mental Health	5
	PSYC A321F	Social Psychology	5
	PSYC A322F	Life-span Developmental Psychology	5
		A purpose-designed general education course^#	5
Spring	COMR B208F^*	Creating Values	10
	PSYC A323F	Biological Psychology	5
	PSYC A331F	Research Methods in Psychology	5
		A purpose-designed general education course^#	5
Summer	BUS B368F	Business Issues and Ethics	5
Summer		A purpose-designed general education course^#	5

Year Three Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn	MGT B441F	Human Resource Management: A Strategic Approach	5
	PSYC A320F	Personality Psychology	5
	PSYC A324F	Cognitive Psychology	5
	PSYC A325F	Abnormal Psychology	5
Spring	FIN B428F	Behavioral Finance	5
	MGT B345F	Managing in Organizations	5
	MGT B399F	Management Policy and Strategy	5
	PSYC A328F	Consumer Psychology	5
	PSYC A329F	Industrial-Organizational Psychology	5
Summer	BUS B338F / BUS B398F	Applied Research Project / Work-based Learning Project	20

Year Four Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn	PSYC A334F	Psychological Testing and Assessment	5
		One Psychology Elective Course	5
		One Business Elective Course	5
		One Business Elective Course	5
Spring	PSYC A332F / PSYC A333F	History and Systems of Psychology / Current Issues in Psychology	5
		One Psychology Elective Course	5
		One Psychology Elective Course	5
		One Business Elective Course	5

Business elective courses:

Offering Term^	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn	MKT B366F	Marketing Communications	5
Autumn	MKT B461F	International Marketing	5
Spring	MGT B342F	Managing Key Functions in Human Resource Management: Training and Development	5
	MGT B442F	Strategic Human Resource Management Issues	5
	MGT B456F	Innovation Management	5
	MKT B462F	Strategic Marketing	5

Psychology elective courses:

Offering Term^	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn	PSYC A335F	Cyberpsychology	5
Autumn	STAT A222F	Essentials of Research Inquiry	5
Spring	PSYC A326F	Clinical Psychology	5
	PSYC A336F	Psychology of Language	5
	PSYC A341F	Psychology of Ageing	5
	PSYC A239F	Criminal Psychology	5

* Courses carry-over from the Autumn Term

^# Purpose-Designed General Education Courses:
Students should take General Education courses from fields of study which are different from those of their programmes.

^ The course offering is subject to change without prior notice.