MSci - Year 3 Key Information

Advanced Modules

Complete listings of advanced modules, with associated course details are available via the table below.

Year 3

Advanced Modules

2024-25

Advanced Modules 2024-25


Timetables

Year 3

Advanced Modules

2024-25

Deadline: Advanced Module selection open

via online app throughout Week 6 to 8 of Semester 2.

Allocations announced: Week 10

Allocation procedures for Year 3 courses

How are students selected for the two clinical Advanced Modules?

Two Advanced Modules in clinical psychology run each year - one in Semester 1 and one in Semester 2. Because of the particular teaching demands of these modules, numbers of students have to be capped at 90 for each module, with the same students taking both modules. There is a separate application procedure, and decisions on which students to accept are taken by the clinical course team based on a combination of Year 1 marks and the applicant's relevant experience and understanding of clinical psychology. The demand for places can vary from year to year, so it is difficult to give definite guidance on the level of Year 1 marks required. 

Students who are successful in their application to take the two clinical modules are automatically assigned to these modules as their pathway modules (one in each semester).  

An important point to bear in mind is that although the places on the clinical modules are limited, lack of success in gaining a place on these modules does not preclude a career in clinical psychology. Students who do not take the clinical modules can still apply for assistant psychologist and comparable posts following graduation, and advice on potential ways to become a clinical psychologist will be given to all Year 3 students by members of the clinical course team.

How are students allocated to other Advanced Modules?

MSci students will take one optional advanced module in Semester 2 in Year 3. The Department uses an automatic module selection/allocation system developed by IT services, called Optional Modules App (OMA) which has been used widely across the University. Students first submit their module preferences online. Using a mathematical algorithm (Gurobi Optimizer algorithm), OMA will allocate students to each module based on their preferences in a way so that it will maximize the overall happiness of students (i.e., allocate as many students as possible to their first choice, while avoiding allocating them to less preferred module whenever possible).

To contact the Student Documentation maintainers please email psychology-student-docs-group@york.ac.uk (use your University of York email address).