MSc in Behavioural Science

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Programme Code: TMBS

Department: Psychological and Behavioural Science

For students starting this programme of study in 2022/23

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Wellbeing Specialism: students who choose to concentrate their electives and dissertation on wellbeing may elect to have a specialism in “Wellbeing” attached to their degree certificate and transcript, i.e. “Behavioural Science (Wellbeing)”. To obtain this specialism, students must take PB421 Happiness and PB441 Wellbeing for Policy, and their dissertation topic must be approved by their supervisor as being appropriate for this specialism. If no such election is made, the degree certificate will state “Behavioural Science” without further specification.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1	PB405 Foundations in Behavioural Science (1.0)

Paper 2	PB413 Experimental Design and Methods for Behavioural Science (0.5) and PB4A7 Quantitative Applications for Behavioural Science (0.5)
Paper 3
	Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following: (The below courses cannot be selected if the course with the equivalent title has already been selected from paper 5) PB421 Happiness (0.5)
	PB434 Behavioural Science in an Age of AI and New Technology (0.5)
	PB435 Behavioural Science for Planetary Wellbeing (0.5)
	PB441 Wellbeing for Policy (0.5)
	PB452 Behavioural Science for Health and Crises Responses (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	PB453 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making (0.5)

Paper 4	A
	Students select a further 0.5 units from paper 3 (if the equivalent title has not been selected for their dissertation under paper 5), or from the list below:
	MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) #
	PB416 Cognition and Culture (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	PB417 Consumer Psychology for Sustainability (0.5)
	PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5)
	PB419 Creativity and Innovation (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25)
	PB422 Health Communication (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	PB424 Organisational Life (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	PB425 Organisations, Groups and Identity (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)
	PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	PB427 Organisational and Social Decision Making (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	PB428 Political Psychology: Inequality & Intergroup Relations (0.5)
	PB429 Science, Innovations and the Human Future (0.5)
	PB430 Social Influence Modes and Modalities (0.5) # (withdrawn 2025/26)
	PB431 Societal Psychology of Economic Life (0.5)
	PB432 Social Representations: Social Knowledge and Contemporary Issues (0.5)
	PB433 Theory and Practice of Organisational Development (0.5)
	PB436 The Science of Time at Work (0.5)
	PB458 Dialogue: Conflict & Negotiation (0.5)

	Paper 3 option list
Paper 5	B
	Courses assessed by a 10,000 word dissertation: (Courses cannot be selected from this list if the course with the equivalent title has already been selected from paper 3) PB4D2 Happiness - Dissertation (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	PB4D3 Behavioural Science in an Age of New Technology - Dissertation (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	PB4D4 Behavioural Science for Health and Pandemic Responses - Dissertation (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	PB4D5 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making - Dissertation (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	PB4D6 Wellbeing for Policy - Dissertation (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)
	PB4D7 Behavioural Science for Planetary Wellbeing - Dissertation (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)

Paper 3 option list



PB421 Happiness (0.5)
PB434 Behavioural Science in an Age of AI and New Technology (0.5)
PB435 Behavioural Science for Planetary Wellbeing (0.5)
PB436 The Science of Time at Work (0.5)
PB441 Wellbeing for Policy (0.5)
PB452 Behavioural Science for Health and Crises Responses (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
PB453 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making (0.5)

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

A: Paper 4: A course from another department (subject to the approval of the Candidate's Programme Director)

B: Paper 5: Students can select a topic outside of the semi-compulsory list at the discretion of the director under extraordinary circumstances.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.