The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is Otago's most flexible undergraduate degree programme, enabling students to study from a selection of more than 40 arts and social science subjects, as well as papers offered elsewhere in the University. Academic breadth is complemented by in-depth knowledge gained through majoring in one or two subjects with the option of minors in one or two others. Students are taught by research-active scholars, are expected to undertake a diverse range of learning tasks and are challenged to develop their intellectual independence. Graduates of the programme are well-informed, versatile, independent thinkers with the information literacy, communication, research and interpersonal skills necessary for a career or further academic study. The completed BA is an entry qualification for the PGDipArts in the major subject of the degree. Psychology Psychology is the science of behaviour. Psychologist’s study the way humans (and other animals) interact with the world and each other. For example, Psychology examines how our abilities change with age, and what might underlie abnormal behaviour. It investigates how we process and store information using our senses and memory, and how our experiences shape our behaviour. Psychologists also study how behaviour relates to the functioning of the brain, and why things such as drugs, hormone levels and lack of sleep can influence the way we behave. Applied psychologists use this knowledge to address problems as diverse as sleep disorders, industrial relations, phobias, drug rehabilitation, aircraft safety and hyperactivity. Programme Requirements 100-level PSYC 111 Brain and Behaviour; PSYC 112 Human Thought and Behaviour; Either STAT 110 Statistical Methods or STAT 115 Introduction to Biostatistics is recommended 200-level PSYC 210 Principles of Psychological Research; PSYC 211 Brain and Cognition; PSYC 212 Social and Applied Psychology 300-level Four of: PSYC 313 Cognition and Neuropsychology; PSYC 315 Social Psychology; PSYC 317 Biopsychology; PSYC 318 Developmental Psychology; PSYC 319 Comparative Cognition; PSYC 321 Special Topic; PSYC 323 Sensation and Perception; PSYC 325 Psychology in Legal Contexts; PSYC 326 Cognitive Engineering; PSYC 327 Psychology of Language. Students intending to advance to postgraduate study should also take PSYC 311 Quantitative Methods Plus 198 further points which may include STAT 110 or STAT 115; must include 54 points at 200-level or above. Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Arts