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Prejudice, Discrimination and Intergroup Relations (C8569)

15 credits, Level 6

Autumn teaching

On this module, you’ll explore psychological theories of prejudice, discrimination and intergroup relations. You’ll apply theory to multi-ethnic and racial contexts across the world, including the UK, US and Turkey.

You’ll examine:

• key issues in the study of intergroup relations
• the perceptions and experiences of majority and minority group members
• classic and modern theory and research on prejudice and intergroup relations
• applications of theory to pressing social issues, such as racism, sexism and ageism.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Psychology (with a professional placement year) BSc
• Psychology BSc
• Psychology with Business and Management BSc
• Psychology with Clinical Approaches BSc
• Psychology with Criminology BSc
• Psychology with Neuroscience BSc