everything you need to know about psychology @ uni of southampton

[@lauragardner1029]

thank you so much for this! What were your IB scores that got you into Southampton?

[@saskiahdlt]

so i did the IBCP so i got two 7s in my IB subjects!

[@georgipazarov4957]

Heyy, what are the contact hours and independent study like? Rough estimates of each so that I can get an idea of how much study i need to dedicate including the lectures a day. Thanks a lot, Georgi.

[@saskiahdlt]

contact hours - between 4-8 per week, independent study, maybe 8 hours a week, but can be A LOT less

[@georgipazarov4957]

@@saskiahdlt thank you so much for your reply, so would it be right to say 16 hours a week covers all study you need to do, including lectures, assignments and independent study etc. So rest would be free? Also, would this be sufficient to get you at least a 2:1 in your opinion? Thanks a lot again for your help🙂

[@saskiahdlt]

@@georgipazarov4957 yes 16 hours is more than enough

[@revendb8006]

Hi💕, how many days of the week do you have lectures and how long are the lectures?

[@saskiahdlt]

Hiya so first year I had 4 lectures a week around 7 hours a week. So some two hours some one hour. This year I had 2 x 2 hour lectures and 2 x 1 your ones

[@revendb8006]

@@saskiahdlt What days of the week & what time of the day did you have lectures for your first year? (Unfortunately I have to travel to Southampton (almost 3h) and I want to get an idea of how early I would need to wake up in the morning). Thank you for your help❣️

[@saskiahdlt]

@@revendb8006 I can't remember exactly but normally they started at 10/11, I had very very few lectures at 9am (as in maybe three the whole year!). I think I had Friday afternoon, and then maybe Tuesday, Wednesday 11am? I can't really remember!

[@revendb8006]

@@saskiahdlt Hopefully my timetable will be similar to yours (10/11am) haha. I just have one more question, did you have any days off?

[@saskiahdlt]

@@revendb8006 Yes I had lectures only three days a week so two whole days off! But also most of the other days off as the lecture could be at 3pm etc