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MSc Cognitive Psychology / Neuropsychology

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Course Description

Studying Psychology at postgraduate level gives you the opportunity to delve into the methodological and theoretical issues that are considered important in the study of cognitive/neuropsychology. Examine the relationship between brain and mind through the learning about vision, learning and emotion.

Examine how cognitive psychological, neuropsychological, neurobiological and computer science approaches can be combined to understand how the human mind/brain solves a variety of complex problems, such as recognising objects, remembering previous experiences, reading, speaking and reasoning.

Entry Requirements

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with:

a. Adequate level of academic achievement

  • A first or second class honours degree in a relevant subject or equivalent.

b. Statistics and research methods training in the social sciences

This programme includes a one-year statistics sequence which you must normally pass in order to receive your award. The teaching assumes that you are familiar with the following topics:

  • means and standard deviations
  • distributions, hypothesis testing and statistical significance
  • t-tests
  • correlation coefficients
  • variables and measurement

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Student Destinations

Our postgraduate students commonly go into the fields of health, teaching or further education. For instance, many of our graduates take up roles as assistant psychologists in the NHS with a view to becoming a professional clinical or forensic psychologist. Upon completing our Master’s courses, graduates have also pursued doctoral study and academic careers at higher education institutions.

The programmes we offer help you to develop general critical, analytic and problem-solving skills that can be applied in a wide range of settings.

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