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Study Details: 1 year full-time
2 years part-time
This MSc Forensic Psychology will teach you how to understand serious crime from a number of perspectives.
Our Forensic Psychology Master’s degree is designed to prepare you with knowledge and skills required for a career in a forensic setting. While we will do some myth busting around the glamorisation of this field, expect to be as fascinated by this topic as you will have imagined. The team responsible for your learning and development throughout this course all have extensive experience working with the police, prison service and the NHS.
Everything we teach has applied significance – we will share research and practice with you which has been developed ‘in the field’, providing an experience which will feel as though you are on the cutting edge of developments in this area. The BPS accreditation means that by obtaining this MSc, you will be completing the first stage in your professional training required to become a qualified practitioner and an accredited Chartered Forensic Psychologist.
An undergraduate (honours) degree at 2:2, or above, in Psychology accredited by the BPS.
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An undergraduate (honours) degree at 2:2, or above, and successful completion of a research methods assessment.
Graduates of this course can pursue a career in:
Prison service
Secure forensic hospitals
Youth offending services and institutions
Police service
Security services/agencies
Data collection and analysis in the Government sector e.g. Ministry of Justice or Home Office
Academia
Core Modules:
MSc Psychology Project (60 credits)
Development of Delinquency and Psychopathy (15 credits)
Core Research Methods and Analyses (30 credits)
Psychology and the Criminal Justice System (15 credits)
Criminal Minds (15 credits)
The Psychology of Desistance and Reintegration (15 credits)
Forensic Assessment (15 credits)
Mental Health in Criminal and Forensic Contexts (15 credits)
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