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MSc Psychology

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

Course Description

Our Psychology MSc offers you a broad curriculum in psychology. Apply for the course if you’re a non-psychology graduate or a graduate with a non-accredited psychology degree who wants to qualify for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS). The course covers the BPS’ GBC curriculum and offers option modules in applied psychology.

In the most recent Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey, 100% of all 2017 graduates from this course were in work or further study within six months.

Take the first step to becoming a chartered psychologist with this accredited postgraduate degree in applied psychology. It’s been specifically designed for non-psychology graduates and graduates with non-accredited psychology degrees.

It’s for graduates who have completed our University Certificate in Psychology for Graduates (By Distance Learning) course or who have obtained 60 credits in any combination of biological, cognitive, developmental, personality and social psychology and research methods (including statistics) with another institution.

The course will build on your prior learning and deepen your understanding in core areas of psychology. As well as this, option modules in specialist areas including psychopathology, forensic and business psychology allow you to deepen your knowledge in an advanced area of psychology that interests you.

Entry Requirements

 You will be required to have:

  • a lower second class honours degree (or above) or overseas equivalent
  • Mathematics GCSE at grade C (grade 4) or above (or equivalent)

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Fees

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Student Destinations

After completion of this conversion degree, you’ll qualify for a Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the British Psychological Society (BPS). This will allow you to progress to a postgraduate professional training programme in an area of psychology including forensic, clinical, health, educational, occupational and counselling psychology.

The University offers BPS accredited course in Counselling Psychology Professional Doctorate.

Module Details

Year 1 modules include:

  • Cognition (core, 20 credits) 
  • Developmental Psychology (core, 20 credits) 
  • Dissertation (core, 60 credits) 
  • Individual Differences (core, 20 credits) 
  • Psychobiology (core, 20 credits) 
  • Research Methods (core, 20 credits) 
  • Social Psychology (core, 20 credits) 

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