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Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time including placement
Immerse yourself in the exciting field of health psychology on this BPS-accredited course. You’ll mix theoretical learning with a 16-week work placement.
Throughout this course, you’ll gain a solid grounding in the main areas of health psychology, which you’ll be able to demonstrate in an applied setting during a work placement.
It is British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited. This means you’ll gain contemporary and relevant knowledge that you can use in a range of careers in health related research, public health and healthcare. The accreditation also ensures you have Stage 1 competencies in health psychology, which you will need if you wish to proceed to Stage 2 doctoral-level training to become a registered health psychologist.
During your studies, you’ll explore this fascinating subject in a multidisciplinary context, focusing on:
This will give you a better appreciation of how psychology can be used to help us better understand health and health behaviours, and design interventions to improve people’s wellbeing.
You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above.
To apply for this course you should have an undergraduate degree in psychology. The degree should be recognised by the British Psychological Society as providing Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC).
We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.
In your application, you will need to provide a maximum 500 word personal statement which should:
(a) show a clear understanding of health psychology as a subject, why you are interested in studying on this particular course and what skills and interests you hope to develop over the duration of the course.
(b) outline your research experience to date. This could include key research related assignments that you have completed such as your undergraduate dissertation project, or any research posts you have held. Please explain the skills and knowledge you have gained from your research experience that you would bring to the MSc Health Psychology programme.
(c) describe any other practical experience that you have which you feel is relevant to the field of health psychology and what you have learned from this experience.
If your first language is not English but within the last 2 years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt from our English language requirements.
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Studying this course will prepare you for moving into a wide range of health-related posts within universities, government departments, the private sector and charities.
The skills you gain will also act as a solid foundation for going on to undertake a PhD, Stage 2 professional doctorate, further clinical psychology training or work as a research assistant.
Recent graduates of this course have gone on to work in a wide variety of roles, including:
Year 1
Semester 1
You’ll start the ‘Health psychology placement’ unit with a series of sessions designed to prepare you for your 16-week placement, which will take place in the summer.
Compulsory units
Semester 2
You’ll continue your preparation for the 16-week placement during your ‘Health psychology placement’ unit sessions.
Compulsory units
Summer
You will complete your 16-week placement during this period.
Compulsory units
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