MSc Psychology Online

Applicants should hold the equivalent of a 2:2 undergraduate degree.

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Funding opportunities including scholarships available

Psychology is used professionally in all areas of life, from education and health to the economy and crime. Psychologists help people of all ages – from young children to teenagers, adults and the elderly. They support people facing a wide range of circumstances, from the bereaved to those made redundant, victims of crime to the mentally ill.

There are two stages to becoming a Chartered Member of the BPS, requiring a combination of professional education and practice, during which you will choose to specialise in a particular area such as clinical psychology or educational psychology.

In the first instance, you need the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC), which is achieved by completing a conversion course like this if you don’t already hold an accredited undergraduate degree. The next stage will involve professional practice and may require further master’s study, depending on the field of psychology you wish to follow. Detailed guidance is available on the BPS website.

Coventry University is committed to helping you to prepare for your future career and aims to give you a competitive edge in the graduate job market. The university’s Talent Team provides a wide range of support services to help you plan and prepare for your career.

Our postgraduate degree may open the doors to a variety of positions. Recent graduates have gone to work in teaching, human resources, management and a children’s hospital school, also as a performance analyst, psychological wellbeing practitioner, human rights investigator and child development advisor. Others have chosen to become a trainee educational psychologist, trainee forensic psychologist, trainee clinical psychologist on Doctoral programmes, pursue a PhD and further their academic career as a lecturer or research assistant.

Year 1

• Biological Psychology – 10 credits
• Developmental Psychology – 10 credits
• Research Methods in Psychology 1 – 20 credits
• Cognitive Psychology – 10 credits
• Research Methods in Psychology 2 – 20 credits
• Social Psychology – 10 credits

Year 2

• Origins and Concepts of Psychology – 10 credits
• Project Planning and Ethics in Psychology – 10 credits
• Global Professional Development – Leading and Creating Organisational Health and Wellbeing – 10 credits
• Applying Psychology – 10 credits
• Individual Difference – 10 credits
• Independent Psychology Project – 50 credits