MSc Psychology

This is a conversion course for students with a first degree in another subject area. It means you could go on and train to be a professional psychologist – for example, by studying for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. You may, however, simply want to study this course because you are interested in the subject, in which case you will return to your career enriched with knowledge of human behavior.

• Experimental Research Methods and Statistics
• Applied Research Methods (Mental Wealth)
• Perspectives in Psychology: Biological, Cognitive, and Developmental
• Foundations of Psychology: Origins and Concepts, Individual Differences, and Social Psychology
• Dissertation (Independent Research Thesis)

Employability:

The MSc in Psychology can be used in a variety of ways. For some careers (clinical psychology, educational psychology, or counseling psychology for example), a BPS-accredited qualification in Psychology is a prerequisite for entry onto professional training courses. For others, such as occupational psychology, the qualification can be used towards eventual Chartership in the field. In this case please check the relevant entry criteria for these careers (e.g. by visiting the British Psychology Society webpages). If you find the academic side of psychology more appealing, you will be ideally placed to apply for research positions, having completed your own research project on this course. This can be used as a stepping stone to a research doctorate.