Issues in Applied Psychology MSc – (M.Sc.)

The course encourages students to study a specific area of psychology at an advanced level and provides sufficient skills and knowledge for advanced research or continuing onto further vocational training in psychology practice.
The course will encourage students to take ideas and materials from taught modules and apply these to psychological practice within a particular research-based framework. Students engage productively with the notion of Applied Psychology as a specific discipline that can have a significant role to play in contemporary professional practice.

Key Features * Select pathway to suit your interests and career ambitions
* Full-time or part-time options
* Lecturers from a wide range of subject disciplines and perspectives
* Flexible course structure means you can study at your own pace

The programme is taught in blocks, with each module being two blocks of two days (Friday and Saturday). The days are organized into blocks of different learning activities, e.g. presentation/facilitation by the tutor, practical exercises (individual and/or group task), discussion and reflection. Importantly, between the blocks the students are supported with additional reading, provided in the form of primary source articles, book chapters and practitioner journal articles. The programme has an 80% attendance requirement.