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| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 6,177 - ≈ € 12,862 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
This is a conversion course designed for students who intend to become professional psychologists. The main purpose of the course is to allow graduates in disciplines other than psychology, and psychology graduates whose undergraduate degree is not professionally recognised, to gain a qualification in psychology that confers eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society and establishes the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC). In order to be eligible for GBC students must gain an overall pass mark of at least 50%.
The MSc Psychology is an intensive programme that requires students to develop high levels of skill in designing and carrying out empirical investigations, and analysing, interpreting and reporting data. Students are expected to demonstrate proficiency in statistical methods and appropriate psychology IT packages.
Why Brookes?
* Oxford Brookes has one of the largest groups of developmental psychologists in the UK along with expertise in cognitive neuroscience and qualitative methods.
* Our professionally-accredited courses allow chartered membership of the British Psychological Society.
* Excellent opportunities for progression into courses across psychology, education and health.
* State-of-the-art facilities including a video observation lab, Babylab, action research lab and perception lab.
* Strong connections through joint research projects with partners in health, education and industry.
* A comprehensive programme of research seminars offered by the department as well as specialist seminars organised by individual research groups.
Career prospects
The department offers advice on future career opportunities including practical help with applications to future training and employment. For many of our students, their MSc is a stepping stone to professional training for careers in educational and clinical psychology. Some chose to continue their academic studies, progressing to PhD.
Contents
Course length
Full-time: MSc: 12 months; PGDip/PGCert: 8 months
Part-time: MSc: 24 months; for PGDip/PGCert, please contact us.
The MSc Psychology is an intensive programme, including both theoretical and practical elements and covering the main research methods used in psychology. The course provides grounding in the core areas of psychology. It places emphasis on research methods and research skills, including literature search and review, designing and planning experiments, questionnaires and observational methods, recording and presenting data, statistical analysis and interpretation of data as well as qualitative analysis, and presentation of work in standard publication format. Students will also be expected to complete a research-based dissertation, which is an extended and supervised piece of work reporting new empirical data.
Developmental Psychology I (20 M-level CATS credits) provides you with a socio-cultural view of development and how education impacts on development and cognition. Topics covered include paradigms for analysing cognitive developmental theory, reasoning, memory and executive function; culture and cognition, socialisation, and identity; children in schools; gender roles in development; and language development in relation to reading and writing.
Social Psychology (20 M-level CATS credits) considers the major themes in social psychology and how these influence society and social interaction. Discussion will focus on key articles in the literature. Themes include group dynamics, social identification, social influences, attraction, altruism, leadership role, prejudice and attitudes.
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience (20 M-level CATS credits) explores the functional organisation of the brain from a cognitive perspective. The module examines our current understanding and recent advances in a number of key cognitive processes and their underlying biological substrates. Topics cover basic neuroanatomy as well as issues such as perception, attention, memory, language, reading and writing skills, and emotional processing.
Experimental Method and Statistics for Psychology (20 M-level CATS credits) advances students' knowledge of statistical concepts and techniques of analysis, building on students' knowledge of statistics acquired during their previous experience of research methods and statistics. It covers standard and advanced statistical theory and methods, providing an opportunity to consolidate and extend statistical expertise in descriptive and inferential statistics. This module also provides an introduction to multinomial and multivariate analysis, and analysis of data using a statistical computer package (SPSS).
Theory and Research Methods in Psychology I (20 M-level CATS credits) advances student knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods in psychology, with particular reference to cognition, intelligence and individual differences. The syllabus covers qualitative methods, ethnography and case studies in psychological research; the interview as a method of data collection; theoretical and methodological approaches in the analysis of interviews; intelligence and psychological testing; the use of computational models of cognitive processes and psychometric methods; and critical analysis of research papers and methods.
Theory and Research Methods in Psychology II (20 M-level CATS credits) advances student knowledge of theory and research methods in psychology with particular reference to personality, individual differences and psychological disorders. The syllabus covers approaches to personality research and the methods used to measure personality; theory and methods used in emotional processing and in research focusing on psychological disorders; cultural variations in behaviour and experience and issues of gender and ethnicity.
Research Design Skills (10 M-level CATS credits) provides a structured framework within which students will identify their dissertation topic, critically review relevant previous research, and develop a workable design for their empirical project. The module ensures that students carry out the theoretical and methodological groundwork for their research-based dissertation and provides milestones for project development and an opportunity to gain tutor and peer feedback.
Research-based Dissertation (50 M-level CATS credits) is a maximum of 10,000 words long. It is an extended and supervised piece of work reporting new empirical data. It is always grounded in a thorough review of the relevant scientific literature and normally requires experimental data collection. The aim of the dissertation is to allow students to develop their own ideas in a specific domain of developmental psychology and to provide experience in research design, data collection, analysis and interpretation. Students will also have the opportunity to work alongside an experienced academic from the developmental psychology research group in the Psychology Department. The content consists of individual tutorials with project supervisors and individual work.
Awards
The Programme has been designed to allow exit qualification at Postgraduate Certificate level (60 M-level CATS credits), Postgraduate Diploma level (120 M-level CATS credits) as well as at master's level (180 M-level CATS credits).
Please note: Only the award of MSc Psychology confers eligibility for GBC at the BPS.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
You must normally possess the following qualifications:
* An upper second-class or first-class honours degree in psychology awarded by a recognised institution of higher education in the UK or overseas
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* 60 CATS (Credit Accumulative Transfer Scheme) credits in Psychology (including statistics and research methods). You must normally have achieved an average of 60% in these 60 credits. Credits can either be gained through the Qualifying Certificate in Psychology at Oxford Brookes or from a recognised institution of higher education in the UK.
The motivations that might lead students to select this course are many and diverse. Some will be drawn by the fascination of the subject matter, or the general benefits to personal and professional development arising from studying at master's level. Others will be seeking to provide a platform for further study through research. Yet others may be seeking to enhance their academic and skills profile with a view to applying for professional training at postgraduate level.
English language requirements
You should have English as your first language, or GCSE or O-level English Language, or a TOEFL score of at least 100 (internet based), or an IELTS score of 7.0, or equivalent evidence of proficiency in English.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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