Positive Approaches to Challenging Behaviour (MSc/Diploma) – (M.Sc.)

Requirements

Candidates for registration for the PG Diploma:
Candidates must have obtained a pass award in the Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Behaviour Analysis and Challenging Behaviour. Additionally they should hold a Bachelors' level degree; the degree subject is not restricted to a related area. Alternatively, eligibility will be determined on an individual basis of assessment of relevant professional experience.* The Diploma level mainly is fieldwork based. Therefore, Diploma candidates should be employed currently in a relevant field and able to demonstrate that they can obtain permissions to recruit individuals who will be the focus of their case-based fieldwork assignments.
Candidates for registration for the MSc:
Candidates must have obtained a pass award, EITHER for the online Postgraduate Diploma in Positive Approaches to Challenging Behaviour OR equivalently, in the classroom-based Postgraduate Diploma in Positive Approaches to Challenging Behaviour. Candidates should hold a Bachelors' level degree; the degree subject is not restricted to a related area. Alternatively, eligibility will be determined on an individual basis of assessment of relevant professional experience.* The Masters' level is dissertation based and candidates can elect to submit EITHER a field-related research project OR a systematic review. Candidates do not need to be employed in a related field but will be admitted on the understanding that their dissertation is limited to the systematic review option only.

Applicants for Free Standing Modules

Applicants for the Proactive Intervention Plan Assignment module should be employed currently in a relevant field and able to demonstrate that they can obtain permissions to recruit individuals who will be the focus of their case-based fieldwork assignments. Subject to course sequence approval by the BACB, candidates intending take free-standing modules as contributions toward their educational requirements for eligibility for BCABA or BCBA examination should note * below

*Although acceptable professional experience may be determined for eligibility to register for the Certificate, Diploma and MSc awards through Cardiff University and is acceptable under Cardiff University regulations, candidates intending to apply for the BCABA/BCBA certification examinations should note the following:
The Behavior Analyst Certification Board require that:

* All candidates for the BCABA certification examination must hold at least a Bachelor's level degree
* All candidates for the BCBA certification examination must hold at least a Master's level degree

Accreditation of Prior and Experiential LearningStudents who have followed and passed the face-to-face version of the Certificate or Diploma program will be allowed to take online modules they require to achieve the Diploma or MSc, within the time limits laid down by Cardiff University.

English Language Requirements

The University requires postgraduate students whose first language is not English to have one of the following:

* An overall score of 6.5 in the British Council IETLS, with a minimum score of 6.5 in the written module;
* An overall score of 580 in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or a grade of 237 in the computer-based test (CBT)
* An overall score of 90 or above in the TOEFL internet-based test (iBT)
* A GCE or GCSE in English Language at Grade C or above.

Please note: Students should have taken either the TOEFL or the IETLS no more than three years before the proposed date of entry to the University. For more information, please visit
Note: International students pursuing part-time programmes of study are not eligible for Tier 4 General Student) visas and must have alternative leave to remain in the UK if they intend to study at the University in person.