Entry requirementsCandidates must have a good honours degree (minimum 2.2) from a UK institution in any subject but including a minimum of 60 credits of psychology at honours degree level, and GCSE mathematics (Grade C or above). Applications from overseas students with good oral and written English language skills are welcomed.
Academic titleGraduate Diploma in Psychology
Course descriptionIntroduction
The Graduate Diploma in Psychology is designed for those wishing to pursue a career as a professional psychologist and who do not possess a first degree which confers eligibility for Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) with the British Psychological Society. GBR is the first step in becoming a Chartered Psychologist and a necessary requirement for many postgraduate programmes (e.g. MSc in Health Psychology).
Outline of programme
The programme has the following compulsory modules:
• Thinking and reasoning
• Child development
• Brain and behaviour
• Social psychology
• Advanced research methods
• Advanced statistics
• Project
• Contemporary issues in psychology.
Candidates who can show prior learning in a module may, under certain circumstances, take an elective module in its place.