Course description
Key facts
-The MSc in Health Psychology emphasises the Institute's established strengths in areas such as chronic illness, sexual and reproductive health and work-related health.
-Teaching within the Institute is informed by current research. We believe that research and teaching should be developed and delivered to help students and staff make a difference in the real world.
-In the latest Research Assessment Exercise, the Institute was awarded a 5 (with Nottingham University Business School).
-The wider School of Psychology was awarded 24/24 in the latest Teaching Quality Assessment, with a commendation for teaching.
Course Content
You will be required to study the following core modules in semester one:
-Context and Perspectives in Health Psychology
-Theories in Health Psychology
-Biomedical Perspectives in Health
-Core Research Methods
-Health and Clinical Research Methods
You will also be able to choose one of the optional modules listed below:
-Organisations, Stress and Health
-Environmental Psychology and Design
-Introduction to Health Promotion and Psychology
-Clinical Skills Workshops
Semester two covers the core modules listed below:
-Chronic Illness, Disability and Stress
-Health Across the Lifespan
-Healthcare Contexts
-Practice and Evaluation of Health Interventions
-Analytical Research Methods
In addition, you will be able to choose one optional module from the following:
-Marketing Health Interventions
-Health Promotion, Culture and International Development
Over the summer period towards the end of the course, you will undertake an applied research project. This is your opportunity to complete a major piece of independent research in a topic related to health psychology under the supervision of a suitably experienced member of academic staff.
Course Structure
The MSc in Health Psychology is delivered on a full-time basis over one year or part-time over two years. It commences in late September.
The course comprises 180 credits, split across 120 credits’ worth of core and optional taught modules and a 60-credit research project.
Part-time students on this course are taught alongside full-time students and the choice of modules (and therefore the timetable) is flexible and a matter for agreement between student and course director. In all cases, part-time students can access a wide range of teaching and learning facilities remotely via the student portal.