Course not currently available

Health Psychology MSc – 1 year full-time including placement

Master

In Bath ()

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Duration

    1 Year

Our MSc Health Psychology is designed to give you a solid grounding in all the main areas of health psychology.

Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the subject, we look at how psychology can be used to help us better understand health and health behaviours, looking at everything from preventing ill health to managing long-term conditions and developing effective healthcare provision.

You will gain hands-on experience of methods for conducting research in diverse research and healthcare settings before going on to apply those skills during the placement.

We're highly regarded for psychology at the University of Bath. You will work with lecturers with expertise across the spectrum of health psychology subjects, including public health, addictive behaviours, pain, palliative care and digital interventions.

You will leave this course with:

a thorough knowledge of health psychology approaches, theories and models
excellent research skills that can be applied to research settings and public health, as well as primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings
the necessary competencies to meet Stage 1 training in health psychology, which enables you to proceed to Stage 2 doctoral-level training and register with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) to become a registered health psychologist if you wish
valuable work experience from your placement to enhance your CV and help you secure work in this field

About this course

Delve into the exciting field of health psychology on our BPS-accredited course, one of the only master's of this kind to include a compulsory 16-week placement.

Studying this course will prepare you for moving into a wide range of health-related posts, whether you choose to go on to work at a university, within government, the private sector or in a charity.

The skills you gain will act as a solid foundation for going on to undertake a PhD, Stage 2 professional doctorate, further clinical psychology training or work as a research assistant.

Recent graduates of this course have gone on to work in a wide variety of roles, including:

Health Psychologist in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford
Public Health Researcher at a local council
Senior Data Collection Methodologist at the Office for National Statistics
Research Fellow in the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England
Freelance Health Psychology Consultant at Terzakis Consulting
Research and counselling psychologist
Assistant Psychologist at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
PhD student at the University of Bath
Clinical Trials Manager in a clinical research unit at the University of New South Wales, Australia
Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Bath

IELTS: 7.0 overall with no less than 6.5 in all components
The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 69 with no less than 62 in any element
TOEFL IBT: 100 overall with a minimum 24 in all 4 components

Accredited by the British Pyschological Society (BPS)

Questions & Answers

Add your question

Our advisors and other users will be able to reply to you

Fill in your details to get a reply

We will only publish your name and question

Reviews

This centre's achievements

2021

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 14 years

Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Full Time
  • Public Health
  • Health Psychology
  • Approaches
  • Public
  • Healthcare
  • Interventions
  • Dissertation
  • Learning
  • AssessmentLearning

Course programme

Semesters 1 and 2
  • Health psychology interventions
  • Health psychology approaches
  • Advanced research methods for applied psychology
Summer
  • Health psychology placement
  • Health psychology dissertation
Learning and assessment

Learning
  • Lectures
  • Online resources
  • Seminars
  • Tutorials
  • Workshops
Assessment
  • Attendance
  • Coursework
  • Dissertation
  • Essay
  • Online assessment
  • Oral assessment
  • Seminar
  • Work-based placement
  • Other

Additional information

UK/EU application deadline - 31 August 2020
Overseas deadline - 30 June 2020

Health Psychology MSc – 1 year full-time including placement

Price on request