Health Psychology MSc

The programme is regularly reviewed by an advisory board including world-renowned experts in health psychology. It provides a thorough grounding in theories, concepts and empirical findings central to current health psychology. Students are encouraged to develop their own area of specialisation, and are given formal training in quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of eight core modules (120 credits) and a research dissertation (60 credits). Please seedepartmental website for more details.

• Effective Research Practice
• Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods 1
• Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods 2
• Health-related Behaviours and Cognitions
• Individual, Social and Cultural Perspectives in Health Psychology
• Stress, Mental Health and Ageing
• Chronic Illness from the Health Psychology Perspective
• Health Care and Intervention Delivery

• There are no optional modules for this programme.

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation written up as a mock paper submission to the British Journal of Health Psychology.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, class exercises, project work, training workshops, journal clubs and hands-on computer-based teaching on statistical analysis techniques. Assessment is through coursework (including critical reviews and essays), one unseen examination and the research project. Students are also offered a short work placement.