MSci Applied Psychology (Clinical)
Entry requirements
A level: AAA IB: 35 points overall, including 4 in standard level English, Mathematics and Science
About this course
MSci in Applied Psychology BSc, combining scientific psychology with clinical training. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Research Methods, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership and qualifies graduates for employment as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in the NHS. The fourth year includes an NHS Talking Therapies placement and an independent research project.
Modules
- Applied and Professional Psychology
- Debates in Mental Health
- Introduction to Psychological Research
- Learning about Learning
- The Person and the Brain
- Introduction to Neuroscience Methods
- Language in the Brain
- Cognitive and Biological Psychology
- Development Across the Lifespan
- Introduction to CBT
- Research Methods in Psychology
- Social Psychology and Individual Differences
- Behaviour Change
- Scientific Computing for Psychologists
- Project
- Communicating Current Psychology
- Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
- Clinical Neuroscience
- Emotion and Motivation
- The Psychology of Pain and Ill Health
- Neurodegeneration: Theory and Practice
- Developmental Psychopathology
- Forensic Psychology: Applying Theory and Practice
- Computation and Modelling in Psychology
- Nutrition, Cognition and Mental Health
- Neurodevelopmental Differences
- Psychology of (In)Equity
- Engagement and Assessment of Common Mental Health Problems
- Evidence-Based Low-Intensity Treatment of Common Mental Health Problems
- Values, Employment and Context
- Placement