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Birkbeck, University of London: Psychology (Conversion)

Institution Birkbeck, University of London View institution profile
Department School of Psychological Sciences
Web http://www.bbk.ac.uk/
Telephone 0203 907 0700
Study type Taught

Summary

Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), this MSc Psychology conversion course is designed for non-psychology graduates or graduates with a non-accredited psychology degree. It provides you with Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the BPS which is essential for pursuing career paths in a range of recognised psychology professions.

Why choose this course?

  • This rigorous course will equip you with critical skills and knowledge in psychology and its specialisms including neuroscience, perception, memory, as well as developmental and social psychology.

  • It offers you the chance to gain valuable insights into a wide range of scientific theory and practice, from behavioural experiments to brain imaging, to clinical assessments in healthy and patient populations.

  • Birkbeck's School of Psychological Sciences is internationally renowned for its research excellence, so you will be taught by world-leading academics who bring their cutting-edge expertise to the classroom.

  • It has a dedicated learning team who provide tailored support, helping our students realise their full potential.

What you will learn

You will learn the key principles of psychological theory, including:

  • neuroscience

  • developmental psychology

  • attention and performance

  • learning memory and cognition

  • individual differences and social psychology.

You will also develop practical skills in research methodology, including the formulation of hypotheses, designing and reporting experiments, qualitative methods and subject-specific IT skills.

We equip you with a range of transferable skills too which are valued by employers across a range of professions, from clinical or counselling psychology to media and marketing.

How you will learn

This MSc Psychology is available to study either full- or part-time. You can choose to start this MSc in either October or January. If you start in October, your timetable is evening study only with classes taking place in the evenings. If you decide to start in January, your classes will take place in both the daytime and evening.

Our teaching is supported by a dedicated learning support team and is delivered via a comprehensive and flexible programme, including on-campus practical group sessions bringing topics to life in the lab, online seminars and lectures that may be available on campus and online.

Highlights

  • This is a BPS-accredited conversion course designed for students with an undergraduate degree in another subject who want to gain a Master's in psychology, and provides Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society.

  • In the 2023 National Student Survey, Birkbeck's School of Psychological Sciences ranked 5th in the UK for teaching.

  • We are consistently regarded as one of the top institutions teaching psychological sciences in the UK. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework we were ranked in the top ten universities in the UK for the third time.

  • Birkbeck is strongly oriented towards research in psychological sciences and we are home to the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, the Health and Lived Experience Cluster, the Birkbeck - UCL Centre for Neuroimaging and the Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling.

Careers and employability

On successfully graduating from this MSc Psychology, you will have gained an array of important transferable skills, including:

  • written and oral communication skills

  • research skills

  • psychological and scientific literacy

  • teamwork

  • critical thinking.

Graduates can pursue career paths in areas including psychology, education, human resources and management. Possible professions include:

  • clinical psychologist/counselling psychologist

  • user experience (UX) researcher

  • education lecturer

  • market researcher

  • human resources officer

  • academic or business researcher.

MSc

Located in Bloomsbury, in the heart of London, everything the UK’s Capital city has to offer is on our doorstep.

We offer over 250 taught and research postgraduate programmes across the humanities and social sciences, business, law; and science and we’re a part of the prestigious University of London, one of the world’s best known and most highly regarded universities.

Birkbeck, University of London is built for the busy. We have over 200 years’ experience of providing exceptional learning experiences designed to fit in with students’ schedules. Our range of different study options allow our students to choose …

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