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University of Oxford: Psychological Research

Institution University of Oxford
Department Experimental Psychology
Web http://www.ox.ac.uk/study
Email graduate.admissions@admin.ox.ac.uk
Telephone +44 (0)1865 270059
Study type Taught

Summary

The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2023). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.

The MSc in Psychological Research is a one-year taught master's course. The course provides a broad-based research training programme in psychology, covering theory and methods in core domains of psychology reflecting particular research strengths within the department. Hands-on research training within the core research themes of the department is also provided.

The broad-based research training programme covers:

  • behavioural neuroscience, from animal models to human functional imaging and TMS

  • cognitive neuroscience, including MEG, EEG, neuropsychology

  • developmental science, comprising Babylab studies and studies with children with developmental disorders

  • social psychology and psychological disorders, focusing on inter-group behaviour, emotion, anxiety and post-traumatic stress.

The course comprises 8 modules and a research project, and all of these elements need to be passed in order to be awarded the MSc. The course is taught through seminars, lectures and workshops with some of the modules spanning two terms. The five core modules currently comprise:

  • Research Evaluation

  • Project Design

  • Statistical Theory and Methods

  • MATLAB Programming for Experimental Psychology

  • Philosophical Foundations of Psychology.

You will also undertake three of the four available optional modules, currently comprising:

  • Affective Science

  • Developmental Science

  • Brain and Cognition

  • Computer Modelling of Brain Function.

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