Course Overview

Health Psychologists promote healthier lifestyles. They try to find ways to encourage people to improve their health and also to improve the healthcare system as a whole. For example, helping people to lose weight or stop smoking, or advising doctors on better ways to communicate with their patients. Youll learn to use your knowledge of psychology to promote general wellbeing and understand physical illness. We will teach you the skills needed to help people deal with the psychological and emotional aspects of health and illness and to support people who are chronically ill. Our MSc Health Psychology has a strong experiential focus and emphasizes the application of health psychology to real-world settings. The course includes contributions from healthcare practitioners. You will carry out a brief placement in a healthcare setting, which can include the NHS, third sector (charities), our industry, and youll usually arrange this placement yourself with support from the course team. You are encouraged to carry out research in healthcare contexts where possible.

General Eligibility

A minimum of a 2.1 honors degree in Psychology or a related subject. A qualification recognized by the British Psychological Society giving Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership is preferred. Students accepted without a BPS-recognised qualification and intending to progress to BPS Stage Two training towards practitioner health psychologist status will be required to undertake an accredited Psychology conversion course following this program.

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• IELTS Indicator 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each sub-skill_x000D_ IBT TOEFL 80 overall with 18 in reading, 23 in writing, 19 in listening, and 21 in speaking