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MSc Applied Social and Political Psychology

Keele University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This program has been carefully developed for students who are interested in gaining advanced knowledge of psychological theory as this relates to social and political issues and the potential for such knowledge to generate progressive social change. The degree program will equip you to engage critically and analytically with these issues and help you to develop novel ways of thinking about yourself, those around you, and society at large. The theoretical and applied nature of this program will offer you the opportunity to study how psychology helps interpret some of the most pressing social and political issues facing human society in the 21st Century and how it can contribute to tackling some of them.

General Eligibility

This course is open to graduates with a first or upper second-class degree in psychology, political science, international relations, peace studies, philosophy, gender studies, history, sociology, anthropology, or overseas equivalent.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Dissertation

  • Dissertation (60 credits, preparation in Semester 1 & 2, writing up over summer)

2 Optional modules

Semester 1 (in brackets is the School if the module is not taught by Psychology)

  • Psychology Placement (Semester 1 or 2).

  • Equality, Discrimination, Minorities (School of Law)

  • Foundations of Human Rights (School of Law)

  • The Changing International Agenda (School of Social, Political and Global Studies)

Semester 2 (in brackets is the School if the module is not taught by Psychology)

  • Psychology Placement (Semester 1 or 2).

  • Enhancing Reproducibility in Research

  • Using Research to Influence Policy and Practice

  • Race and Justice: Civil Rights in the U.S.(School of Social, Political and Global Studies)

  • Human Rights and Global Politics (School of Law)

  • International Refugee Law (School of Law)

3 Semester one core modules

  • Rethinking Research: Knowledge, Power and Diversity

  • Critical Approaches to Health, Social and Political psychology

  • Advanced Research Skills, Design, and Analysis

4 Semester two core modules

  • Global Issues: How to Organise for Social Change

  • Action Research: Co-Creating Research to make a Difference

  • Research Apprenticeship in Psychology

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79
IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component.

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