Key Facts
- Indicative Fee
Home/EU: £5450 Part-Time: £2725
International: £12300 Part-Time: £6150 - Financial support
- Course Tutor(s):Jane Hurry
- Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time.
- Study Method: Full-time, Part-time
- Department: Dept of Psychology & Human Development
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Developmental and Educational Psychology MSc
This masters degree will:
- give you an in-depth knowledge of specialised research skills
- develop your ability to critically appraise and conduct rigorous research in the field, using a broad range of methods
- enable you to assess the contribution of psychology to policy goals in a range of societies, and use this framework to evaluate education policies.
Features
This masters degree provides the opportunity to:
- become a skilled and informed member of the developmental and educational psychology research community
- prepare for a research career in the academic community, the public sector or industry.
Applicants may be eligible to apply for 1+3 funding from the Economic and Social Research Council via the Bloomsbury Doctoral Training Centre.
Who is this programme for?
Psychology graduates who wish to pursue a research career either in academia or the public or private sectors.
Entry requirements
A good honours degree from an approved university. At least 50 per cent of your degree should be in psychology. If you did not study psychology as part of your first degree, you may enter via the Graduate Certificate in Psychology programme.
How are you assessed?
By coursework and one two-hour unseen examination, plus a 20,000-word dissertation.
Attendance
Face-to-face daytime and evening sessions.