Programme summary for MSc Applied Psychology

This programme allows you to customise your learning experience by taking advantage of the wide range of postgraduate degrees that we offer in applied psychology.

There is strong emphasis both on the development of skills that can be transferred into real-world settings and upon reflective experiential learning.

Contact Details

For further queries about the programme, please contact:

Donald Ridley (Lead Tutor)
Tel: +44 (0)20 8223 4700
Email: d.ridley@uel.ac.uk).

For admissions information, please contact the Psychology Field Administration Team (Tel: +44 (0)20 8223 4609, Email: psychology@uel.ac.uk)

About the programme

This programme allows you to customise your learning experience by taking advantage of the wide range of postgraduate degrees that we offer in applied psychology. Core modules that include professional skills development and a dissertation are complemented by a wide variety of modules from which you can choose according to your needs and interests. There is strong emphasis both on the development of skills that can be transferred into real-world settings, and upon reflective experiential learning.

Programme structure

The programme consists of two core modules. (a) ‘Research Methods and Statistics/ Dissertation Part One’ and (b) ‘Professional Practice/Dissertation Part Two’. This comprises one third of the programme. Students then choose further option modules totalling 120 M level credits from the remaining options. Students may choose any modules but will be limited by timetabling constraints if any modules are taught at the same time. If students choose option modules that have conceptual overlap they will be counselled to broaden their choice within the context of their chosen programme of study. Acceptance on the programme does not guarantee particular option choices.

Career opportunities

Graduates will enhance their understanding of human behaviour in a range of real-world settings and will gain both insights and skills that will allow them to make effective contributions to multi-disciplinary teams working in organisations, healthcare settings, commerce and industry.

Support

You will have regular contact with all members of staff. You will be allocated a personal tutor who will oversee you progress and help you deal with any problems and maximise any learning opportunities that may present themselves while you study with at UEL. You will have full access to the library and multiple sets of reading materials will be available for short term loan in the library. Many teaching and learning materials will be able to be downloaded from dedicated web based facilities.

Admission

Successful applicants will:

(a) Have at least a lower second class honour degree or a prior qualification that is equivalent at least to either to a UK lower second class honours degree in Psychology or in a discipline containing a substantial amount of psychology or in a discipline that contains other content that demonstrably prepares the student for the MSc Applied Psychology. Their previous studies will have included some form of research training within the curriculum.

(b) Demonstrate by their application that they have given careful thought to their plan to study applied psychology and how it will help them develop as an individual, in organisations and in society.

(c) In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education postgraduate programmes.

(d) Students that apply to enter stages of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption.

(e) The University of East London actively promotes and celebrates equality and diversity and positively welcomes applicants regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, age, religion or social class