Health Psychology

All students are required to complete the following modules:

• Basic and Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
• Health Related Behaviours, Cognitions and Emotions
• Psychosocial factors in Chronic Illness and Disability
• Psychology and Health Care Delivery
• Health Psychology in Action & Professional Development (clinical placements).

At the end of the programme, modules will enable students to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Health psychology as an applied science;
• The relevance of theory to professional practice;
• Theory and evidence pertaining to the core areas as detailed by the British Psychological Society;
• Basic and advanced research design and methods of investigation (qualitative and quantitative);
• Data analysis principles and techniques;
• The contemporary economic and political context of health care work;
• The place and value of health psychology within an interdisciplinary framework.

Assessment by coursework including: systematic review, research protocol, critical reviews, placement report, essays, written examinations and a research project on an approved topic, (and oral examination, at the examiners' discretion).