MSc Applied Child Psychology

Keele University

MSc Applied Child Psychology

  • Country United Kingdom
  • Course Duration 12 month
  • Course Type Full Time
  • Courses Campus On Campus
  • Language Specification IELTS
  • Program Level Post-Graduate
  • Education Required Undergraduate
  • Admission intake SEP
  • Minimum GPA 70
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Application Charges

Application Fee Tution Fee
Free GBP 17,900

Application Date

Application Start Date Application Closing Date
2023-03-03
2023-08-20

Program Description

On this MSc, you will study the social, emotional, and cognitive development of children from infancy to adolescence, as well as the experimental and scientific techniques used to address these question. You will develop the expertise and skills to appropriately assess and create experiments to better understand development and childhood.You will be introduced to the different considerations and practicalities required when working with children in a range of educational, health and wellbeing and social settings, some of whom will be unable to provide informed consent and may be limited in their ability to communicate. For example, building rapport to put children at ease, or being sensitive to their needs in experimental context, by using novel methodologies, such as use of puppets or measuring attention via eye movements. You will also develop valuable, transferable skills in analysis and data processing, creative thinking, decision making and communicating with different groups.The MSc Applied Child Psychology can be studied as either a one-year full-time or two-year part-time course, with a September start date. It also possible to study more flexibly part-time on a modular basis, accumulating degree credits by taking individual modules over a period of maximum of five years. You will complete 180 credits to obtain the master’s qualification, comprising eight modules. For full-time students, six core and two optional modules are spread over two semesters (120 credits in total), while the Dissertation is worked on throughout the duration of the course (60 credits). You will agree the topic for your Dissertation with your supervisor during Semester 1. You can choose optional modules from within Psychology or other relevant Schools across the University. For example, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences offers modules relating to issues in inclusive education and in global education, and to the dynamic relationship between education and work. Part-time students take 90 credits per year for two years, with the dissertation taken in the second year. 

Other Requirements

  • This course is open to graduates with a first or upper second-class degree in psychology. Those who have studied childhood and family studies, working with children and families, child and youth, early years and childhood or an overseas equivalent are also encouraged to apply and an offer decision will be made on a case by case basis.
  • For IELTS Waiver : CISCE/CBSE Class XII: 70% or above. All other State Boards Class XII (except Punjab or Mohali School Education Board): 75% or above in English, depending on course.Study should be taught in English. Otherwise IELTS is required.

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* NOTE : The Tuition Fee is subject to change Semester wise, as such for exact Tuition Fee kindly see the Website of the respective University.
* NOTE : Pathways : Students who want to pursue a Graduate Degree through a particular University but are unable to meet the university requirements for the GPA, GRE/GMAT or English Language scores, have to take up an additional academic and language support i.e. pathways in order to ensure the admit and study at the desired University.