MSc Health Psychology

The Health Psychology MSc course offered by UCL (University College London) is a one-year, full-time program designed to equip students with an understanding of theories, knowledge, and techniques that can be applied to explain health and health behaviour. This course is intended for students who wish to either continue on to further psychology research or clinically apply health psychology within the UK.Course Content: This course provides study on a broad rage of topics which includes theories and techniques of health psychology; understanding, changing and assessing health, behaviour and illness; health-related cognitions and behaviour; stress, health and illness; foundations of health psychology, research design, and qualitative and quantitative analysis.Key Modules: Key modules include Health-related Cognitions and Behaviour, Understanding Changing and Assessing Health Behaviour, Stress, Health, and Illness, Foundations of Health Psychology, Research Design & Research Statistics. Accreditations: The Health Psychology MSc is accredited by the British Psychological Society. Successful completion also allows students to go on to Stage 2 training and qualify to be a health psychologist.Future Careers: Graduates of the course may find career opportunities in health and clinical settings, health promotion, government and non-government health organisations, academic research or healthcare research and consultancy services. Some graduates may also choose to proceed to a PhD or further professional training in order to become a practicing health psychologist.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.