MSc Health Psychology

The MSc Health Psychology course at the University of Gloucestershire is an accredited Stage 1 training programme for Health Psychology. It focuses on practical skills for career development and puts research into practice with an emphasis on improving health across the lifespan, health in the community, and the increasing importance of health psychology within public health.Course Content: The course includes the study of biopsychosocial aspects of health and illness, including influences on health behaviour, psychological aspects of illness, health politics and health promotion, stress, wellbeing and quality of life, psychological therapies and interventions, and research methods for health psychology.Key Modules: The course includes modules such as Health and Illness Behaviour; Coping, Stress and Well-being; Interventions to Change Health Behaviour; Leadership and Professional Issues in Health Psychology; and Research Methods for Health Psychology.Accreditations: The course is accredited as Stage 1 training in Health Psychology by the British Psychological Society (BPS).Future Careers: Graduates can go on to roles as healthcare workers, counselors, occupational therapists, health psychologists, and health promotion specialists. The course also serves as a stepping stone to Stage 2 training in Health Psychology.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.