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MSc - Master of Science
Aston University
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Health psychology investigates how the way we behave influences health, and illness and how we care for people living with long-term conditions. A health psychologist uses their knowledge of psychology to understand health behaviours and to develop psychological interventions to support behaviour change. From health inequalities and public health to psychobiology of illness and long-term conditions, the Health Psychology MSc will provide an in-depth understanding of the theory underpinning health psychology. This course has been designed to give you an ideal base for a rewarding career in health psychology and related fields. Many of our graduates go on to complete further training (Stage 2) to become a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a Health Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Many have also taken up roles within the NHS to run interventions to improve patients' health and manage their illness or to evaluate and re-design existing health services.
This module will help you to develop knowledge and skills in designing, conducting, and appraising research in applied health settings.
This module will help you to understand how health psychology theories can explain and predict health-related behaviours, and how to design, implement, and evaluate health behaviour change interventions.
This module will help you understand the ways in which individual psychological variables interact with social, cultural, environmental and policy variables to affect health and health inequalities.
This module will help you to develop a critical understanding of the interrelationships between psychological, behavioural and biological processes and their effects on ill health, and the diagnosis and management of long-term conditions.
This module will help you to undertake a supervised, independent, empirical research project where you will integrate and apply the skills you have acquired during the programme.
