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Applied Child Psychology MSc
Birmingham City University

Applied Child Psychology MSc

BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY

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MSc - Master of Science

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Child Psychology Youth Studies

Course Summary

Our MSc Applied Child Psychology is a postgraduate degree course offering specific, in-depth study of child psychology across a range of contexts and settings.The MSc Applied Child Psychology aims to enhance your knowledge and experience in applied areas of child psychology and equip you with the expertise and academic skills necessary to support graduate employment. The course aims are:To equip you with a range of specific applied and transferable skills, enhancing your opportunities for professional and career development in a variety of disciplines within the field of child psychology.To allow you to develop specialist theoretical and practical knowledge that will underpin your work with children and consider applications of this knowledge to professional contexts and situations, e.g., supporting children with diverse developmental, neurological, and psychological needs.To allow you to develop your critical thinking, problem solving and reasoning skills, and the ability to plan and conduct high-quality research with applications to applied settings and professional practice.

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Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (20 Credits) - Core
This module will enable you to develop a critical awareness of the issues and debates relating to mental health in childhood and adolescence. The module will examine psychological, social, cultural and biological influences in the development of different mental health conditions. We will focus in-depth on some of the more prevalent mental health conditions observed in childhood and adolescence, e.g., anxiety. In doing so, we will examine diagnostic criteria and approaches taken towards assessment, the impact of different mental health conditions on cognitive and social development, effective methods of intervention, and strategies for preventing mental health difficulties, fostering resilience, and supporting good mental wellbeing. The module will also examine the role of social and cultural factors in the diagnosis, interpretation, and treatment of these conditions.
Educational Psychology in Practice (20 Credits) - Core
Empirical Research Project in Applied Child Psychology (60 Credits) - Core
Neurodiversity in Applied Contexts (20 Credits) - Core
Skills and Methods for Applied Research in Child Psychology (20 Credits) - Core
The Applied Psychology of Child and Adolescent Development (20 Credits) - Core

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Entry requirements

Applicants must have a minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in Psychology or another relevant discipline (Education, Health and Social Care, Sociology, Childcare, etc.), in addition to the level 2 requirements stated below.

As this course is not a BPS accredited route into chartered psychology, this course does not require applicants to have a BPS accredited undergraduate degree or to have completed a Psychology conversion course.

Applicants with undergraduate degrees in less relevant disciplines or alternative level 6 qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis if they are able to demonstrate a substantial amount of relevant work-based experience.

GCSE and other level 2 requirements
GCSE Mathematics (or equivalent) at Grade C or above. If you do not have GCSE Mathematics at the required level, we accept other Level 2 equivalents, or we may ask you to pass BCU's GCSE equivalency tests.

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Birmingham City University (BCU) has over 31,000 students from over 100 countries. We are a large and diverse university set in the heart of Birmingham with a focus on practice-based learning that means you'll leave ready to make waves in your chosen career. With over 120 postgraduate and professional development courses to choose from, you will find a qualification that suits your interests and ambitions. Studying a master's at BCU is about...more

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