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Health Psychology

Course dates: Wednesday 28 April - Wednesday 07 July 2027

Class timetable: 11 sessions (View class timetable for Wednesday 28 April 2027 to Wednesday 07 July 2027)

Timetable data for Wednesday 28 April 2027 to Wednesday 07 July 2027

Day of class Date of class Time Venue
Wednesday 28-Apr-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 05-May-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 12-May-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 19-May-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 26-May-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 02-Jun-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 09-Jun-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 16-Jun-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 23-Jun-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 30-Jun-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex
Wednesday 07-Jul-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Hyflex

Location: Hyflex

Fees: £650.00

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Course Overview

Our Health Psychology introductory short course explores the ways in which the study of psychology may be of benefit in maintaining health and treating illness. We will consider:

  • the nature of health beliefs
  • causes and treatment of stress
  • psychological factors in addictions, cancer and other conditions
  • pain and pain management
  • coping with chronic illnesses
  • maintaining health
  • the role of social and cultural factors in health.

As a student on this course, you will study alongside Birkbeck students enrolled on one of our undergraduate or postgraduate courses, giving you the opportunity to network with a range of Birkbeck current students whilst you learn.

This can be taken as a standalone short course or as part of:

Credits: 15 credits at level 4

Fees

Students are charged a tuition fee for each short course on registering. Please view details for this course, including dates, location and fees at the top of this page. Short course fees may be subject to annual inflationary increases. For more information, please see our Fees Policy.

Birkbeck's Lifelong Learning Guarantee

If you've studied at Birkbeck before and successfully completed an award with us, take advantage of our Lifelong Learning Guarantee to gain a reduction on the tuition fee of this course.

School of Psychological Sciences

One of the oldest academic schools of psychology in the UK, and a world-leading centre of innovative psychological research and training.

Entry Requirements

Most of our short courses have no formal entry requirements and are open to all students.

This short course has no prerequisites.

As part of the registration process, you may be required to submit a copy of a suitable form of ID.

International students who wish to come to the UK to study a short course can apply for a Visitor visa. Please note that it is not possible to obtain a Student visa to study a short course.

How to Register

You register directly onto the classes you would like to take. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis - so register early.

If you want to take more than one short course, you can select each one separately and then register onto them together via our online application portal. There is usually no formal selection process, although some modules may have prerequisites and/or other requirements, which will be specified where relevant.