Daytime Teaching: MSc Psychological Research Methods
If you apply by 30 June for this daytime postgraduate course, then you may be eligible our daytime master’s tuition fee bursary of £1,000 for home tuition fee payers. Find out more about eligibility requirements and apply before the 30 June 2024.
Our MSc Psychological Research Methods provides in-depth training in both the quantitative and qualitative methods employed in contemporary psychological research. It covers:
- critical appreciation of existing research and research methods
- philosophical foundations of approaches to research within cognitive and social psychology
- formulation of hypotheses
- designing and reporting experiments using a range of research methodologies
- subject-specific IT skills.
The course combines Birkbeck’s strengths in qualitative and quantitative psychological research methods. It provides you with the opportunity to conduct supervised research in a wide range of areas within contemporary psychology, such as psychosocial studies, brain and cognitive development, and computational cognitive neuroscience.
HIGHLIGHTS
- In the 2023 National Student Survey, Birkbeck's School of Psychological Sciences ranked 5th in the UK for teaching.
- We are consistently regarded as one of the top institutions teaching psychological sciences in the UK. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, and for the third time, we were ranked in the top ten universities in the UK.
- This course provides you with a range of appropriate research skills and experiences for research at PhD level or in the private sector.
- You will have an opportunity to attend research seminars organised by Birkbeck and a number of other local research centres and institutes.
- If you have a strong academic record but require financial support to take this course, you may be eligible for the Kenway Legacy Scholarship which will cover the cost of your tuition fees.
- ESRC funding may be available in conjunction with PhD study.
ATTENDANCE
This course is offered with the option to study full-time or part-time. Please note that some option modules are taught in the evening.
When you will study
Full-time
- Core modules are scheduled at the following times:
- Autumn term - Monday mornings, Monday and Tuesday afternoons and Tuesday evenings
- Four option modules are taken in the spring term scheduled for various afternoons and evenings
Part-time
- Core modules are scheduled at the following times:
- Autumn term - Tuesday afternoons and Tuesday evenings
- Two option modules are taken in the spring term, scheduled for various afternoons and evenings
MODULES AND FEES
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