By adding to My Courses you can compare courses and create a personalised prospectus.
Find out about the psychology facilities we have available for students to use.
Watch videos that provide information about studying postgraduate psychology at Sheffield Hallam.
Visit the Department Psychology, Sociology and Politics website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
This course is for non psychology graduates with some previous study in the subject, including joint psychology degrees not accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
The course gives you
• a thorough knowledge and scientific understanding of the BPS core areas of psychology, allowing you to qualify for the Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR)
• training in skills needed to research and enhance the subject
• improved independence and employability through evaluative and reflective skills
• learning opportunities addressing issues at the forefront of the subject
• a supportive, engaging, enjoyable and challenging learning experience
If you only want to gain GBR, and to undertake the minimum number of credits, you may prefer to take the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology.
If you are considering further training in areas such as educational or clinical psychology, where more emphasis is placed on research experience, it is advisable to take the masters.
The course gives you the core academic and subject specific skills needed to pursue a career in psychology. The major career routes are • clinical psychology • educational psychology • occupational psychology • health psychology • forensic psychology • counselling psychology.
Further work experience in a relevant setting is usually required before you can begin a postgraduate training course in one of these areas.
Related courses
- MSc Health Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
- MRes Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
- MSc/PgDip Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapy (Part-time)
- MSc Forensic Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
- MSc/PgDip/PgCert Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience (Full-time, Part-time)
- MSc/PgDip Developmental Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
- MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
Full-time – one year
Part-time – two to three years
You attend one day a week
Starts September
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Full-time – typically £5,355
Part-time – typically £3,570 for PgDip stage, plus £1,785 for MSc stage
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £12,060 for the course
2014/15 academic year
Typically £12,150 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
Includes • coursework essays • project work • practical reports • presentations • examinations • information packs • individual research project
This course is accredited as conferring eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership, provided you achieve an overall mark of at least 50 per cent and pass your dissertation/research project. This is the first step towards becoming a Chartered Psychologist.
Psychology facilities
We have recently updated our laboratory facilities to enable more flexible and dedicated teaching of research methods and statistics. There is also space for more general purpose laboratory work such as running focus groups and one-to-one interviews.
Main psychology laboratory
This contains teaching space with PCs and space for non-computerised research teaching. You can access dedicated software including E-Prime experiment generator software to run computerised experiments. You can also analyse quantitative data using both SPSS and AMOS statistical packages, and qualitative data using the NVivo package.
Eye tracking laboratory
Using advanced technology, the ASL 501 Pan-tilt eye-tracker is a non-obtrusive eye-tracker which does not require head mounted tracking equipment. This is currently a laboratory-based tracker but is being adapted for portability to enable eye-tracking research in the field.
Psychophysiology laboratory
This houses electroencephalograph (EEG) facilities, allowing recording from up to 32 sites on the scalp for the collection of fine detailed EEG information. We also have more basic psychophysiology apparatus, such as heart-rate and skin-conductance recording equipment.
Low-level vision laboratory.
This facility has dedicated equipment especially suited to fine grained manipulation of stimulus intensities and durations, particularly suited to low-level vision research.
We also have access to a number of other research facilities which are available through arrangement with other sections of the University. There are considerable laboratory facilities within the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science including soundproof and climate control rooms, as well as facilities within the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing.
Dr Allen Goodwin, senior lecturer (1:35)
Dr Allen Goodwin talks about the completion of dissertations for postgraduate psychology courses – what they are, how to go about choosing a topic and how it will benefit you in the future.
Dr Iain Garner, head of programmes (2:04)
Dr Iain Garner provides an overview of the postgraduate psychology department at Sheffield Hallam – what subjects you will be exposed to, how the courses are structured and how you will benefit from your time at Sheffield Hallam.
A graduate perspective (1:58)
One of our graduates talks about their experiences on the course and how it has helped her achieve her career aims.
Staff profiles
Visit the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
