MSc/PgDip Developmental Psychology
Full-time, Part-time
Location • Collegiate Campus
Subject area • Psychology
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Dr Lisa Reidy talks about this course.
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On this course you study
• development through the lifespan – from infancy, childhood and adolescence into adulthood and old age
• stability and change in our physical, cognitive, social and emotional development
• similarities and differences in the development of individuals and how factors such as biology and environment shape our development
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. This is the first step towards becoming a Chartered Psychologist.
The course is ideal if you are a
• psychology graduate seeking to advance your knowledge of developmental psychology
• graduate from a non-psychology background wanting to apply developmental psychology in the workplace
• graduate considering professional training in a developmental field, such as educational psychology or in areas of psychology requiring Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (previously GBR)
• graduate considering a research career
During your studies you
• gain insight into how and why developmental changes take place, for example, in memory, problem-solving ability and emotional understanding
• explore why children differ in their development, for example, in attributes such as self-esteem and motivation
• gain a thorough grounding in traditional and contemporary developmental theories
• gain comprehensive knowledge and experience of developmental psychology research methods, enabling you to carry out good quality research
• apply your knowledge of lifespan development in various practical settings including education and healthcare
You improve key skills such as • critical thinking • group working • report writing • data analysis • IT ability.
We also offer you the opportunity to gain experience of teaching developmental psychology on our undergraduate programmes.
This is one of the few developmental psychology postgraduate courses to study human development through the lifespan and confer eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership.
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Starts September
Full-time – one year
Part-time – two or three years
MSc
Full-time – two days a week for one year
Part-time – two days a week for two years or one day a week for two or three years
PgDip
Full-time – two days a week for one year
Part-time – one day a week for two years
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
• coursework essays • research protocols • research reports • journal article reviews • sample lectures • 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. This is the first step towards becoming a Chartered Psychologist.
Dr Lisa Reidy (1:52)
Dr Lisa Reidy talks about MSc Developmental Psychology – what you study, the experience you gain and how you will benefit from the course in the future.
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.
Staff profiles
Visit the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
