Everything you need to know...
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What is the fee?
Home: £6,875 for the course
International/EU: £11,470 for the course -
How long will I study?
10 Months
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Where will I study?
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When do I start?
September 2024
Where will I study?
Course summary
- Learn to apply different approaches, theories and models to health-related issues and behaviour change.
- Develop your ability to reflect on your practice, planning and personal development.
- Build an understanding of clinical practitioner skills to enhance your applied work with patients, service users and clients in a variety of health and social care settings.
- Apply problem solving strategies to complex professional scenarios.
- Develop research and literature reviewing skills.
This course focuses on health psychology’s approach to understanding people’s experience of illness, disability and health. You'll acquire knowledge and skills that enhance your professional practice, enable you to meet new challenges, and understand ways to improve care.
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How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
This course is multi-disciplinary, exploring health and illness in terms of its psychological, sociological, biological and political context. Areas of study include biopsychosocial approaches to acute illness, adjustment to long-term conditions and bereavement, clinical practitioner skills and competencies and behaviour change interventions.
Modules combine online learning with weekly on-campus study days. This provides flexible learning opportunities to enable a diverse range of students to study alongside employment and/or family commitments. Students attend an induction on campus in September, before typically attending one day per week thereafter.
You learn through
- online study
- group work
- problem solving
- practitioner skills workshops
Course leaders and tutors
Tria Moore
Senior Lecturer In PsychologyIn her role as the course leader for MSc Health Psychology Tria is responsible for overseeing the management, delivery and development of the course.
Applied learning
Live/real world projects
An important part of your learning is to apply your developing knowledge and skills to real-world problems, both individually and in group discussion. Our course leaders are experts in clinical health practitioner work in private practice and in the NHS. You'll have the opportunity to practice applied practitioner skills on campus, such as person-centred care, conflict resolution, solution-focused counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and consultation and collaborative treatment planning.
This course aims to provide you with the ability to use your work or voluntary experience within a health and/or social care related setting to aid your learning and training. For example, work-based reflection is a core element of the clinical practitioner skills and competencies module and is designed to contribute to your continuing personal and professional development.
If you do not work in a health-related setting, we have a careers workshop and a dedicated careers adviser who can help you find suitable employment or voluntary work.
Networking opportunities
Specialist research seminars, delivered by members of the department and guest speakers which include academics and practitioners, are used to deepen knowledge and understanding of the course content.
All our courses are well supported by a comprehensive suite of career management services including interview training, and networking opportunities. There is also have a week of dedicated focus on employability to give you early orientation to career opportunities, and we encourage an atmosphere of supportiveness among our students.
This course is designed to enhance your continuing professional development or employability in any health or social care setting.
Future careers
This course prepares you for a career in
- Health promotion
- Nursing
- Social work
- Medical practice
- Physiotherapy
- Dietetics
- Drug and alcohol rehabilitation
- Mental health and wellbeing
Where will I study?
You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.
City Campus
City Campus is located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations.
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Adsetts library
Adsetts Library is located on our City Campus. It's open 24 hours a day, every day.
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Psychology Facilities Tour
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Equipment and facilities
On this course you work with
- Blackboard online virtual learning environment
Entry requirements
All students
Applicants need one of the following:
• BSc or BA Psychology with a 2.1 or above
• BSc or BA in a closely related discipline (e.g. health, social, community care) with a 2.1 or above
Applications from students who have achieved a 2.2 degree will be considered by the course leadership team. Where there is evidence that at least two of the following criteria have been met, you may be offered a place on the course:
• work experience in a health-related setting
• an enthusiasm for health psychology
• ability to achieve a 2.1 within your undergraduate degree (for example, transcripts reveal a 2.1 in key undergraduate curriculum areas such as research methods).
You may also be able to claim credit points which can reduce the amount of time it takes to complete your qualification at Sheffield Hallam. Find out more
All applicants are required to provide two satisfactory references (normally one of these will be an academic reference) and a personal statement. If you do not have GBC you can do a BPS accredited conversion course.
We offer an MSc in Psychology that would give you eligibility for GBC, provided you achieve an overall mark of at least 50 per cent and pass your dissertation. You should be enthusiastic about psychology and have a good understanding of the British Psychological Society's core areas.
If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or a recognised equivalent. If your level of English language is currently below IELTS 6.0 we recommend you consider an appropriate Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve the required level of English.
Additional information for EU/International students
If you are an International or non-UK European student, you can find out more about the country specific qualifications we accept on our international qualifications page.
For details of English language entry requirements (IELTS), please see the information for 'All students'.
Modules
Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.
Final year
Compulsory modules
Adjustment To Long Term Conditions And Bereavement
Behaviour Change Interventions: Development And Evaluation
Biopsychosocial Determinants Of Acute Illness
Introduction To Clinical Practitioner Skills And Competencies
Introduction To Research Methods
Research Methods And Measurement Issues In Health Psychology
Social Determinants Of Health
Understanding Behaviour
Fees and funding
Home students
Our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time study in 2024/25 is £3,440 for the course. The tuition fee displayed above is for the full course. If the full course is more than one year in duration, the fee will be divided into annual payments which will then be rounded. This may mean the total fee you pay is slightly higher than the fee stated above. If you take a break in study or have to re-take part of the course, you may also be charged an additional fee and will be notified of this at the time.
If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.
International students
Our tuition fee for International/EU students starting full-time study in 2024/25 is £11,470 for the course. The tuition fee displayed above is for the full course. If the full course is more than one year in duration, the fee will be divided into annual payments which will then be rounded. This may mean the total fee you pay is slightly higher than the fee stated above. If you take a break in study or have to re-take part of the course, you may also be charged an additional fee and will be notified of this at the time.
Postgraduate student loans
Up to £11,222 available for Home students on most masters courses.
Additional course costs
This link allows you to view estimated costs associated with the main activities on specific courses. These are estimates and, as such, are only an indication of additional course costs. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.
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