Psychological Research Methods

This Psychological Research Methods MSc program from The University of Exeter aims to equip you with an array of methodological skills to function as an effective PhD student or as a professional researcher in psychology, with a particular emphasis on cognitive, clinical, and clinical neuroscience research.

The Psychological Research Methods MSc program fromThe University of Exeter key features are:

• It can be applied for as a stand-alone degree or form the first year of a PhD

• Delivered as part of the ESRC South West Doctoral Training Partnership – a hub of world-class social science research

• Acquire the necessary skills to generate good research questions, establish plausible theoretical answers, and carry out high-quality empirical research in order to test your hypotheses

• Complete a research project that makes a contribution to the discipline, and gives you necessary skills and confidence to be able to operate independently in the future

Career opportunities:

On completion of your Psychological Research Methods program from The University of Exeter,you will have the scientific skills to enable progression into research or professional psychology, the communication skills required for marketing and business roles, and the interpersonal skills needed for progression into personnel or caring professions.

Exeter’s reputation amongst graduate employers has helped postgraduates into successful careers in research, high technology industries, management, personnel, legal and advertising services amongst others.

Courses include:

• Advanced Statistics

• Behavioural Science Research Skills

• Research Apprenticeship

• Current Research Issues in Psychological Research Methods

• Methods in Cognitive and Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience