Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

The Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience program from University of Yorkcombines theoretical grounding in development and its disorders with practical training in clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. You will focus on dyslexia, developmental language disorder, autism, ADHD, and dyscalculia.

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience delivered by University of York is made up of 180 credits, consisting of modules split over two semesters and a substantial empirical research project.

Quick Facts:

• For example, you’ll learn a variety of research and clinical methods that can be applied to childhood development and its disorders; as well as carrying out extensive independent research. Many of our graduates go on to complete PhDs, typically in psychology. Others go on to pursue careers in clinical psychology, educational psychology, or find work as children’s wellbeing practitioners, assistant psychologists and research assistants.
• The Department's Employability Coordinator works closely with the University Careers Service, which offers our students an additional range of career and recruitment events, skills sessions and one-to-one advice.
• This MSc does not confer Graduate Basis for Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Graduate Basis for Membership is required for entry to doctoral training in clinical and educational psychology in the UK, as well as some professional psychological careers. You may already hold Graduate Basis for Membership (for example, from a BPS-accredited undergraduate degree), in which case this MSc could enhance your applications to jobs or doctoral courses that require it. If you don't have Graduate Basis for Membership then you may be interested in our MSc Psychology in Education conversion course.

Courses include:

• Research Design and Statistics

• Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

• Basic Principles in Neuroimaging

• Education Neuroscience

• Data Analysis in Neuroimaging

• Research Design in Neuroimaging

• Developmental Neuroscience