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Course Overview
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L27 -
City Campus -
Full-Time -
1 Year -
16 Sep 2024
As part of this course, you’ll:
- Gain expertise in health psychology underpinned by current research
- Study how we advance understanding about the possible causes, progressions and consequences of health and illness
- Evaluate and apply a range of methodological techniques to research in health psychology with due regard for ethical considerations
- Practise using a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques and research methods in accessing, processing and evaluating information
- Understand how to apply ethical, legal and professional practice frameworks including those from the British Psychological Society and the Health and Care Professions Council
- Demonstrate originality and creativity in the application of knowledge
- Explore how new knowledge is created and synthesised across the core areas of health psychology as you complete an extensive piece of independent empirical research
- Communicate your work through a range of formats
Professional accreditation
The British Psychological Society (BPS) has granted accreditation to this course for 2023/24. The BPS will undertake a visit to review the programme during the 2024/25 academic year in order to confirm its ongoing accreditation.
Your learning
You’ll develop critical thinking skills as you study:
- Research and research methods
- Contexts and perspectives in health psychology
- Physiological and psychosomatic disease processes
- Client groups and other stakeholders
- Health-related behaviour and cognitions
- Social dimensions of health
- Interventions
- Applications of health psychology
- Healthcare and professional settings
- Measurement and professional issues
Why study Health Psychology at Leeds Beckett University...
- The BPS has granted accreditation to this course for 2023/24 – ongoing accreditation is being sought for 2024/2025
- Research-active, internationally recognised expert teaching team
- A diverse and dynamic academic community
- Specialist facilities including a biopsychology lab and a newly equipped research suite
- Opportunities to be involved with the Centre for Psychological Research (PsyCen)
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