MSc Applied Child Psychology at Keele University

Explore how children develop, communicate and thrive in a rapidly changing world. From AI, social media, gaming and screen time to mental health, wellbeing, neurodiversity and autism, you will examine the issues shaping childhood today. Alongside these contemporary topics, you will develop advanced skills in research methods, statistics, and ethical research with children and vulnerable groups, while gaining valuable real-world experience through placements, apprenticeships and applied research opportunities.

Faculty: Faculty of Natural Sciences  |  Department: School of Psychology  |  Duration: One year full time, two years part time, up to five years modular  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Keele, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

On this MSc, you will study the social, emotional, and cognitive development of children from infancy to adolescence, as well as the experimental and scientific techniques used to address these question. You will develop the expertise and skills to appropriately assess and create experiments to better understand development and childhood.

Career pathways

This MSc has been designed to provide the psychological knowledge, tools and skills to work with children from infancy to young adulthood. This could lead to careers working with children and young people across the public, private and third sector, for example, working in education, research, social services, health services, health promotion, policy or advocacy.

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