Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Comments about Graduate Diploma in Psychology - At the institution - Birmingham - West Midlands

• Entry requirements
  Candidates must have a good honours degree (minimum 2.2) from a UK institution in any subject but including a minimum of 60 credits of psychology at honours degree level, and GCSE mathematics (Grade C or above). Applications from overseas students with good oral and written English language skills are welcomed.
• Academic title
  Graduate Diploma in Psychology
• Course description
  Introduction
  
  The Graduate Diploma in Psychology is designed for those wishing to pursue a career as a professional psychologist and who do not possess a first degree which confers eligibility for Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) with the British Psychological Society. GBR is the first step in becoming a Chartered Psychologist and a necessary requirement for many postgraduate programmes (e.g. MSc in Health Psychology).
  
  Outline of programme
  
  The programme has the following compulsory modules:
  
  • Thinking and reasoning
  
  • Child development
  
  • Brain and behaviour
  
  • Social psychology
  
  • Advanced research methods
  
  • Advanced statistics
  
  • Project
  
  • Contemporary issues in psychology.
  
  Candidates who can show prior learning in a module may, under certain circumstances, take an elective module in its place.