MSc in Psychology: Interpersonal Violence and Abuse

The Psychology: Interpersonal Violence and Abuse course provides a set of modules that will enhance specialist subject knowledge and key skills for working in research and practice, all delivered by subject specialists. It is designed to build on your existing learning experiences and offers flexible learning opportunities to improve your career prospects.

The MSc Psychology: Interpersonal Violence and Abuse is designed to build on existing learning experiences and offers flexible learning opportunities that will enhance the academic and professional knowledge and skills of learners with a view to improving career prospects. It recognizes the status of the student as an expert in identifying what they want or need to study. All MSc Psychology: Interpersonal Violence and Abuse learners will be required to have undertaken the following core modules: Research Skills and Methods (20 credits), Professional Values and Ethics (20 credits) Negotiated Learning (20 credits), and a Dissertation (60 credits). You will also be required to complete three compulsory modules: Interpersonal Violence and Abuse (20 credits), Psychology of Violent Behaviour (20 credits), and Critical Perspectives in Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (20 credits).

Modules

Research Skills and Methods

Introduction to a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies. You will be trained in the methods required to design and execute an empirical study, ways to keep the methodology scientific and other research design issues.

Critical perspectives in safeguarding vulnerable adults

Develop an awareness and critical viewpoint about the issues underpinning the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, including the need for formal procedures to supply the appropriate support.

Psychology of Violent Behaviour

Develop a comprehensive and detailed knowledge and understanding of the psychology of interpersonal violence and other violent behavior.

Professional Values and Ethics

Engage in a series of critical debates; providing you with a knowledge and understanding of a number of ethical and practice issues that you may face within the workplace.

Interpersonal Violence and Abuse

Learn to distinguish between differing forms of interpersonal violence, to critically assess theories of violence produced within Cultural Studies, Criminology, Political Science, Philosophy, and Psychology, and to help improve our understanding of the impact of violence and abuse.

Negotiated learning

Undertake an independent piece of work to develop your specialist knowledge and expertise in an area that is pertinent to your chosen pathway.

Dissertation

An independent project that provides the opportunity to demonstrate your competence in critically reviewing, synthesizing, and drawing conclusions from the literature and research.

How You Will Be Assessed

A full range of assessment methods has been selected in order to enhance student learning and to help students demonstrate the extent to which they have achieved all the module learning outcomes, and, overall, the program aims. Each module’s learning outcomes relate to the module assessment item(s). Students have an opportunity across the program to self-reflect on their progression and their development. These self-reflections contribute to and are evidenced in assessments through a variety of means.

Types and methods of assessment will include group seminars and presentations; essays; a portfolio of evidence (achievement of clinical competencies and written evidence); viva, examination; OSCE/practical skills assessments; map of patient/client experience; reflective essay; community health profile; reflective incident recording; poster presentation; dissertation

Modules use formative and summative assessment so that students progress through a module in a structured and constructive way and build knowledge for practice in a coherent and logical way. Formative assessments are designed so that feedback on the individual student’s performance is provided prior to the submission of the final, summative assessment – though this does not contribute to the final module mark or the credit awarded. The wordage – or equivalent – for both formative and summative assessments is counted towards the whole module assessment wordage.

On This Course You Will...

• Be able to explore and apply psychological literature to current issues, contexts, and experiences around interpersonal violence and abuse.
• Receive high-quality support and guidance from our lecturing team who are active in their research and practice.
• Learn valuable transferrable skills in PG research, which are highly sought after by employers.
• Have the opportunity to choose topics and areas that you want to learn more about to tailor your learning experience.
• Have the opportunity to shape your MSc experience to your own interests and career goals, allowing our team to help you reach your ideal future career.