MSc Diploma Certificate Psychological Research Methods (Perception and Action)

Entrance Requirements: A minimum of a second class honours degree (2.1 preferred) or equivalent in a relevant subject. Applicants without these formal qualifications but with significant appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.

English Language Requirements: If English is not your first language you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your English language skills: • IELTS: 6.0 with 5.5 minimum in each skill • Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): Grade C • Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): Grade C • Pearson Test of English (Academic): 54 with 51 in each component • IBT TOEFL: 80 with no subtest less than 17.    For more information go to http://www.stir.ac.uk/study-in-the-uk/entry-requirements/english/. If you do not meet the required score you may be able to register for one of our pre-sessional English courses. To register you must hold a conditional offer for your course and have an IELTS score 0.5 or 1.0 below the required standard. View our range of pre-sessional courses: http://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/english/.

‌Psychology at Stirling ratings for research excellence (REF 2014) were:

·         3rd in Scotland, in the top 20 for the UK.

·         86% of our research outputs were rated as world leading or internationally excellent.

 ·         We were rated as BEST in the UK for research impact.

The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey:  in 2016 Stirling students reported 88% overall satisfaction with their experience.

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Bursaries are available for September 2013
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Please contact Linda Cullen (lc32@stir.ac.uk) for details.

The aim of the programme is to ensure that you:

• understand the scope and limitations of an extensive range of research techniques and data collection instruments in Psychology
• understand how ethical, cultural and pragmatic issues affect psychological research
• understand how psychological theories are constructed and tested by evidence of different kinds, and the importance of seeking converging evidence from different methodologies
• implement a variety of quantitative and qualitative analysis
• obtain hands-on experience of more than one research technique, through the Research Placement and Dissertation elements
• acquire an understanding of how to measure perceptual experience in a bias-free manner
• acquire the basic framework for understanding such measurements
• acquire practical experience in making measurements of perceptual experience