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Study Details: MSc 1 year (full-time), 2 years (part-time)
Course Overview:
The University has a long history of face research. Our internationally renowned team of experts study almost all aspects of face perception, including low level visual processing, adaptation, gaze perception, social perception such as mate preference and attractiveness, mechanisms of recognition and forensic aspects such as unfamiliar face matching and eye witness recovery of memories for faces. This research has led to EvoFIT, a unique system for constructing facial composites of offenders by witnesses and victims of crime, which has a suspect identification rate ten times higher than traditional methods used by police. You will become part of this vibrant research community as you study the key research methods related to face research and will put your learning into practice during a month long placement.
Successful students will have an enhanced understanding of the theory of human face perception and understanding of how to conduct research, including preparation of suitable stimuli and the ethics of their use and evidence of improved oral and written communication skills, in addition to the ability to think critically in order to evaluate theories and methods.
Period of Study:
Full time: two semesters for Diploma, 12 months for MSc. Part time: four semesters for the Diploma, 24 months for MSc. This programme begins in September
Career Opportunities:
The course provides advanced training for a career involving face research. It is intended primarily for students who already have a degree in Psychology or an allied discipline who intend to proceed to a PhD in this field
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.
http://www.stir.ac.uk/postgraduate/financial-information/tuition-fees/
Bursaries are available for September 2013
http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/
Please contact Linda Cullen (lc32@stir.ac.uk) for details.
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