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PostgraduateCourse summary
Build on your existing academic knowledge and professional experience and gain a critical awareness of issues in Environmental psychology, health and wellbeing. This course allows you to work in a flexible way, studying online at a time and place that suits you. You will be invited to attend residentials in Ambleside, an optional element of your studies that allows you to engage in face to face activities and develop your practice. Course Overview Our innovative programme provides the first step to enable you to pursue a career in fields related to environmental psychology or health and wellbeing. We’ve earned a great reputation nationally for our cutting edge research methods and you'll be taught to use differing and specialist methods, equipping you for future challenges and advancing your career prospects. This pathway brings together both subjective and objective wellbeing by looking at the interaction of mental health and the environment with wellbeing. This course is delivered either distance learning, or face to face at our Fusehill campus in Carlisle. At numerous points during the year, you will be invited to attend optional residentials at our variety of campus locations. These residentials offer opportunities to meet your peers and academics with opportunities to discuss modules (Outdoor Spaces, Health and Wellbeing, Environmental Psychology) and dissertations. On this course you will...
- Explore and apply psychological literature to current issues, contexts and experiences around issues related to the environment, health and wellbeing.
- Be taught and given high quality support and guidance by 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.
- Shape your MSc experience to your own interests and career goals, allowing our team to help you to reach your ideal future career.
- Research Skills and Methods
- Professional Values and Ethics
- Negotiated Learning
- Outdoor Spaces, Health and Wellbeing
- Environmental Psychology
- Organisations and the environment
- Dissertation
Entry requirements
Students should have a 2:2 or above in a relevant undergraduate degree (Psychology or Social Science). Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course, please contact the Enquiry Centre for further details. Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) may be considered for relevant prior learning at the same academic level.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £6720 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £6720 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £6720 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £6720 | Year 1 |
| International | £13575 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Cumbria
Registered Office
Fusehill Street
Carlisle
CA1 2HH