Social Cognition: Research and Applications MSc

at University College London

Modules
 

•  Understanding Individuals and Groups
•  Social Cognition, Affect and Motivation
•  MSc Social Cognition: Dissertation
•  Current Issues in Attitude Research
•  Social Neuroscience
•  Moral Cognition
•  Intermediate statistics: Data analysis and visualisation with R
•  Advanced statistics: Data analysis and modelling with R

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Students are expected to have a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. However, very good candidates in related areas, such as management, sociology, or communication sciences, will also be considered. Students should be prepared for the mathematical component contained in the MSc-level Research Statistics module.

UK students
£12,900    

International students
£29,400    

Graduates have taken up positions in research, marketing, teaching, and management consultancy.

On completion of this programme students will have acquired an understanding of the processes involved in the construction of the social reality, in particular how cognitive and affective processes guide social judgement and behaviour, and how these processes are implemented in the brain. The students will have acquired methodological skills to design and carry out socio-cognitive research which will enable them to address real-world social problems and/or pursue an academic career. In addition, they will have acquired knowledge related to theoretical and philosophical issues underlying psychological research.