The MA course in Psychology has been running since 1990. It is particularly suited to those students who are seeking to consolidate their knowledge of these areas and who may be considering further training either for professional work or research. The combination of research methods and content courses offers a wide range of experience on which subsequent decisions about specialisation can be based. Students from Britain and overseas usually go on to further training, either at home or abroad.
Teaching is through seminars with many opportunities for student participation.
There is scope for negotiation of course content to meet the needs and interests of particular groups of students. Similarly, choice of topic for the empirical project is also of wide scope, so long as it falls within the range for which the expertise exists among the academic staff. Previous students have gone on to doctoral programmes in clinical psychology, training in counselling and to do research at Sussex or at other Universities. Entry Requirements Masters degrees in Psychology are open to candidates who have achieved at least an upper second class honours degree in Psychology. However, those with equivalent qualifications in closely allied disciplines may also be considered for entry.