MSc in Clinical Health Psychology and Wellbeing
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
AED 91,361 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for full time students | part time students: 45,680 AED per year
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You'll gain knowledge and professional skills to enhance your career working with clients and patients in health and wellbeing-related settings.
Please note that the programme does not train students to become clinical or health psychologists. Rather, it emphasises the importance of health behaviours (both mental and physical) that can enhance wellbeing and provides a grounding in the challenges resulting from trauma and neglect.
Why study MSc Clinical Health Psychology and Wellbeing at Middlesex University Dubai?
This MSc has been developed for psychology graduates or graduates of related disciplines such as health studies, counselling, mental health, public health and education. It is also relevant for practising health and mental healthcare professionals and school counsellors. The programme aims to develop your subject-specific knowledge and skills and enhance your career opportunities.
During the programme, you will:
- Examine health and illness to understand the relationship between psychological variables and biomedical conditions, as well as physical and mental health and well-being in various work settings.
- Focus on application and have the opportunity to apply your knowledge in a diverse range of areas, including formulation and assessment, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and health behaviour change.
- Develop skills such as communication skills, ethical and reflective practice, judgment and decision-making.
- Develop a work-based or information-based project in accordance with your employment situation and experience.
- For your project, students who are working in relevant fields of health care, education, and other helping behaviour industries will be developing a project in their current workplace. Alternatively, students who are not employed in a relevant field can source publicly available information to develop similar projects. The workplace-based project and the alternative project based on available information about an industry would occur during term time (between February and April). The duration of both options is 8 weeks. They will be supported throughout their work-based and information-based projects.
Please note that this programme does not lead to a therapy/ practitioner qualification necessary for licencing to practice.
Programme Modules
Full Time
- Research: Practice and Reporting (60 Credits)
- Research Methods in Applied Psychology – Qualitative and Quantitative (30 Credits)
- Trauma Impacts and Interventions (30 Credits)
- Counselling and Psychotherapy in Applied Psychology (30 Credits)
- Clinical Health Psychology: Perspectives, Practice and Placement* (30 Credits)
Part Time – Year 1
- Research: Practice and Reporting (60 Credits)
- Research Methods in Applied Psychology – Qualitative and Quantitative (30 Credits)
- Trauma Impacts and Interventions (30 Credits)
Part Time – Year 2
- Counselling and Psychotherapy in Applied Psychology (30 Credits)
- Clinical Health Psychology: Perspectives, Practice and Placement* (30 Credits)
- Research: Practice and Reporting (Continued from Year 1)
Please Note:
Both core and optional modules are constantly updated and reviewed. A module may change or not be offered in a particular academic year if too few students choose that particular module or if the module requires academic review. Middlesex University Dubai reserves the right to vary or withdraw any course or module at any time.
Once you've completed this MSc course, you can progress or advance your career in a variety of sectors such as the health service, public health, charities, organisations, and academia. Work may include helping people deal with diabetes, pain, or stroke; health promotion in communities, schools, or the workplace; designing and delivering interventions for weight loss or smoking cessation; promoting well-being and mental health; and research and teaching. The graduates may also choose to upgrade their educational and professional skills through further studies/supervised training.
Teaching
World-Class Faculty With a Wealth of Industry Experience
Evening Classes to Suit Working Professionals Taught sessions are held at our Dubai Knowledge Park campus during the week (Monday to Friday) between 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm. Additional sessions might be scheduled over weekends or holiday periods, and you can expect to receive plenty of notice for these.
Full-time students will need to attend one session per week per module (five evenings). The Research report module will include supervised sessions and taught classes. Attending scheduled classes is an important requirement for the completion of this programme.
Academic Taught Modules and Independent Study Taught modules are devised to ensure active learning, both in subject matter and in the skills essential to postgraduate level study. In addition to scheduled class time, students are expected to undertake independent study, doing research work, preparing for lectures and seminars, and working in groups.
Immersive Teaching and Learning. You will be actively involved in a range of learning, teaching, and assessment approaches as part of your programme. Such active approaches aim to put you at the centre of your learning, so you are involved and engaged in all aspects of your assessment and learning. Your programme will require your active participation in learning activities and engagement with your fellow students both individually and collaboratively, working and learning with other students as part of a small group.
Learning activities may also occur both within and outside the classroom. Education Enhanced by Technology. Your learning will also be supported by technology. Increasingly, your tutors will be using existing and emerging learning technologies to engage you in e-learning activities.
Your programme may be facilitated using a variety of media and online tools (My Learning on UniHub, podcasts, wikis, etc.), which could allow you flexible access to a diverse range of online resources, quizzes and learning materials, as well as collaborative tools. Assessments Assessment comprises a mixture of coursework, peer review, presentations, logbook, case studies, intervention design, project, and reports, depending on the content of the modules being taught. A major part of your assessment will be your 7,000 to 10,000-word research report in the style of a journal article.