Approaches in Psychology and Mental Health Research (304C8)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

This module explores quantitative and qualitative research methods that can be employed in survey-based research.

You'll learn about:

• advanced data analyses techniques, including multivariate regression procedures and thematic analysis
• how these techniques can be used to expose the cognitive or social processes that individuals are engaging in, culminating in the design of their own potential research study
• ethical and historical perspectives in psychology.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 20 hours of contact time and about 130 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.