MSc Cognitive Development And Disorders

This course combines psychological theory and application to the study of cognitive functioning, its development through childhood and ageing, and its deficits encountered across disordered populations.

While studying with us, you’ll draw on theory from multiple perspectives including cognitive, clinical, health, educational, biological, and social psychology, along with neuropsychology, neuroscience, and gerontology.

This course will:

• improve your psychological understanding of cognitive development and its disorders

• demonstrate how this understanding informs the development and application of new real-world techniques for improving the assessment of cognitive functioning

• develop your understanding of the diagnosis of deficits, delivery of support and intervention, training in education, gerontology and clinical implications

• provide an advanced understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods

On this course, you’ll be taught and supervised by subject experts at the forefront of current research; actively publishing in their areas of expertise.

This gives you the opportunity to learn from those currently working with the NHS, industry, and charities to improve educational, developmental, clinical, and health outcomes.

We offer high quality research-led teaching and you’ll be actively encouraged to engage in ongoing research. Much of this research is collaborative with government departments, research councils, the NHS and industry.

We offer a lively learning environment with modern facilities for teaching and research, which aims to produce graduates equipped with current knowledge and the ability to apply this knowledge to different populations.