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MSc Psychology in Game Design and Digital Innovation

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    MSc Full-time: 1 year, Part-time: 2 years

Course Description

Study on a course that puts you at the forefront of an emerging field in the globally expanding gaming sector, exploring how psychological principles and research can be applied to game design.

Learn about how the rapid growth of technology and digital innovation impacts human behaviour and examine the intersection between psychology and our digital experience.

Learn from lecturers who are active researchers in key psychological areas, such as cognitive, developmental and social psychology.

Study a multidisciplinary curriculum, with contributions from a range of schools, departments and research centres at Surrey, including our Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, Surrey Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence and Digital World Research Centre.

Entry Requirements

An interest in human behaviour and game design with a minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree in psychology, product development, art and design, communications and multimedia, game design, computer science, or a recognised international equivalent.

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Student Destinations

As a graduate of this course, you will possess skills and knowledge that can be applied in a variety of fields, including gaming, marketing, policymaking, education and cybersecurity.

You may choose to join a game technology or development company, government agency, non-profit organisation or academic institution in a role such as game designer, user experience researcher, digital marketer, policy analyst or educator. 100 per cent of our postgraduate psychology graduates go on to employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2023, HESA).

Module Details

  • ACADEMIC RESEARCH TRAINING Compulsory 1
  • FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS Optional 1
  • INTERACTION DESIGN Optional 1
  • PSYCHOLOGY AND GAME DESIGN I Compulsory 1
  • QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Compulsory 1
  • STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR THE MSC IN PSYCHOLOGY (CONVERSION) Optional 1
  • WRITING GAMING Optional 1
  • COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS Optional 2
  • DIGITAL TECH AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR Optional 2
  • EXTENDED REALITY Optional 2
  • PSYCHOLOGY AND GAME DESIGN II Compulsory 2
  • QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Compulsory 2
  • SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT WITH RESEARCH METHODS Optional 2
  • DISSERTATION 8000-10000 WORDS Core Year-long

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