PgCert Behaviour Change

Program Overview

The Postgraduate Certificate in Behaviour Change program equips health and social care professionals with advanced knowledge and skills in understanding and facilitating health-related behaviour change. It combines multidisciplinary perspectives with applied learning, developing students' abilities in critical thinking, problem-solving, and research. The program offers flexible learning options and prepares graduates for careers in health promotion, nursing, social work, and related fields.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This PgCert Behaviour Change program is designed for individuals working in health or social care settings. It aims to enhance professional development, communication skills, and understanding of service users.

Objectives:

• Critically evaluate and apply different approaches, theories, and models to health-related issues and behaviour change.
• Develop the ability to reflect on practice, planning, and personal development.
• Apply problem-solving strategies to complex professional scenarios.
• Develop research and systematic literature reviewing skills.

Outline:

• Structure: The program is multi-disciplinary, exploring health and illness in its psychological, sociological, biological, and political context.
It combines online learning with weekly on-campus study days, offering flexible learning opportunities for students with employment and/or family commitments.
• Course Schedule: Students attend an induction on campus in September, followed by half-day sessions per week.
• Modules:
• Compulsory Modules:
• Behaviour Change Interventions: Development And Evaluation:
Credits: 15, Assessment: Coursework (100%)
• Introduction To Research Methods:
Credits: 15, Assessment: Coursework (100%)
• Social Determinants Of Health:
Credits: 15, Assessment: Coursework (100%)
• Understanding Behaviour:
Credits: 15, Assessment: Coursework (100%)

Assessment:

• The program primarily uses coursework for assessment.
• Each module has a 100% coursework assessment component.

Teaching:

• Methods: The program utilizes a blend of online learning and on-campus study days.
• Faculty: Tria Moore, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, is the course leader for the MSc Health Psychology program.
• Unique Approaches: The program emphasizes applied learning through live/real-world projects, enabling students to apply their knowledge and skills to real-world problems.

Careers:

• Potential Career Paths:
• Health promotion
• Nursing
• Social work
• Medical practice
• Physiotherapy
• Dietetics
• Drug and alcohol rehabilitation
• Mental health and wellbeing

Other:

• The program provides networking opportunities through specialist research seminars delivered by department members and guest speakers, including academics and practitioners.
• The program offers a comprehensive suite of career management services, including interview training and networking opportunities.
• The program encourages an atmosphere of supportiveness among students.
• The program aims to provide students with the ability to use their work or voluntary experience within a health and/or social care-related setting to aid their learning and training.
• For students not currently working in a health-related setting, the program offers a careers workshop and a dedicated careers adviser to help find suitable employment or voluntary work.

The tuition fee displayed above is for the full course. If the full course is more than one year in duration, the fee will be divided into annual payments which will then be rounded. This may mean the total fee you pay is slightly higher than the fee stated above. If you take a break in study or have to retake part of the course, you may also be charged an additional fee and will be notified of this at the time. If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course, or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year, then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. The tuition fee displayed above is for the full course. If the full course is more than one year in duration, the fee will be divided into annual payments which will then be rounded. This may mean the total fee you pay is slightly higher than the fee stated above. If you take a break in study or have to retake part of the course, you may also be charged an additional fee and will be notified of this at the time.

Postgraduate student loans:

Up to £11,222 available for Home students on most masters courses.

Additional course costs:

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