Mental Health Studies Postgraduate diploma/ MSc

• Dates: January or October 2013
• Times: Full-time for one year, or part–time over two to three years, for one to two days per week – depending upon optional modules chosen.
• Lecturer: Janet Holmshaw, Email: j.holmshaw@mdx.ac.uk, Ph: 020 8411 4507

Location:

Hendon (or Archway for January 2013 only)

Fees:

See sponsored places.

If you are not sponsored by an NHS Trust with which the University has a contract, the fee is £63 per credit for the MSc programme for October 2012. The final 60 credits (Dissertation) is usually not charged if there is no break in study prior to commencing it. 

If you are not sponsored by an NHS Trust with which the University has a contract, the fee is £42 per credit for the Postgraduate Diploma programme.

You would not usually pay more to study part-time than the full-time fee rate. Find out more about how to calculate your part-time course fee.

Course overview:

WHO IS IT FOR?
This programme is suitable for anyone working in the mental health field who meets the entry requirements (see below). You will study with others from a wide range of mental health settings and backgrounds.

BENEFITS
This innovative, flexible and unique programme is designed to allow you to build upon previous knowledge and experiences and to develop and demonstrate mastery in mental health related skills and knowledge in order to contribute to enhanced professional mental health practice, research and service development. Your enhanced mental health skills and knowledge will lead to improved practice and/or service development. Past students report enhanced promotional opportunities.

You may plan your own study pathway to meet personal, professional, academic and service needs and interests. The optional modules (totalling 90 credits) can be taken at a pace and frequency that suits your circumstances, taking into account issues such as your work-life balance.

The programme is designed so that, where possible, credits achieved through prior study are recognised as part of this award. Postgraduate level gained from previous study at Middlesex University or elsewhere may be put towards the MSc if these are consistent with the overall programme of mental health studies. Similarly, a maximum of 30 credits at BSc level may also be considered. This process is known as APL (Accreditation of Prior Learning).

Exit awards are available for those who are unable to complete the MSc - the Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Heath Studies (60 credits) and the Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Studies (120 credits).

AIMS
This postgraduate programme aims to enables you to plan an individualised pathway of postgraduate study which reflects academic and professional development needs.

CONTENT

The MSc is made up of 180 credits. Two core modules:

• Research methods module (30 credits) - a choice of either a traditional research methods approach or a work based research approach
• Dissertation/ Work based learning project module (60 credits)
• The rest (90 credits) is made up of optional modules, which are chosen from the list below.

The Postgraduate Diploma is made up of 120 credits. This includes one core module:

• Research methods module (30 credits)
• The rest (90 credits) is made up of optional modules, which are chosen from the list below.