MSc Child Development

The MSc in Child Development is designed to prepare psychology graduates for the next stage of their career in research or applied areas of psychology.

Keele has a vibrant, well-established and ever-expanding community of researchers in child development. Students will benefit from their expertise across a wide range of areas including child social development (e.g. bullying and peer relationships), child cognitive development (e.g. theory of mind, attention in autism and ADHD) and education (e.g. girls and science and enhancing collaborative learning in the classroom).

The programme is assessed through a range of formats including:

• Blog portfolios
• Personal skills audits
• Research Critiques
• Lab Reports
• Unseen exams and class tests
• Verbal presentations
• Independent research written up as a dissertation

Careers

Many of our MSc graduates go on to take up positions working with children and young people, register for professional psychology training (e.g. educational psychology) or a PhD in psychology.