Distance education psychology - home study psychology course

Your development in psychology is covered by this module.  It enables you to pursue independent study in the distance education psychology topics of interest to you.  You have the opportunity to carry out detailed research into specific areas covered by the home study psychology course.

Your development through psychology study

Your research might take place in one of several areas depending on the areas of the distance education psychology course which appeal to you.  This might be child development psychology, cognition or social psychology or a number of other subjects.  This module of the home study psychology course is tutored by an expert in the relevant area.

What this distance education psychology course entails

This module fosters the development of psychology skills in generating and presenting research and theory.  You will be responsible for setting project aims and objectives, reviewing critical literature and constructing an action plan during this distance education psychology module.  Finally you will write up the findings of your home study psychology course research.

Distance education psychology enables people to complete a home study psychology course who would otherwise have been unable to return to education.  Your development psychology module will be graded by a number of assessment you are required to undertake.

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Professional Development & Advanced Issues

This module allows you to pursue the independent study of a topic of your choice. Dependent on your interest this might include research into one of the following areas: child development, cognition, social or developmental psychology, neuropsychology, the psychology of work. Tutored by an expert in the area, you'll be able to develop your skills in generating and presenting psychological research and theory.

What's involved

>Selecting a project topic
>Setting project aims and objectives
>Critical literature reviews
>Choosing a research strategy and designing the research
>Negotiating access and ethical issues
>Constructing an action plan
>Writing up the research

Assessment

There are a number of assessments that you complete as part of your coursework and forward to your academic tutor for grading and comments.

You'll also take a summative assessment at the end of your module. Exam venues are located across the UK and exams take place twice a year. Please note that there are additional assessment fees for each module.