Structured Ph.D (Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences) (Psychology)

Course Overview

The School of Psychology has recognized research strengths in four main research clusters:

• Clinical, behavioral and biological psychology
• Lifespan development
• Perception, cognition, and action
• Psychology and health

Admission to a research degree is at the discretion of the potential Supervisor and Director of Research and is based on a proposal from the applicant following discussion with the member of staff whose academic area of interest is most appropriate. Candidates should have obtained a degree in psychology (either single- or joint-honors) to at least an upper second-class honors level (or equivalent).

As part of the doctoral training available on the Structured Ph.D. program, students avail themselves of a range of interdisciplinary taught modules. The wide menu of available options include modules that:

• are discipline-specific in that they augment the student’s existing knowledge in their specialist area, e.g., Skill Theory and Skill Development
• are dissertation-specific in that they supply core skills which are essential to the completion of the research project, e.g., Specialist Methodologies in Psychology: Research
• acknowledge a student’s professional development, e.g., presentation of a paper at an international conference
• enhance a student’s employability through generic training, e.g., career workshops, computer literacy.

Each student will be assigned a primary Supervisor(s) and a Graduate Research Committee made up of experienced researchers to plan their programme of study and to provide on-going support to their research.