Applying for a few masters courses at the same university?

If I want to apply for a few masters courses in the Psychology dept of a single university will this be held against me in some way? Will I be viewed as unfocused and lacking commitment?

Reply 1

Llamageddon

18

getting onto a masters is easy

it's getting funding that's hard

Reply 2

pipsi

Maybe, it all depends on how many courses you apply for and what they focus on, if you applied for two very similar courses i can't see it going against you but if you apply for half a dozen different courses it might seem a little unfocused. It all depends on the staff in the department and how they feel about it. Try calling the person who deals with postgraduate admissions in the department at the university and see what they think. If the reason you want to apply for a few different courses is because you don't know enough about them to know which you'd rather choose, then talking to the admissions team and gaining more insight into the courses might help. If it's because you really don't know what you want to go onto do after the course then it might be wise to choose a course that covers a broad range of modules (presuming that you want to do a taught Masters). Talking to the department should help anyway so i'd suggest you start there.

Reply 3

booraad

OP

14

Llamageddon

getting onto a masters is easy

it's getting funding that's hard

So if I applied for an MSc where a few MRC funded places (e.g. in Health Psychology) are available would I jeopardise my chances by applying for an MSc in Neuroscience?

Reply 4

Llamageddon

18

booraad

So if I applied for an MSc where a few MRC funded places (e.g. in Health Psychology) are available would I jeopardise my chances by applying for an MSc in Neuroscience?

i cant imagine them caring, but if you really must know, contact the university in question and the departments you're applying to

I'm betting they wont know what other courses you've applied to, and if they did, they wouldn't care

but don't take my word for it. ask the people who make the decision.

Reply 5

booraad

OP

14

Llamageddon

i cant imagine them caring, but if you really must know, contact the university in question and the departments you're applying to

I'm betting they wont know what other courses you've applied to, and if they did, they wouldn't care

but don't take my word for it. ask the people who make the decision.