Masters Psychology Conversion
Hi,
I'm considering doing Masters Conversion in Psychology and I've got few questions to anyone who has done or is doing it at the moment.
Is it as intense as I think it is? I'm planning on working full time (or almost full-time), is it even possible?
How the funding situation looks like?
If anyone has finished the course, is it treated the same as standard Masters degree in Psychology or do you think it's thought less of?
Thanks for all the help?
I'm considering doing Masters Conversion in Psychology and I've got few questions to anyone who has done or is doing it at the moment.
Is it as intense as I think it is? I'm planning on working full time (or almost full-time), is it even possible?
How the funding situation looks like?
If anyone has finished the course, is it treated the same as standard Masters degree in Psychology or do you think it's thought less of?
Thanks for all the help?
(edited 1 month ago)
Reply 1
Original post by Ewka1986
Hi,
I'm considering doing Masters Conversion in Psychology and I've got few questions to anyone who has done or is doing it at the moment.
Is it as intense as I think it is? I'm planning on working full time (or almost full-time), is it even possible?
How the funding situation looks like?
If anyone has finished the course, is it treated the same as standard Masters degree in Psychology or do you think it's thought less of?
Thanks for all the help?
I'm considering doing Masters Conversion in Psychology and I've got few questions to anyone who has done or is doing it at the moment.
Is it as intense as I think it is? I'm planning on working full time (or almost full-time), is it even possible?
How the funding situation looks like?
If anyone has finished the course, is it treated the same as standard Masters degree in Psychology or do you think it's thought less of?
Thanks for all the help?
Hi Ewka, I didn't do a psychology masters conversion but I did psychology in my undergrad and then a masters in economics, so might be able to help a little.
My course is intense. Some of the concepts I get but some of the stuff I really don't. There's so much to cram in I can't imagine working full time! That said, I do work 10 hours a week and can just about manage. I have about 14 hours of contact a week but some of our lectures are so intense I need to spend more time going over them to understand the content.
My psychology undergrad was predominantly essay-based, which I think is a bit more lenient than things like exams or project-based assignments. However, these can eat up a lot of your time, especially if you are new to a subject because you are constantly questioning things and trying to figure it out.
Funding is... not great. I stayed at my undergrad uni and got a 10% discount so my SFE masters loan paid for the entire course, and I live at home so had limited living costs. However, most people I know had to use their whole loan on their tuition fees and fund their accommodation themselves.
I think two key questions are what do you plan to do post-masters and is the course BPS-accredited? If you want to go into a psychology-based profession like clinical you definitely need the BPS-accredited course, but for something like HR it's unlikely. Most BPS-accredited undergrad courses have the same layout in the first year to teach everyone what they need to know to have good foundational knowledge, so if your course is BPS-accredited there's a good chance it will be thought of well. Ultimately, a masters is hard, especially if you're new to the subject, so getting out the other side with a qualification isn't seen as lesser than an undergraduate, your learning is just condensed over a shorter period of time so learning it all is harder.
Does that make sense? I hope so, but if not and you have more questions please let me know and I will try to answer 😊
Original post by UEA Rep Grace
Hi Ewka, I didn't do a psychology masters conversion but I did psychology in my undergrad and then a masters in economics, so might be able to help a little.
My course is intense. Some of the concepts I get but some of the stuff I really don't. There's so much to cram in I can't imagine working full time! That said, I do work 10 hours a week and can just about manage. I have about 14 hours of contact a week but some of our lectures are so intense I need to spend more time going over them to understand the content.
My psychology undergrad was predominantly essay-based, which I think is a bit more lenient than things like exams or project-based assignments. However, these can eat up a lot of your time, especially if you are new to a subject because you are constantly questioning things and trying to figure it out.
Funding is... not great. I stayed at my undergrad uni and got a 10% discount so my SFE masters loan paid for the entire course, and I live at home so had limited living costs. However, most people I know had to use their whole loan on their tuition fees and fund their accommodation themselves.
I think two key questions are what do you plan to do post-masters and is the course BPS-accredited? If you want to go into a psychology-based profession like clinical you definitely need the BPS-accredited course, but for something like HR it's unlikely. Most BPS-accredited undergrad courses have the same layout in the first year to teach everyone what they need to know to have good foundational knowledge, so if your course is BPS-accredited there's a good chance it will be thought of well. Ultimately, a masters is hard, especially if you're new to the subject, so getting out the other side with a qualification isn't seen as lesser than an undergraduate, your learning is just condensed over a shorter period of time so learning it all is harder.
Does that make sense? I hope so, but if not and you have more questions please let me know and I will try to answer 😊
My course is intense. Some of the concepts I get but some of the stuff I really don't. There's so much to cram in I can't imagine working full time! That said, I do work 10 hours a week and can just about manage. I have about 14 hours of contact a week but some of our lectures are so intense I need to spend more time going over them to understand the content.
My psychology undergrad was predominantly essay-based, which I think is a bit more lenient than things like exams or project-based assignments. However, these can eat up a lot of your time, especially if you are new to a subject because you are constantly questioning things and trying to figure it out.
Funding is... not great. I stayed at my undergrad uni and got a 10% discount so my SFE masters loan paid for the entire course, and I live at home so had limited living costs. However, most people I know had to use their whole loan on their tuition fees and fund their accommodation themselves.
I think two key questions are what do you plan to do post-masters and is the course BPS-accredited? If you want to go into a psychology-based profession like clinical you definitely need the BPS-accredited course, but for something like HR it's unlikely. Most BPS-accredited undergrad courses have the same layout in the first year to teach everyone what they need to know to have good foundational knowledge, so if your course is BPS-accredited there's a good chance it will be thought of well. Ultimately, a masters is hard, especially if you're new to the subject, so getting out the other side with a qualification isn't seen as lesser than an undergraduate, your learning is just condensed over a shorter period of time so learning it all is harder.
Does that make sense? I hope so, but if not and you have more questions please let me know and I will try to answer 😊
Thank yoy so much for the reply! You gave me all the information I needed 🙂
Reply 3
Original post by Ewka1986
Hi,
I'm considering doing Masters Conversion in Psychology and I've got few questions to anyone who has done or is doing it at the moment.
Is it as intense as I think it is? I'm planning on working full time (or almost full-time), is it even possible?
How the funding situation looks like?
If anyone has finished the course, is it treated the same as standard Masters degree in Psychology or do you think it's thought less of?
Thanks for all the help?
I'm considering doing Masters Conversion in Psychology and I've got few questions to anyone who has done or is doing it at the moment.
Is it as intense as I think it is? I'm planning on working full time (or almost full-time), is it even possible?
How the funding situation looks like?
If anyone has finished the course, is it treated the same as standard Masters degree in Psychology or do you think it's thought less of?
Thanks for all the help?
@Ewka1986
Hello 🙂 I've just finished my MSc Psychology (conversion), I did mine online with Arden University, which had a mixture of delivery options including blended learning and 100% online. With any provider I would check that the course is fully accredited with the British Psychological Society.
Wherever you study, the research method unit, usually quite early on is a little heavy going, especially if you are using a statistical analysis program like SPSS - I was lucky and had done a Sociology degree elsewhere first so it felt like part of my universe already. There is an excellent book by Coolican called 'Statistics and Research Methods in Psychology' which will be an enormous help. I think a masters does feel a bit of a jump in standards from a degree, it feels easier if you have done post graduate study already (I did a PGCE a few years back).
For funding questions you are best talking directly to SFE, I got a full student loan for my course
Marc
Arden University Student Ambassador
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