You'll chart the timeline of an employee from career counselling to retirement.

You'll consider the influence psychology has in areas including career counselling, job design, recruitment, motivation, teamwork, leadership, disability, unemployment and retirement.

You'll look at the relevant history, seminal and contemporary theories, practical applications and future issues.

Get an introduction to psychotherapy and counselling psychology.

You'll explore various psychotherapy and counselling schools and theories.

You'll consider the challenges faced by psychotherapists and counselling psychologists working in a variety of contexts with different populations.

We'll look at counselling perspectives such as eclectic, integrative and time-limited, and explore the influence of positive psychology.

You'll get an introduction to the skills used by psychotherapists and counsellors.

You'll also consider health economics and broader modes of delivery such as group and internet counselling.

You'll get an introduction to psychopathology, diagnostic systems and psychological approaches to distress.

You'll consider potential causes of mental ill-health and their prevalence among varying populations, for example, age, race, and culture.

You'll look at mental health conditions and their proposed psychological treatments.

You'll critically evaluate interventions in terms of cost, outcomes and service user experience, and look at potential barriers to treatments and ways to overcome them.

You'll also cover the British Psychological Society's (BPS) Code of Ethics and Conduct and BPS activities related to mental health and the principles of social justice - access, equity, diversity, participation and human rights.

You'll critically examine cognitive-experimental psychology.

Influences include Marxism, postmodernism, feminism, psychoanalysis, social constructionism and discursive psychology.

You'll apply and analyse these influences on areas of difference and inequality such as gender, sexuality, race, social class, health, mental health, criminality and work.

Get an introduction to cyberpsychology, looking at psychological phenomena related to technology.

Investigate how digital technologies have influenced individuals and groups in society.

You may cover topics including relationships online, computer games, addiction, cybercrime, children, young people and online behaviour and personality online.

You'll cover topics related to forensic psychology.

These include theories of crime, violent and sexual offenders, treatment, female offenders, personality disorder, risk assessment, forensic mental health and suicide and self-harm.

You'll explore how psychologists model human behaviour and how to modify this in the context of health within a relevant population.

You'll analyse and debate issues and problems in health psychology.

You'll differentiate interactions between the psychological, social and biological functions that lead to illness and compare and evaluate the relevant factors.

We'll cover UK and international perspectives and look at ethical issues in health psychology.

Each week you'll look at a different contemporary health issue in the context of behaviour and health outcome. These could include physical activity in pregnant women and the general population, and smoking in lower social economic status groups.

You'll write critically about a selected and approved area in more depth than is possible in other assessed essays.

You'll develop your ideas for the negotiated essay with the guidance of a supervisor with expertise in your area of interest.

You'll have up to three hours of supervision.

Get a broad overview of stress and illness, and how biological processes are influenced by stressful events.

We'll cover stressors, stress appraisal, hormonal changes, neurotransmitter processes, the immune system, cardiovascular disease, affective disorders, addiction, epigenetics, coping strategies, navigating stigma and seeking help.

In groups, you'll do informal presentations on your progress during the module.

You'll also get a personalised podcast on Panopto revolving around your group work, enabling further clarification and points of discussion.

Explore how we impact the environment and how the environment impacts us from a psychological perspective.

You'll look at psychological approaches to understanding, assessing, and modifying peoples’ environmental awareness and behaviours.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals underpin the module content.

You'll use examples of sensory illusions, cognitive biases and disorders to explore important cognitive mechanisms and their neurological basis.

We'll use sensory illusions such as Kanizsa figures and rubber hand illusions to illustrate the perceptual system.

Processing disorders such as prosopagnosia and object agnosia will help you understand how sensory information is integrated.

We'll showcase the systems underlying human thinking through cognitive biases.

You'll explore key concepts in cross-cultural psychology, examining how culture influences human behaviour, cognition and emotions. Through online sessions, you'll interact with peers and lecturers from international partner universities, gaining diverse perspectives on psychological theories and practices. You'll study topics such as cultural dimensions of personality, emotion and communication, as well as the psychological impact of globalisation, migration and acculturation.

You'll engage in collaborative international group projects, applying cross-cultural frameworks to real-world psychological issues. Sessions will include group discussions, case studies and research activities to promote a deeper understanding of cross-cultural differences and similarities.