Course Modules

This module will introduce you to health psychology. You will discuss fundamental theoretical and empirical issues that require the attention and consideration of health psychologists and develop a broad understanding of the scope of health psychology.

You will focus on the theories of stress and coping in relation to health and illness-related outcomes. You will address stress and coping in the context of a range of illnesses and life events, from the perspective of the patients

This module will develop your knowledge of theory and practice relating to the management of long-term health conditions. You will develop your understanding of the psychological, social and cognitive influences on chronic illness and people’s management of chronic health conditions.

The Consultancy Project is a work based project that provides an opportunity to investigate a problem, gap or challenge within the workplace. You will either work at the chosen organisation and/or have unrestricted access to information within the organisation relevant

This module deepens your knowledge of health behaviour change in the context of exercise and physical activity. You will explore aspects of physical activity behaviour change that enables positive psychological and physical wellbeing outcomes for individuals. You will also explore

This module develops your knowledge base associated with applied physiological and nutritional support in a range of different environments including exercise testing, physiological and dietary measurement, food safety and hygiene and UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) considerations. Specifically, the module will address

Within this module, you will study algorithms that allows computers to learn and improve from experience. The importance of this topic to many modern technologies cannot be overestimated.

This module aims to cover the key mathematical and statistical concepts which are of fundamental importance to many topics within computing. Throughout the module extensive use will be made of real-world problems to highlight how the ideas and techniques covered

The storage, analysis, and systematic extraction of information from Big Data pose challenges that are too complex to be addressed by traditional databases. The module initially covers topics in traditional database systems then introduces the modern view of data processing

The MSc Project provides an opportunity to investigate a problem, gap, or challenge within Data Science. The module provides the opportunity for students to examine an area of particular interest within the Data Science context. the module is designed to