PSY-30150 - Module Specification
School of Psychology
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This module will give you knowledge and skills in an area of psychology that can affect so many aspects of our lives. The role that psychology plays is key to understanding health trends and behaviours and it informs policy makers and clinicians in applied settings, making a real difference to people's lives. In this module indicative topics include prevention of illness, health promotion, behaviour change and community approaches to health. In the second half of the module, indicative content includes patient and health care professional perspectives regarding becoming ill and diagnosis with diseases such as cancer. The assessment gives you the opportunity to design a health campaign drawing on the theories and research acquired across the module.

The module aims are 1) to develop students' knowledge and understanding of psychological aspects of health issues, 2) to acquire and review the theoretical underpinnings of health psychology and how these relate to practice within specific health areas, 3) to enable students to apply their knowledge by designing a theoretically motivated health campaign, and 4) to enable students to appreciate the relevance of health psychology issues for different populations.

Intended Learning Outcomes

describe key theories and behavioural models applicable to health psychology;: 1
critically appraise and assess the quality of relevant literature within specific areas of health research in psychology;: 1
critically discuss the contexts in which these theories/models are applied;: 1
design a health campaign which demonstrates an integrated understanding of health psychology theory and contexts;
: 1
discuss issues relating to health outcomes for under-represented groups, different populations and within a global context: 1

Study hours

10 hours seminars and support sessions
30 hours asynchronous work preparing for seminars
10 hours group work on activities to support the assessment
100 hours independent study and coursework preparation

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment