Expand your mind and career prospects with our BPS-accredited online Psychology (Conversion) MSc. This master’s conversion degree is the ideal starting point for a career as a psychologist and can lead to a variety of rewarding roles in many different sectors. In this blog post, we highlight the wide range of future career paths available to psychology graduates.
What is the Psychology (Conversion) MSc?
As a conversion degree, our online postgraduate psychology programme allows you to move from a previous discipline into a new field. You will also gain a widely recognised qualification accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
The programme provides you with a comprehensive understanding of biological, developmental, cognitive, and social psychology. Each module has been developed with the support of prestigious research groups in the University of Liverpool’s Department of Psychology, known for world-class research focused on improving the health, wellbeing, and lives of societies across the globe.
Depending on your chosen career path, further training or entry-level roles may be required upon completion of your Psychology (Conversion) MSc. However, you will come away having developed a wide range of time management, critical thinking, and research skills – ensuring you stand out in today’s competitive global work environment.
What industries can you work in with a master’s in psychology?
Research
Roles within research are a valuable opportunity to develop your academic expertise, build experience, and establish professional connections. During the programme, you will gain enhanced knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research in psychology. For quantitative research, you will develop the ability to autonomously produce, analyse, and interpret datasets using statistical procedures. For qualitative research, you will gain experience in designing studies, conducting interviews, and using methods such as thematic analysis to explore participants’ experiences in depth. As a research assistant, you may be employed by universities, hospitals or private organisations.
Law enforcement
A solid understanding of the mind, human behaviour, and motivation can help foster key interpersonal skills beneficial to a variety of roles in the police force, probation services, and prisons. The psychological theories and principles studied will help you understand the science behind why people commit crimes. You will also have the skills to contribute to the rehabilitation and management of offenders within the justice system.
Finance
The scientific aspects of the programme, specifically the application of reasoned approaches and problem solving, provide useful tools for roles in finance and investment. Those working in finance often require a strong understanding of patterns in human behaviour and decision making. Career paths could include consumer behaviour analysis, investor psychology or financial planning.
Marketing
The research and analysis skills developed throughout the online Psychology (Conversion) MSc will help you learn how to harness large quantities of data. This knowledge can be used across tasks such as forecasting, planning, and predicting future trends, which are highly valuable to employers in the global marketing sector. In marketing roles, an understanding of consumer behaviour and buyer motivation is key to creating successful marketing strategies and campaigns.
Education
Studying core psychology topics such as personality, individual differences, and intelligence is essential to a variety of roles in the education sector. The application of psychological theory, research, and techniques will allow you to support children, their families, and schools to promote the emotional and social wellbeing of young people. Day-to-day responsibilities could include dealing with emotional situations and supporting those experiencing difficulties in learning, behaviour or social adjustment.
What if I want to become a Chartered Psychologist?
A postgraduate master’s degree in psychology is the first step to pursuing a role as a psychologist in what is a highly competitive industry. Our Psychology (Conversion) MSc meets the requirements for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS). This is an essential first step toward BPS-accredited training routes in applied psychology. It is also the starting point for becoming a Chartered Psychologist in the United Kingdom and ensures you have a strong basis for postgraduate training. After completing your master’s degree, you may require additional MSc-level training, as well as a PhD or Professional Doctorate. And for some protected titles, such as Clinical Psychologist, you will need a BPS and HCPC-accredited doctorate before registration.
Your career path to becoming a Chartered Psychologist will depend on the specialism you would like to work within. There are a wide range of roles available to those with the right qualifications. These could include working in a school, hospital, prison, therapy clinic, community setting or organisation. With Graduate Basis of Chartership with the British Psychological Society (GBC), you will be eligible to be admitted to train in the following domains:
- Clinical or Clinical Neuropsychology
- Counselling
- Educational Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
- Sports and Exercise Psychology
- Occupational Psychology
- Health Psychology
Why study online with the University of Liverpool?
- The Department of Psychology at the University of Liverpool was established in 1947 and is one of the UK’s longest-established academic psychology departments
- Gain a highly regarded qualification from a prestigious redbrick university and a member of the elite Russell Group
- Study from anywhere, at a time convenient to you, via our state-of-the-art virtual learning platform
- Graduate on campus at the University of Liverpool alongside family and friends
If you are ready to take the first step into an exciting psychology career, head to the programme page for further information and to download a prospectus.
