Mental Health and Wellbeing

Entry requirements

Applicants should normally possess:

• a relevant first degree

Or

• a professional registration in a related area or equivalent
• working in the field of practice relevant to their proposed study and a cover letter to demonstrate this.

Consideration will be given to other, non-professionally registered specialists, who can demonstrate the relevance of the award to their professional and career development.

International students will need to meet the requirements of any international student coming to study in the UK.

If English is not your first language you require an IELTS overall score of 6.0 with no element below 5.5 for most standard undergraduate and postgraduate courses. For more information on the IELTS (International English language Testing System) requirements for this course, please click here to visit our dedicated web page.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The MSc Mental Health & Wellbeing will provide you with the comprehensive knowledge, understanding and skills to allow you to pursue a career in mental health and wellbeing.

You will engage with theories, principles and practices that contribute to improvements in mental health and will explore current local, national and global mental health challenges. You will develop your insights into innovative responses to meet these challenges, within the context of complex political, cultural, geographical and economic environments.

We will support you to develop your knowledge and skill base through innovation and creativity in a flexible learning environment.

Our MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing allows you to study mental health in a non-clinical capacity and provides you with the knowledge to work in a variety of roles in statutory and non- statutory, educational, health and social care environments.

It will give you the opportunity to progress onto more in-depth study of mental health and wellbeing at postgraduate level, to enable you to help support and address the mental health and wellbeing needs of society. The course will be delivered by a mix of inter-professional academics which will ensure a range of perspectives is covered, to provide variety and also to utilise as many areas of expertise as possible in order to deliver a unique learning experience.

The course will develop your skills so you can progress onto careers in areas such as postgraduate entry healthcare, mental health support, social prescribing, public health, health and mainstream education, campaigning and policy development, health-related charity work and increasingly, private sector organisations who are commissioned to improve particular aspects of health and wellbeing. You can also progress onto further specialist study or research, PhD study opportunities are available at Canterbury Christ Church University. The MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing adopts a strong ethos of widening participation, facilitating the engagement of a diverse profile of postgraduates within the health and wellbeing sector.

Information for international students

If English is not your first language you require an IELTS overall score of 6.0 with no element below 5.5 for most standard undergraduate and postgraduate courses. For more information on the IELTS (International English language Testing System) requirements for this course, please click here to visit our dedicated web page.

Fees and funding

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