Develop a broad range of practical skills essential for working in clinical, healthcare, academic and pharmaceutical industries.
Learn generic and specialised skills including learning brain-behaviour relation and underlying neurophysiological mechanisms and theories
Gain hands-on experience with various techniques including EEG, TMS, fMRI data analysis, IQ and other clinical psychometric assessments
Designed for graduates of psychology and other related disciplines (biomedical sciences, neuroscience, psychophysiology), this course introduces you to various topics in cognitive neuroscience, normal and abnormal development of perceptual and higher level cognitive functions across the lifespan.

Live projects

There is the possibility to gain research experience (subject to availability) such as writing a literature review, data collection and analysis by working on a research project alongside a member of academic staff.

Sheffield Community Brain Injury Rehabilitation Team (SCBIRT) offers occasional visits and other learning opportunities with limited places. 

Field trips

You have the opportunity to attend workshops run by experts from relevant professions and fields of work. Examples include private clinical consultants, NHS neuropsychologist, teaching staff from the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology course at the University of Sheffield and alumni from our course working in academia and the private sector.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

The course provides a robust academic framework across the broad spectrum of neuroscience and promotes the application of critical thinking and evaluative reasoning to the topics of study. This multifaceted learning and teaching approach allows for reflection on your own progress utilising peer and tutor feedback.

You learn through

• lectures
• workshops
• E-learning
• VLE
• tutorials
• practical workshops
• visiting speakers
• discussion boards
• research forums
• personal progress plans

This course prepares you for an academic or industrial career using psychological and neuroimaging methods like

• electroencephalogram (EEG)
• transcranial magnetic stimulation
• eye tracking techniques
• visual psychophysics
• further cognitive neuroscience postgraduate academic work
• clinical psychology

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to

• PhD research
• postdoctoral research in clinical psychology
• private research companies

 

Typically you need one from

• a second class honours degree or above in psychology

• a relevant undergraduate degree from a non-psychological background such as human biosciences or a healthcare related subject

• appropriate practical or work-based experience

You may also be able to claim credit points which can reduce the amount of time it takes to complete your qualification at Sheffield Hallam. Find out more

If English is not your first language, you need an IELTS score of at least 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in all other skills or equivalent. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.5 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.

Important notice:

 

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Advanced Statistics And Design	15	Exam
Clinical Neuro-Psychopharmacology	15	Coursework
Cognitive Neuroscience Dissertation	60	Coursework
Cognitive Neuroscience Methods	30	Coursework
Electrophysiology	15	Coursework
Fundamentals In Design And Statistics	15	Coursework Exam
Neuron To Neuropathology	15	Coursework
Perception And Cognition Across The Lifespan	30	Coursework