Bournemouth University - Poole
Fern Barrow, Poole BH12 5BB, United Kingdom Campus: Talbot Campus Lansdowne Campus Phone: +44 1202 524111 Founded: 1992

Bournemouth University is a public university in Bournemouth, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole. The university was founded in 1992; however, the origins of its predecessor date back to the early 1900s. Wikipedia

Master of Science in Investigative Forensic Psychology

 

Why study MSc Investigative Forensic Psychology at BU?

  • Learn about the underlying theories regarding the psychology of investigations and consider areas such as how face-processing can assist identification of individuals 

  • Explore different offence types – sexual offending, murder and violent crime, group offending, and different forms of cyber-crime 

  • Investigate and scrutinise violent mocked-up crime scenes to provide investigative evidence and learn how to present expert witness testimony in a mock court 

  • Evaluate victims, witnesses, suspects and offenders as well as the environment, geography and time to create fieldwork and case studies based on real experiences 

  • Benefit from the expert knowledge of our academics and guest speakers

  • Develop transferable skills like writing grant proposals and how to publish research as well as working closely with a member of staff for your research topic, perhaps linked to your future career aspirations.  

Find out more about the content of this course.

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/courses/msc-investigative-forensic-psychology

You can find details of the international qualifications we accept, and what level of study they apply to, on our entry requirements for non-UK students' page.

Please see below some examples of the qualifications for entry:

  • India: Bachelor’s degree (three years) from a recognised HE institution with a minimum overall result of 55% 

  • Nigeria:  Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution with a minimum classification of 2:4

  • China:  Chinese Bachelor's (Honours) degree from a recognised higher education institution with 65% or above 

  • Turkey: Bachelor’s degree (Lisans Diplomasi - four years) with a minimum overall GPA of 2.3/4.0 

  • Vietnam:  Bachelor's degree/Bang tot nghiep dai hoc with an average score of 6.5/10, or 2.25/4, or a Master’s degree/Thac si. 

  • Ghana: Bachelor's degrees from University of Ghana or Legon with a grade of 2.00 or above, or from Cape Coast with a grade of 2.5 or above

  • USA: US Bachelor's degree (4 years), with a 2.5 GPA or above

All applications will be subject to a minimum grade and your degree may need to be in a relevant subject area.

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, you will need to provide evidence that you understand English to a satisfactory level. English language requirements for this course are normally:

IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent.

View further information about our English language requirements.

Bournemouth University International College offers a number of pre-sessional English and preparatory programmes to prepare international students for postgraduate study at BU. Admission to the degree is guaranteed on successful completion of your course to the required level. 

 

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/courses/msc-bioarchaeology

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