Msc Applied Positive Psychology

Positive psychology takes a step away from the traditional aspects of behavioural studies and seeks to explore what makes humans flourish and excel within our complex societies. If you’re fascinated by human behaviour and want to explore exactly what it takes to fulfil our greatest potential in all areas of life, then our Applied Positive Psychology masters is for you. Not only will this course have an incredible impact on your career, you might experience a personal journey and help others do the same. Why study this subject? Positive Psychology can be used in a wide variety of beneficial ways and is arguably one of the most widely applicable subjects out there - everyone and everything wants to be the best they can be and happy, after all. Applied Positive Psychology focuses on the scientific study of happiness, wellbeing, purpose and strengths. Looking at these areas, we explore how different methods, techniques and ways of working improve performance in a range of settings, from education to organisations and private coaching. Positive psychology focuses on distinct research and scientific methodology which is aimed at understanding, developing and influencing your health and well-being, and has been dubbed the psychology of “what makes life worth living”. In contrast to ‘deficit’-focused mainstream psychology, positive psychology explores what is already working and aims to build on the good in people. You’ll immediately be able to apply what you learn and see how it can make a huge difference both in your professional performance, development and productivity as well as the pursuit of goals and fulfilment in your personal life. Whatever your profession or stage in life, our Applied Positive Psychology programme will help you find ways to improve your own wellbeing and performance, as well as that of others. You’ll discover the nature of happiness and what makes people thrive. Why study at Buckinghamshire New University As one of only a few universities worldwide that offer this course, we have strong expertise in Applied Positive Psychology. Taught by lecturers, visiting experts and practitioners from our Centre for Positive Psychology, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about a number of topics relating to Positive Psychology, such as happiness, wellbeing and flourishing, the power of emotions, personal strengths, resilience and hope, prosociality and responsibilities to greater society and nature, coaching, creativity and growth. We value your aspirations and goals and seek to work with you as you achieve them. Our previous students have told us what a positive impact this course has had on their lives and described the experience as one of personal growth and transformation. Sometimes life can get busy and overwhelming, especially when you’re going through a period of transformation and growth. We’ll always work with you to make sure you’re comfortable and confident in your studies and our expert teaching team of Positive Psychologists will be there to support you every step of the way. At BNU, our teaching approach is centred around you. We want to support you by showing you how to apply Positive Psychology to your life and career to make the world a little better. As our course gains popularity in a time when wellbeing is thankfully being prioritised more than ever, we continue to value and encourage different ways of learning and teaching to make sure you get the personal support you need. We are ever-expanding internationally. For example, we have a transfer programme arrangement with the University of Iceland, enabling graduates of their PG Diploma course in Positive Psychology to complete their MSc at BNU. We have also recently opened a new MAPP Canada hub, to enable easier participation of our North American students.