The MSc Psychological Sciences conversion course provides a post-graduate qualification enabling students from a range of backgrounds to gain Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership in Psychology of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Moreover, the conversion course provides a sound knowledge of the diverse approaches to the study of behaviour encompassed within the core areas of psychology. Finally, the course emphasises the development of transferable knowledge, analytic expertise and research skills, which will be useful across the diverse areas of employment that attract psychology graduates and as a basis for further advanced study within the discipline (e.g. PhD, ClinPsyD, DEdPsy).

Within the public health sector, the main intended graduate destinations include organisations that are committed to the delivery of mental health services; roles include assistant psychologists, counsellors, and therapists. Within the education sector, the main intended graduate destinations include organisations that are committed to the delivery of information exchange; roles include teachers, lecturers, and researchers. Within the business sector, the main intended graduate destinations include organisations that are committed to the delivery of personnel training; job roles include occupational, organisational, and industrial psychologists. These are just a few sectors for which formal training in psychology is desirable, if not necessary, for job advancement.