MA Degrees in Social Psychology

Recognized for its scholarly contribution and real-world application, the faculty and students in the Department of Psychology at The New School for Social Research form a tight-knit and academically intensive community. Read more

The Master’s degree in Clinical, Social and Intercultural Psychology offers knowledge and practical skills in different sectors of Psychology, in order to diversify the psychologist’s toolbox across interventions regarding mental health, individuals at work and societies. Read more

Community psychology brings social change to the forefront of the way that we understand and promote psychological wellbeing. Read more

Psychosocial studies holds that conventional distinctions found in many areas of sociology and psychology between the 'psychological' and the 'social' are untenable and that our 'inner' and 'outer' worlds are empirically and theoretically inseparable. Read more

Our MA in Gender and Sexuality Studies is an innovative, interdisciplinary programme located in the  Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (PPS). Read more

The Autism Studies MA provides the academic background necessary for good practice both with autistic individuals and organisations that provide or arrange support. Read more

The master's programme in Disinformation and Societal Resilience is for professionals who need to understand information manipulations in the global context, work on strategic communication to build social resilience and deal with risk management in organisations and communities. Read more

Founded in 2004, this unique course brings together people from diverse walks of life and parts of the globe to explore how we can therapeutically care for refugee people more effectively. Read more

The MA Psychoanalytic Studies allows you to study the origins of psychoanalysis, its history over its first 120 years of life, its main ideas and their applications, both within and outside the therapeutic context, and in particular how it has been taken up and contested in different social and cultural situations. Read more

Our cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology Master's course brings together some of the world's leading researchers in the field of cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology from centres such as the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, the Brain and Behaviour Lab and the Birkbeck/UCL Centre for Neuroimaging. Read more

The course situates fashion photography within a range of social, cultural and theoretical models of practice and dissemination. Applicable skills:  students will develop a diverse skill set which can be applied to not only fashion photography but fine art, popular culture and mass media. Read more

Examine the impact of being abusive or being abused. You will look at theoretical perspectives considering abusiveness and its impact in different international, cultural and social contexts. Read more

The MA Character Education focuses on character education and the theory and practice of human flourishing. It is a three-year part-time distance learning MA and the first of its kind to focus on this topic. Read more

Are you interested in person centred, psychodynamic and existential theories? Our part time MA/PGDip Integrative Psychotherapy gives you in-depth study of an integrative approach to practice. Read more

Are you committed to a career in an art practice that creatively engages with your community? If so, the MA Art and Social Practice is ideal. Read more