跨专业申心理学硕士？谁说不可以！

心理学在很多人看来一直都是一门很高深的学科，简单概括来说就是研究人的行为以及行为背后的动机，听起来似乎很简单但细想后又无从下手，属于那种“不明觉厉”的专业。

英国的心理学发展很成熟，开设的课程种类广泛，兼具学术研究性与实践性。相信了解过心理学的同学们都知道，在英国想要读心理学硕士，是要有英国心里学会BPS（British Psychological Society）认证的GBC（Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership）资格的，要怎么获得这个资格呢？那就需要你本科是在英国读的心理学。那作为一个海外留学生，要怎么才能绕开“本科在英国读心理学”这个不可能达到的条件，而成功在英国读心理学硕士呢？——你需要Conversion转换课程。

要说Conversion课程就要先说下英国心理学会BPS的等级构成，分为三级，本科在学会认可的英国院校读心理学后会成为第一级会员Student Membership；成功读完心理学课程后就会获得第二级Graduate Membership（也称作Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership，也就是GBC，当然也不是所有学心理学的学生都能“连锅端”的获得GBC的，也是要完成学业通过考核才行的哈~）；再往上就是最高级的Chartered Membership，必须要达到这个等级才能成为英国的特许心理学家。

对于海外留学生而言，少了第一级Student Membership的铺垫，要想读心理学，怎么办？

作为一个成熟的学科，心理学专业在各大院校均有开设的，而到了硕士阶段，大多数院校都会要求你要有GBC资格才行，但部分学校会为那些想本土想转专业的学生以及海外留学生开设Conversion转换课程，在成功完成学业后，同样有机会获得GBC资格。GBC资格对于以后想成为英国心理学家的同学至关重要，但这个资格对于单纯只是想要获得心理学硕士学位，后选择回国发展的海外留学党们就显得有些鸡肋了，但本着多个证书多条路的原则，考取GBC资格除了是对自己能力的一种肯定，对未来回国从事相关行业也会有一定的帮助。

开设转换可成的院校和专业如下：

伦敦大学学院UCL

MSc Psychological Sciences心理科学

The Psychological Sciences MSc is designed to confer Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS). GBC is the form of professional accreditation that is required for many careers that you may pursue with a psychology degree, as well as for advanced professional training in psychology. This is a conversion course.

爱丁堡大学Edinburgh

MSc Psychology of Mental Health (Conversion) 心理健康心理学

This is a professionally accredited new programme that offers you the opportunity to study psychology to graduate level and become eligible for graduate basis for chartered membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society.

曼彻斯特大学Manchester

MSc Health Psychology健康心理学

For the MSc to be recognised by the BPS as the Stage 1 qualification for becoming a Health Psychologist, you need to hold Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC). You can join the MSc without holding GBC, but for the MSc to be recognised as a BPS-accredited Stage 1 qualification, you will need to gain GBC.

布里斯托大学Bristol

MSc Experimental Psychology (conversion)实验心理学

Graduates looking for a psychology conversion course are often interested in specific careers as chartered psychologists (eg educational or clinical psychologists). This programme prepares non-psychology graduates for the further postgraduate study needed to pursue these career paths. More generally, the programme provides non-psychology graduates with psychological knowledge and a range of generic, transferable skills that are directly relevant to a wide variety of careers, such as health, education, marketing, scientific and legal consultancy, banking and finance, human resources, media and the public sector.

格拉斯哥大学Glasgow

MSc Psychological Studies (conversion)心理学研究

This is a conversion degree for students who have no previous studies in the area of psychology. You will have the opportunity of a change in direction, to pursue a career, either academic or professional, in psychology. Successful completion of this programme makes you eligible for BPS Graduate Basis for Chartered membership (GBC).

谢菲尔德大学Sheffield

MSc Psychology and Education (Conversion) 心理学与教育

Our MSc Psychology and Education (Conversion) is a unique, intensive, one-year full-time course. It is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). This course is designed for students who don't have a formal psychology qualification.

雷丁大学Reading

MSc Psychology Conversion心理学

This newly developed master’s programme has been designed for those who have an interest in psychology and want to follow a course that is fully accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).

萨里大学Surrey

MSc Psychology (Conversion)心理学

Our intensive and competitive MSc Psychology (Conversion) course is designed to let you pursue a career change into psychology. We also welcome applications if you already have a degree in psychology and need another degree to gain the graduate basis for chartered membership with the British Psychological Society (BPS).