Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology: The Origins of Mind (MSc)

The course provides advanced research training in intellectual, and practical skills associated with evolutionary, and comparative approaches to the study of mind. It also covers detailed knowledge of the evolutionary, and comparative literature, and principal theoretical, and methodological issues in this field and provides students with the statistical, and methodological skills, necessary to undertake research in evolutionary psychology. Furthermore, it tackles fundamental issues associated with the origins of human cognition via a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches. This distinctive programme tackles fundamental issues associated with the origins of animal and human cognition via a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches.