Course Description
The MSc in Work and Organisational Psychology will be of interest to those, in the UK and abroad, who wish to develop a career in organisational psychology or related areas such as human-resource management. This course provides an excellent opportunity for postgraduate education for students from a variety of backgrounds interested in this area who do not have the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and who may not have a psychology background. The course has been designed to provide you with knowledge of the main areas of occupational psychology, to provide you with good research skills, to cover the relevant social psychological and organisational issues and to introduce the skills required in practice. The MSc in Work and Organisational Psychology utilises a range of teaching methods (including seminars, tutorials, workshops, self-managed working groups). Through our comprehensive programme, which includes workshops on Consultancy Skills and opportunities for British Psychological Society's Test User Qualifications, you will have the facility to develop practical skills fundamental to your future career development. This programme aims to provide you with: - a broad knowledge of work and organisational psychology as a professional discipline the key theoretical and research models used within work and organisational psychology and the role of the work and organisational psychologist as educator, researcher and practitioner - the skills to evaluate critically and appraise theories and research within work and organisational psychology the knowledge of the main areas of work and organisational psychology - a grounding in research skills appropriate to future work in an organisational settings - a grounding in the social, organisational and consulting skills required in practice - a grounding in the application skills required for both research and professional practice in the core areas of work and organisational psychology - the skills to design and conduct independent research within organisational context
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