MSc in Organisational Psychology
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 29,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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** UK students £15,000 | International, including EU, students: £29,500
Key Summary
Introduction
Our MSc Organisational Psychology course provides you with the necessary skills and knowledge to apply psychological principles, theories and methods to work in organisations. The course develops your understanding of psychology as well as equips you with practical skills for working as a psychologist within organisations.
This advanced course gives you a route into occupational psychology that is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Take the psychological principles and theories you learned in your graduate degree and apply them to the world of work.
Admissions
Curriculum
The course runs over one year and comprises two taught semesters plus a research dissertation. The taught modules use a variety of teaching methods, including lectures, group work, case studies and practical exercises, and are assessed using a range of techniques, including examinations, essays, applied coursework and presentations.
Special features
MSc Organisational Psychology course was re-accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) for a further six years, with no conditions. We are only one of 20 schools in the UK to be accredited by the BPS to offer the Masters course that allows students to become Chartered Occupational Psychologists.
The BPS advises students always to choose a BPS accredited course to maximise their future options.
Course units details
The course provides psychology graduates who are intending to become Chartered Occupational Psychologists with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required by the Division of Occupational Psychology of the British Psychological Society (BPS), in the following seven required areas:
- Psychological Assessment at Work
- Learning, Training and Development
- Leadership, Engagement and Motivation
- Well-Being and Work
- Work Design, Organisational Change and Development
- Research Design, Advanced-Data Gathering and Analytical Techniques
- Applying Psychology to Work and Organisations
During the course, you will be taking 180 credits in all. The eight taught units during semesters one and two total 120 credits which can be viewed in the list below.
Over the summer period, you will carry out your Research Dissertation, worth 60 credits. Examples of recent dissertation project topics include:
- Customers pay our wages: a diary study examining how to optimise customer interaction and employee wellbeing in the service sector
- Client verbal aggression: an examination of emotional labour and associated outcomes for employees in the legal sector
- Effects of job stressors, organisational commitment and individual attributes on Malaysian Chinese primary school teachers' burnout
- Corporate psychopathy: the truth behind the hype
- Improving safety using a combination of transformational and transactional leadership: a longitudinal study
- Creativity in the workplace: a self-report measure and unanticipated costs
- Leader effectiveness and leader-member relations: the role of interpersonal emotion regulation, follower attributions and leader empathy
Coursework and assessment
Assessment across the course units varies and includes a combination of examinations, reports, course work, practical assessments and presentations. A dissertation is normally undertaken.
Program Outcome
Build theoretical understanding and research skills required by the Division of Occupational Psychology of the BPS in the following seven areas:
- Psychological Assessment at Work
- Learning, Training and Development
- Leadership, Engagement and Motivation
- Well-being and Work
- Work Design, Organisational Change and Development
- Research Design, Advanced-Data Gathering and Analytical Techniques
- Applying Psychology to Work and Organisations
- BPS Occupational Test User (Level A and B) training included in the tuition fees
- Prepare for a career as an internal consultant in a large commercial or industrial organisation, the Police or the NHS, or as a management consultant.
Scholarships and Funding
Funding Opportunities for Master's Degrees
There are a number of Master's funding options for our courses and these will vary depending on whether you’re a student from the UK, or EU, or an international student from outside the EU.
Please note: if you are successful in receiving more than one scholarship award, the total scholarship amount must not exceed 50% of your course tuition fees.
Master's student loan for UK students
If you are a prospective Master's student from the UK there are potential sources of funding available. The UK Government has confirmed that Postgraduate Loans will be offered to UK students starting a master's course in the 2024/25 academic year.
Manchester Alumni Scholarship Scheme
The Master's Scholarship is offered to students and alumni of The University of Manchester enrolling on one of the Business School's taught master's courses.
BAföG funding
German applicants can apply for BAföG funding in the form of a grant, subsidy, state or bank loan.
Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships Plan (CSFP) General Scholarship
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission supports around 750 awards annually at universities around the Commonwealth.
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Program Admission Requirements
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