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University of Essex Online PG Cert Organisational Psychology
University of Essex Online

PG Cert Organisational Psychology

Online United Kingdom

8 Months

English

Part time

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GBP 4,157 / per course *

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* £4,157 UK / £4,350 International (2024-25)

Key Summary

    About: The PG Cert in Organisational Psychology focuses on understanding psychological principles within workplace settings. This programme covers key concepts such as employee behaviour, motivation, and team dynamics, preparing you to apply psychological theories in organisational contexts.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles in human resources, organisational development, and employee training. Potential positions include HR consultant, organisational psychologist, and training manager, where you'll help improve workplace effectiveness and employee well-being.

Introduction

This 100% online and part-time PG Cert Organisational Psychology is the course for you if you have a personal or professional interest in business psychology. It will provide you with knowledge of key psychological theories that can be applied to workplace settings – and this expertise is highly sought after by businesses.

This online PG Cert Organisational Psychology is designed to help you develop your employability. You will learn how to advise businesses on a range of areas, from how to increase their efficiency, and train and motivate their workforce, as well as how to assess job performance. The programme will also encourage you to develop transferrable skills which are also useful for careers in fields such as marketing and management. At the end of the course, you will be able to continue your studies and advance onto our PG Dip or Masters programme.

Teaching methods

We’re a 100% online education provider, so we use a state-of-the-art virtual learning environment (VLE) to deliver our teaching, resources and assessments. Our system tracks and manages the learning process in real-time and provides you with immediate access to your learning materials. The VLE is accessible 24/7 and allows both students and tutors to actively take part in real-time conversations and live workshops.

We believe you get the most out of your time spent studying when you are kept informed of your performance, and we achieve this by:

  • assessing you throughout modules rather than waiting for the end of year assessments
  • showing your marks in your grade book which can be viewed whenever you log onto the virtual learning environment (VLE)
  • rapid turnaround on work assessed to ensure your grade book is always up to date
  • ensuring you have regular contact with your Student Support team

Assessment methods

All assessments are delivered through our virtual learning environment (VLE). There is no requirement to travel to external test centres or to sit exams! Instead, you will submit assignments through the VLE, such as written reports, discussion forum participation or reflective journal entries.

We also have a policy of ensuring that the work submitted by students is authentic – we use a well-established electronic monitoring system to check for plagiarism.

Why Essex Online?

Study online. Graduate on campus.

You will complete your studies and assessments 100% online and your qualification will be awarded by the University of Essex, an award-winning university with a 60-year heritage of teaching and research excellence and one of the top 30 universities in the UK (Complete University Guide 2025). Upon completing your course, you will graduate with the same certificate as campus-based students – your mode of study is only mentioned on your academic transcript.

World-class academic and mentoring support

Our online tutors are leading authorities and specialists in their respective fields. They are passionate about what they teach and combine their knowledge of industry practice with high-quality academic delivery, offering you an unparalleled learning experience.

We also have a dedicated team of Student Advisers and Study Skills Advisers that will support you from your first day to graduation. They will be on hand to help and guide you as you progress through your studies. Whatever the question or issue, they will work with you to find a solution.

We're proud to be rated Gold in the Times Higher Education (THE) Online Rankings 2024. Our achievement, which is based on four pillars - resources, engagement, outcomes and environment - recognises our commitment to excellent online education.

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