Work and Organisational Psychology/Behaviour MA هذه الدورة تدرس باللغة الإنجليزية

تفاصيل الدورة

Psychology applied to the domain of work is a fascinating area offering many employment opportunities.  From improving recruitment decisions to understanding how technology affects our work performance and experience, from coaching inpiduals to developing organisational capacity, psychology can be applied to enhancing peoples’ well-being and performance at work and contributing to organisational effectiveness. This programme, delivered partly online, will be of interest to graduates wishing to pursue careers as work and organisational psychologists, human resource managers, trainers, managers, consultants, or researchers

By engaging with the programme you will develop a range of practical skills in conducting research, critical thinking and analysis, and a range of competencies relevant to professional work psychologists such as selection and assessment, negotiation, consulting etc.  The aim is to equip graduates of this programme with the building blocks to operate as effective and reflective professionals.  

Course Details

The MA in Work and Organisational Psychology/Behaviour is designed to advance your knowledge of the discipline of psychology applied in work settings. To achieve this the course content emphasizes the application of high quality psychological research to real world concerns and issues in the workplace. 

The MA in Work and Organisational Psychology/Behaviour is designed to advance your knowledge of the discipline of psychology applied in work settings. To achieve this the course content emphasizes the application of high quality psychological research to real world concerns and issues in the workplace.  

Part One (60 credits in total)

Core Modules (50 credits)

• AP6016 Research Methods and Data Analysis (10 credits)
• AP6169 Learning, Well-Being and Participation at Work (10 credits)
• AP6166 Personnel Selection and Assessment (10 credits)
• AP6170 Professional Skills (5 credits)
• MG6020 Changing, Leading and Developing Organisations (5 credits)
• AP6168 Designing in Work and Workplaces (10 credits)

Elective Modules (choice of modules below to the value of 10 credits)

• AP6157 The Competent Coach: Ethics and Supervision (5 credits)
• AP6160 Private Practice (5 credits)
• AP6161 Coaching Skills 1 (5 credits)
• AP6162 Evidence Based Coaching: Theory, Approaches and Models (5 credits)
• AP6163 Coaching Skills 2 (5 credits)
• AP6211 Theories of Career Development (5 credits)

Part Two (30 credits in total)

AP6171 Research Dissertation (30 credits) The overall mark for the dissertation is the combination of marks for the dissertation report (500 marks) and a fully documented 30 minute presentation to an audience of peers and expert (100 marks).

Detailed Entry Requirements

Entry Route 1:  MA in Work and Organisational Psychology 

Application Course Codes:  CKD41 - Full-time, CKD42 - Part-time

• An undergraduate degree in Psychology that satisfies the eligibility requirements of the Psychological Society of Ireland or other country national equivalent (e.g. BPS or APA).
• A second class honours grade one degree is required. 

Consideration will be given to second class honours grade two candidates, where for example an applicant has relevant work experience or has performed impressively in another Master’s degree acceptable to the School selection committee.  In such cases, the student will be required to set out the grounds upon which they wish to be considered in their application supplementary statement and/or interview acceptable to the School selection committee.

Entry Route 2:  MA in Work and Organisational Behaviour 

• An undergraduate degree that includes subjects related to the area (eg business, psychology, human resource management, organisational behavior, sociology of work).  Applicants with a 2H1 degree in any discipline and a minimum of three years’ relevant work experience will also be considered
• A second class honours grade one degree is required. 

Consideration will be given to second class honours grade two candidates, where for example an applicant has relevant work experience or has performed impressively in another Master’s degree acceptable to the School selection committee.  In such cases, the student will be required to set out the grounds upon which they wish to be considered in their application supplementary statement and/or interview acceptable to the School selection committee.

Assessment

There are a mix of assessments for this programme including on-line assessments, written reports and essays, examinations and a research dissertation.