Organisational Psychology

University of Queensland

About

This program prepares students for organisational psychology practice, focusing on building skills such as critical analysis, problem solving, communication, consultation and organisational change skills.

Organisational psychology seeks knowledge of behaviour in organisational settings by systematically studying individual, group and organisational processes.

Organisational psychology employs a 'scientist-practitioner' method of enquiry, first to seek understanding of behaviour within employment contexts, and then to develop techniques and skills which foster employee well-being and organisational effectiveness.

Structure

The program combines theory, research and practice to develop students' professional skills within a broad range of strategic and functional areas, including job analysis and design, personnel selection and assessment, training and development, work design, leadership, and organisational development and change.

Courses

See the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the Master of Organisational Psychology.

Click on the course code to view the Course Profile, for further information including advice of courses with shared teaching activities.

Placement courses

Students will undertake 1,000 hours of supervised clinical practice across a minimum of three different workplace settings. During their placements, students will have the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge acquired through coursework and research to practice and develop their clinical skills in real life setting. Further information about clinical placements is available from the School of Psychology. Students may be required to undertake clinical placements outside of the Brisbane metropolitan area and students are required to fund their travel, accommodation and daily living expenses. This program has pre-placement requirements which must be met prior to commencement of the program or a placement course. Further details can be found on the Placement Ready website.

Entry requirements

To complete the Master of Organisational Psychology

To fulfil the requirements of the Master of Organisational Psychology, a student must complete the requisite number of courses chosen from the course list in accordance with the Program Rules.

For more information on program requirements, please contact the Faculty.

Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on the UQ policies and rules page on the my.UQ website.

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