MSc Business Psychology
Master
In Hatfield
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Hatfield
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
Different dates available
The programme is designed for students who wish to acquire the skills and knowledge that will enable them to apply psychological principles within the business world. The course will appeal equally to those with a business or psychology background. Graduates are equipped for a variety of careers including human resource practitioners or careers in consultancy and business psychology.
The course includes the following modules:
Psychological Assessment at Work
Learning, Training and Development
Research and Professional Skills
Well-being at work
Human Resource Management for psychologists
Strategic Management for psychologists
Marketing for psychologists
Consulting Skills
And an option from:
Work Design, Organisational Change and Development
Leadership, Engagement and Motivation
You will also carry out a project which is a substantial piece of investigative work, normally carried out in an external organisation. Host organisations for MSc projects have included large commercial concerns in both manufacturing and service sectors, a range of consultancies, charities, and in local government and government departments.
Projects are sometimes conducted abroad; past locations include Germany, Greece, Turkey, Malaysia, Kenya, Indonesia, China, India and Taiwan.
Staff who teach on the course include permanent academic staff who have industrial experience and who undertake regular consultancy work, and external psychologists from consultancies, large organisations and other universities. Teaching and learning methods include lectures, workshops, seminars, tutorials and practical sessions. There is an emphasis on putting theory into practice.
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About this course
Graduates of business psychology courses enter careers in management trainee positions, consultancies or as human resource management practitioners.
Minimum of a 2.2 at degree level, but students are expected to have produced work at a 2:1 level, from an appropriate subject – Psychology or Cognitive Science or business or management studies or acceptable equivalents.
If students do not have the above requirements but have at least two years relevant work experience, they will be invited to apply and each case will be considered by the Programme Leader.
The Association of Business Psychologists
Why choose this course?
Accredited by the Association of Business Psychologists
This programme will provides you with many of the professional skills and competencies needed to apply psychology in the workplace.
You'll benefit from helpful and supportive staff; the applied nature of many of the assessment tasks most notably the project and delivery by staff who are involved in cutting edge research and the ‘contemporary practice’ of Industrial and Work Psychology. Find out more about psychology research at the University of Hertfordshire.
You'll have access to the knowledge and skills base from our Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography also gain insight and expertise from the Hertfordshire Business School.
You'll be a part of one of largest psychology departments in the country
Our staff are actively engaged in significant research which is reflected by our excellent, Grade 4 rating in the Higher Education Funding Council's last Research Assessment Exercise. Find out more about of our psychology
Throughout your studies, you'll have accesss to well-equipped laboratories with excellent computing facilities
We were awarded a Teaching Quality rating of "excellent" (23 out of 24) in our subject review
You'll experiene a vibrant research seminar series which sees contributions from leading academics from across the country
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The average rating is higher than 3.7
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Subjects
- Organisational Change
- Psychology
- Staff
- Design
- Government
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Teaching
- Marketing
- Learning and Development
- Consulting
- Project
Course programme
Teaching and learning methods include lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials. There is an emphasis on the development of practical skills.
Staff who teach on the course include permanent academic staff who have industrial experience and who undertake regular consultancy work, and external psychologists both from consultancies and from large organisations.
Level 7
Module
- Learning, Training and Development
- Leadership, Engagement and Motivation
- Psychological Assessment at Work
- Project
- Consulting Skills
- HRM for Psychologists
- Marketing for Psychologists
- Statistics for Industrial & Work Psychology
- Research & Professional Skills
- Performance Management in the Workplace
- Wellbeing and Work
- Work Design, Organisational Change and Development
Additional information
UK Students
Full time
£9450 for the 2021/2022 academic year
Part time
£790 per 15 credits for the 2021/2022 academic year
EU Students
Full time
£14850 for the 2021/2022 academic year
Part time
£1235 per 15 credits for the 2021/2022 academic year
International Students
Full time
£14850 for the 2021/2022 academic year
Part time
£1235 per 15 credits for the 2021/2022 academic year
MSc Business Psychology