On the MSc Work and Organisational Psychology, you’ll deepen your knowledge of the principles, models and theories of psychology. Crucially, you’ll develop your ability to apply them to a wide range of real-world business issues including change management, employee selection, leadership and wellbeing.

Exploring these topics in the context of contemporary issues such as AI, hybrid working and sustainability, you’ll leave brilliantly prepared to address some of the most pressing challenges facing organisations today and into the future.

Extend and cement your skills through consultancy skills workshops and gain practical experience that will give you the edge when applying for future roles by completing a research project in an area of your choice.

Whether you choose to study full or part-time, each module is delivered as a two-week block meaning you’ll be immersed in that topic through online activities, workshops, presentations and discussion.

Compulsory modules

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce students to a range of concepts related to the psychological and physical well-being of employees including the impact of a range of work and organisational practices that develop well-being.
  • To develop an awareness and clear understanding of how employee well-being can be evaluated, managed and developed using a variety of different intervention techniques.

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce a range of theories and concepts that describe how the work setting activates and influences a number of important psychological processes.
  • To examine the interactions between the wider environments within which organisations function and key issues within work psychology.

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce and evaluate a variety of theoretical and practical approaches to understanding the forms that careers take and the career choices that people make.
  • To examine career management interventions from multiple stakeholder perspectives.
  • To apply career theory and research to the careers of a range of people in a range of contexts.

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce students to the range of data and sources of evidence accessed and used by psychologists in work settings in a way that allows them to identify and use these data to analyse and solve problems.
  • To examine the properties of different types of data in a way that allows students to make appropriate and ethical choices when using practical techniques to collect and analyse evidence across the problem-solving cycle.

Compulsory modules

The aims of this module are:

  • To develop an awareness of the essential theories of leadership including a critical understanding of the quality of research and its implications for leadership development and workplace practices.
  • To develop an awareness of key features of the performance management process focusing on the application of psychological principles to the measurement, discussion and evaluation of work performance.

The aims of this module are:

  • To examine and integrate a range of different theories of motivation and the implications of these for different stakeholders in organisations.
  • To develop an understanding of how work can be shaped to be engaging and fulfilling including a consideration of employee initiative, participation and voice in motivational processes.

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce to the application of psychological theory to the assessment of people in, or for, work settings from job analysis through to the evaluation of the effectiveness of assessment processes.
  • To develop an awareness and clear understanding of best practice in psychological assessment across a range of individual differences including knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes and other work-related competencies.

The aims of this module are:

  • To examine a range of individual-, group- and organisational-level theories of learning, development and knowledge management.
  • To develop an awareness of the application of theories across from the assessment of needs to the evaluation of interventions.

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce students to the range of data and sources of evidence accessed and used by psychologists in work settings in a way that allows them to identify and use these data to analyse and solve problems.
  • To examine the properties of different types of data in a way that allows students to make appropriate and ethical choices when using practical techniques to collect and analyse evidence across the problem-solving cycle.

The aims of this module are to plan and conduct an original empirical research study utilising knowledge gained from other modules on the MSc Work Psychology and MSc Business Psychology programmes.

Compulsory modules

The aims of this module are to plan and conduct an original empirical research study utilising knowledge gained from other modules on the MSc Work Psychology and MSc Business Psychology programmes.