Compulsory modules
Well-being and Work (15 credits)
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.
Work Design, Organisational Change and Development (15 credits)
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.
Gathering and Using Evidence in Work Psychology (15 credits)
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.
Career Development (15 credits)
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