
This programme requires the completion of a total of 30 credits, including ten courses (5 required and 5 electives). The teaching pattern is normally a 3-hour lecture/seminar per week per course. Non-psychology degree holders are required to take a pre-entry course which is normally conducted before the commencement of the MSc programme. The duration for the MSc programme is one year full-time study or two years part-time study.
The full curriculum of the programme is summarized as follows:
|
Credits |
Required courses (15 credits) |
15 |
Psychology & Work Today: An Introduction to Work Psychology |
3 |
Personnel Psychology |
3 |
Organisational Psychology |
3 |
Occupational Health Psychology |
3 |
Research Methods in Work Psychology |
3 |
Elective courses (15 credits): |
15 |
The Psychology of IT at Work |
3 |
Human Relationship and Interpersonal Skills in Organisations |
3 |
Seminar on Selected Issues in Work and Organisational Psychology |
3 |
Consumer Psychology |
3 |
Coaching and Counselling in the Workplace |
3 |
Applied Positive Psychology at Work |
3 |
Problem Solving and Decision Making in the Modern Word |
3 |
Guided Research |
3 |
Total credits |
30 |
Pre-entry Course
Applicants with a non-psychology degree are required to take 2 modules of total 60 hours to have basic knowledge in psychology prior to the start of the MSc programme. An additional tuition fee will be charged for attending such a course.