Programme Structure

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.

Students may also satisfy the pre-entry requirements by taking equivalent courses from other recognized undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The pre-entry course is offered about one month before the start of the MSc programme.