Subsite Background

Programme Structure

This programme requires the completion of a total of 30 credits, including 10 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:

Required courses (5 courses; a total of 15 credits) Credits
PSY 511 - Psychology & Work Today: An Introduction to Work Psychology 3
PSY 512 - Personnel Psychology 3
PSY 513 - Organisational Psychology 3
PSY 514 - Occupational Health Psychology 3
PSY 515 - Research Methods in Work Psychology 3

 

Elective courses (any 5 courses; a total of 15 credits) Credits
PSY 601 - The Psychology of IT at Work 3
PSY 602 - Human Relationship and Interpersonal Skills in Organisations 3
PSY 603 - Seminar on Selected Issues in Work and Organisational Psychology 3
PSY 604 - Consumer Psychology 3
PSY 605 - Coaching and Counselling in the Workplace 3
PSY 606 - Applied Positive Psychology at Work 3
PSY 607 - Social Problem Solving and Decision Making in the Modern World 3
PSY 608 - Guided Research 3

 

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. The pre-entry course is offered about one month before the start of the MSc programme.


Students may also satisfy the pre-entry requirements by taking equivalent courses from other recognized undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.