Master of Industrial and Organisational Psychology

The degree provides advanced training in the field of study including techniques of research, data analysis and scholarly presentations appropriate to Organisational Psychology. The degree will equip the candidate with the knowledge and the skills necessary either for employment in an organisation, for self-employment or for further independent research toward the degree of PhD in Organisational Psychology. The programme fulfils the requirements of the professional Board for Psychology as a directed masters degree in Industrial Psychology. The completion of an internship is not a prerequisite for the award of the degree and the securing of an internship is the personal responsibility of the candidate.

A degree of Honours Bachelor or its equivalent, in the discipline or a cognate discipline recognised by the Faculty.

Senior Certificate with Matriculation Exemption or equivalent university admission qualification

First degree

Bcom

Honours degree

BCom (Hons) in Organisational Psychology

Other qualifications

Relevant Postgraduate Diploma

Recognition of prior learning

Non-Honours graduates who have shown by examination or publication or a record of appropriate training that they have reached a level in the subject or a cognate subject equivalent to an Honours Bachelor's degree, may be permitted to register for the degree.

a). The Masters graduate is able to demonstrate mastery to depth of a theoretically sophisticated subject matter;

The Masters graduate is equipped with proficiency in research methodology sufficient to proceed to a Ph.D. Graduates have mastered the skills of critical thinking, problem solving, collection and analysis of data, and effective professional written communication.

b). The Masters graduate is able to

1. Conduct independent research in the discipline (or inter-disciplinary field)
2. Communicate verbally and orally with professional audiences
3. Apply in-depth and specialised disciplinary knowledge and research skills to discipline based problems
4. Analyse and critique communications of an academic and popular nature
5. Appreciate the ethical issues associated with research and knowledge production in the discipline
6. Understand the processes whereby knowledge in Business is constructed

c). The Masters graduate in Organisations Psychology will be

1. Familiar with contemporary philosophical and theoretical issues in Organisational Psychology
2. Able to apply a range of advanced research methods and statistical procedures to psychological research problems
3. Able to conduct advanced literature searches to inform reviews of specialised literature
4. Able to prepare professional papers for peer review
5. Able to evaluate an intervention programme
6. Able to act as a research consultant
7. Write research proposals
8. Able to write reports for a variety of clients and stakeholders

a). The achievement of these outcomes is assessed in the integrated assessment of the programme

b). The achievement of these outcomes is assessed in the integrated assessment of the programme.

c). The outcomes are assessed as follows

• Competencies in the areas listed are examined
• Oral ability to explain concepts and texts
• Examination of a research dissertation that includes the components listed under the integrated assessment.

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT

The integration of skills learnt in the Masters degree in Organisational Psychology is assessed by means of a dissertation of a word length stipulated by the faculty. The dissertation must demonstrate competence in the following areas, all of which are assessed in the examination of the dissertation:

• Precise research problem formulation
• Familiarity with and integration of the specialised literature that informs the research question
• Appropriate design and execution of the research
• Use of appropriate methods of data collection and analysis
• Integration of findings
• Ability to address the ethical problems that might attend the research
• Appreciation of the methodological limitations of the study
• Use of the publication and style conventions of the discipline

The dissertation is subject to external examination.