Management Psychology MSc

Qualification

Master's Degree

Duration

1 years

Intake

FebFebSepSep

English Requirement

IELTS 6.5

Offer Letter

Free

Class Type

Physical

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Management Psychology at Nottingham University course will help you to manage people, even if you've never studied psychology before. You'll learn how to effectively motivate employees, how to train them, how to recruit them, how to design job specifications, how to assess performance, how to manage well-being and how to lead along with learning how to manage organisational change and diversity in the workplace. At Nottingham, we make sure the course has a practical focus and aim to improve your skills as a practitioner. You'll learn about consultancy as part of your studies and gain a good grasp on research methods applicable to the workplace, something that is particularly valuable to future employers. You'll be taught by research-active experts in the field, some of whom completed their own MSc’s at Nottingham Malaysia. By the end of the course, you should be ready to apply what you've learned to the real world of work.

Entry requirements

An upper second class honours degree (or international equivalent) in a relevant field. Non-UK qualifications will be assessed against this standard. Applicants will be considered if they have a first degree in a relevant subject such as management, psychology or other related disciplines.

If deemed necessary, applicants may also be required to attend an interview.

Applicants must have graduated from an approved university. Other equivalent qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Entry requirements in the prospectus and website may not always apply and individual offers may vary.

Course content

You will complete 120 credits of taught modules plus an empirical research project worth 60 credits on topics relevant to your specialist area of interest.

The programme is organised in workshop-based modules. Modules vary from 10 and 20 credits. Twenty credit modules are organised over two weeks with face-to-face teaching taking place during two consecutive weekends and three weekday evenings. Ten credit modules require face-to-face teaching over one weekend and three weekday evenings. The schedule for the different modules will be published in advance so that you can plan your time accordingly.

The timetable for taught modules for the year ahead will be published each August. Your empirical project will be planned in the final semester of study.

Module

assessment strategy reflects our focus in applied skills and academic applied psychology. Typically, each module is assessed by a combination of coursework, exam, practical activities and a short reflection on the learning process. The assessment requirements and percentages carried by each activity/task per module are outlined in the tables below:

Module no.	Module name	Credits	Methods of assessment
PGSA4018	Introduction to Management Psychology and Quantitative Workplace Data	20	1 x 2-hr exam (50%) 1 x 30-min Group Presentation (50%)
PGSA4021	Introduction to Research Methods	10	1 x 3,000 word review paper (100%)
PGSA4011	Strategic Human Resources Management and Managing Diversity	20	1 x 3,000 word essay 1 Group presentation (30%) and pdf poster (20%)
PGSA4016	Learning, Training and Development	20	1 x 2-hr exam (50%) 1 x 2,500 word essay (50%)
PGSA4022	Qualitative Research Methods	10	1 x 3,000 word report (100%)
PGSA4019	Leadership. Engagement and Motivation	10	1 x 2-hr exam (100%)
PGSA4023	Organisational Change and Development	10	1 x 2-hr exam (50%) 1 x 1,500 word case study report (50%)
PGSA4015	Psychological Assessment at Work	10	1 x 1.5-hr exam (70%) 1 x 20-min Group presentation (30%)
PGSA4020	Consultancy Skills	10	1 x 3,000 word coursework (100%)
PGSA4009	Applied Research Project	60	Project portfolio: 10,000 words in total (project proposal and ethics submission; project management report; research paper; executive summary; disc containing reports and data)

Management Psychology MSc

Management Psychology MSc