Occupational Psychology (MSc)

Overview

This course enjoys an excellent reputation for offering consistently high employability year-on-year. This is due to a number of factors: clear focus on development of consultancy skills, a practitioner focus, experience of working on client based assignments and development of academic knowledge. Visit our dedicated webpage for student testimonials, more details on our employability record and outstanding networking opportunities with our many international links including universities in Sweden and Germany, Volvo Sweden, and our strong ties to many UK organisations within the occupational and general business communities.

The MSc Occupational Psychology is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as fulfilling the requirements for Stage One of Qualified status which can lead to registration as an Occupational Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC).

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Applying and entry

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

You are required to have a degree that confers Graduate Basis of Chartership (GBC) with the BPS, ideally with a 2:1 or above, although we will consider a 2:2 award in some cases. In addition, we require you to have some work experience and be proficient in English. If English is not your first language and your undergraduate degree has not been undertaken within the UK, you will require an IELTS overall minimum score of 6.5 with a minimum score of 6.0 per module, TOEFL 91 overall and score of 20 per module. Both awards must be within a three year period upon joining the course.

Application process
The first stage of the application process is completion of the application form (additional guidance on completing the form for this course can be found here).

At the second stage, you will be invited to attend interview, meet our teaching staff and gain greater understanding of our course. In addition, from time to time we host open days where we invite you to meet our current group. Finally, on request, we can offer taster sessions allowing you to sit in on a single workshop to gain a real experience of what our course can offer.

Course contents

The course is structured around the 8 areas as set out by the BPS with additional modules for consultancy and practical based skills, research methods and dissertation. The course also provides training leading to the BPS Certificate in Occupational Testing.

Course modules:

• Organisational Consultancy skills
• Managing People and Careers
• Selecting and Managing Talent
• Managing Organisational Culture and Change
• Ergonomics and Work Design
• Advanced Research Design and Analysis for Psychology
• Dissertation and Professional Development

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Teaching methods
There is a strong focus on consultancy and practical skills development. Teaching is centred upon experiential learning including: lectures, seminars, class discussions, workshops, group work, industrial visits and individual supervision. We also have a number of practitioner occupational psychologists providing guest lectures and seminars. In addition, our professional conference day provides you with the opportunity to network with practitioners from key employers to gain greater insight into later employment opportunities.

Assessment
Assessment is formed of a combination of presentations, group work, course work and examinations. Assignments are based on real-life situations and require submission of client reports. This enables you to develop evidence-based practice from the outset.