Organizational Psychology
MSc and Postgraduate Diploma
Is this course for me?
This course focuses on the psychological aspects of organizational functioning. Many students on the course are already working in HR or management and wish to advance their career with an academic qualification. Others are looking to make a career change, or simply want to understand organizations better. This course gives you the opportunity to gain professional recognition and progress your career in the direction you choose.
Course aims
The course uses current and classic theory and research to enable you to understand organizations, and to develop ways of improving them. Such improvements come in many forms: from selecting, training and motivating people, to maintaining and enhancing their well-being.
Course summary
| You study | Study period | Cost (2011) | |
| MSc | 10 modules | 2-5 years | £10,595 |
| Diploma | 6 modules | 1-5 years | £7,055 |
| Short courses | Single modules are an ideal option if you're keen to update your professional knowledge, enhance your career or sample the programme. If you meet all the necessary entrance requirements you may later apply to register for the MSc and gain credits for the modules you have already passed. The fee per module is £1,053 in 2011. | ||
Fully supported online learning
You're assigned a personal tutor, so support from academics is just an email away. You take part in online tutor-supported seminars, and an online facility for submitting essays and mock exams for assessment is provided. Optional workshops are held once a year in London, and a student cafe for interaction and networking with other students is available as a virtual forum.
What our students say
Jane Purves is a current student who has studied the
distance learning programme in Canada and now in the UK. [video - approx 2.35 minutes].
Note: this and other videos are also available from our YouTube
Channel [external link].
Prestige
The course has been developed by academics within the Department of Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck, the oldest and largest department of its kind in the UK. It is a major provider of academic and professional training in organiztional psychology and career management.
Career opportunities
Graduates of this course go on to become trainers, motivators, careers advisers, managers and consultants within large multinational companies, government departments, or in any organization where advanced knowledge of organizational psychology may be useful.
Continuing Professional Development
Single modules are an ideal option if you're keen to update your professional knowledge, enhance your career or sample the programme. If you meet all the necessary entrance requirements you may later apply to register for the MSc and gain credits for the modules you have already passed.
Your time commitment
This is an online programme, enabling you to fit your studies around work and family commitments. We estimate that to complete in the minimum study period you should be prepared to devote 20 hours per week during the academic session (February-September).
Summary of key dates
| Application deadline | 1 November | ||
| Registration deadline | 8 January | ||
| Course starts | February | ||
| Examinations take place | October | ||
Note: an MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management is also available.