Master of Applied Psychology - MAppPsy

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Requirements

Following completion of a three year Bachelors degree with a major in Psychology, students may apply to enter the two-year Master of Applied Psychology, with Organisational Psychology, Community Psychology or Behaviour Analysis as a programme of study.

Students who did not include a psychology major in their undergraduate degree may take a Graduate Diploma in Social Sciences in Psychology.

Entry

Entry to the MAppPsy requires a major in Psychology at undergraduate level, an average grade of B+ in Psychology undergraduate papers, and a pass in PSYC307 Research Methods or an equivalent paper. Entry into the Organisational Psychology Programme also requires a pass in PSYC317 Organisational Psychology (or equivalent paper), entry into the Community Psychology Programme also requires 20 points at 300 level in Community Psychology, and entry into the Behaviour Analysis Programme requires a pass in PSYC314 (or an equivalent paper). Brief details of the required course of study for each programme are given below. Further details can be found in the Department of Psychology Graduate Handbook.

Students who have already completed a Bachelor with Honours degree, majoring in Psychology, and who have completed the relevant 500-level papers in Organisational Psychology, Community Psychology or in Behaviour Analysis and who achieved at least a B+ average over their honours papers, may also be accepted for enrolment in the MAppPsy. Such students will be required to complete a one-year (full-time) course of study comprising a 120 point thesis or a 60 point or a 90 point dissertation and 30 or 60 points from the papers for the particular programme (as required by the Convenor of the relevant specialised programme).

Papers

Organisational Psychology:
Students in the MAppPsy in Organisational Psychology must pass the equivalent of 240 points comprising 120 points from the compulsory papers (LBST532, PSYC539, PSYC568, PSYC572, PSYC573, PSYC579, PSYC585) and a 120 point thesis (PSYC594) or a 60 point dissertation (PSYC592) or a 90 point dissertation (PSYC593) and 30 to 60 points from the following optional papers in Management, Labour Studies and Psychology: HRMG541, HRMG543, HRMG544, HRMG545, LBST531, LBST541, LBST542, PSYC581. Optional papers should be selected in consultation with the Organisational Psychology Programme Convenor.

Community Psychology:
Students in the MAppPsy in Community Psychology must pass the equivalent of 240 points comprising 75 points from the compulsory papers (PSYC510, PSYC575, PSYC582, PSYC583), a 60 point dissertation (PSYC592) or a 90 point thesis (PSYC593) or a 120 point thesis (PSYC594), and 45 to 105 points from optional papers in Anthropology, Demography, Development Studies, Geography, History, Human Development, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy, Screen and Media Studies, Sociology, and Women's and Gender Studies. Optional papers should be selected in consultation with the Community Psychology Programme Convenor.

Behaviour Analysis:
Students in the MAppPsy in Behaviour Analysis must pass the equivalent of 240 points comprising the compulsory papers (PSYC538, PSYC560, PSYC561, PSYC577) a 15 or 30 point Directed Study (PSYC589 or PSYC590) in a relevant area, a 60 point dissertation (PSYC592), 90 point dissertation (PSYC593) or a 120 point thesis (PSYC594) and a further 45 to 105 points selected from the optional psychology papers: PSYC529, PSYC540, PSYC559, PSYC564, and PSYC575. In addition students with appropriate academic backgrounds may select an Education paper (e.g., HDCO510 or HDCO523) or the Biological Sciences paper (BIOL533). Optional papers should be selected in consultation with the Behaviour Analysis Programme Convenor.

Further Information

More about the MAppPsy in each specified programme, can be found by clicking on the following links:

MAppPsy(BA)
MAppPsy(Comm)
MAppPsy(OrgPsych)