Organisational Psychology
The Honours in Organisational Psychology degree is an academically-based programme aimed at providing students with a range of knowledge and skills within the field of industrial-organisational psychology, including employee well-being, training and development, and research.
Overview
Students are required to complete five compulsory modules including a research report on an approved topic. The five modules are:
- Research Methods in Psychology
- Individual Well-being and Effectiveness at Work
- Theoretical Foundations of Organisational Psychology
- Group Processes in Organisations
- Research Essay
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Career Opportunities
- Industrial relations
- Human resources
- Organisational design and development
- Organisational research
Curriculum
- Research Essay (Psyc4044A)
- Research Methods in Psychology (Psyc4045A)
- Individual Well-being and Effectiveness at Work (Psyc4019A)
- Group Processes in Organisations (Psyc4016A)
- Theoretical Foundations of Organisational Psychology (Psyc4053A)
Entry Requirements
- Completion of an undergraduate degree with Industrial-organisational Psychology as a major, or a minimum of half of your Psychology major consisting of Organisational Psychology modules;
- Good marks achieved at third year Organisational/Industrial Psychology module level. Please note that while University rules do not allow acceptance of students into the programme whose third year average falls below 65%, attainment of a 65% average is often insufficient to be offered a place due to a high demand for places in the course;
- Principles of diversity.
Places on the full-time organisational psychology honours programme are limited. An intake of approximately 25 students is taken in each year.
Thus, acceptance into the programme is competitive and is provisional upon the following criteria:
- Completion of an undergraduate degree with Industrial-organisational Psychology as a major, or a minimum of half of your Psychology major consisting of Organisational Psychology modules;
- Good marks achieved at third year Organisational/Industrial Psychology module level. Please note that while University rules do not allow acceptance of students into the programme whose third year average falls below 65%, attainment of a 65% average is often insufficient to be offered a place due to a high demand for places in the course;
- Principles of diversity.
Course Application Process
There are two steps to the application process.
- Firstly, all applicants are required to make an online application through the 91心頭利 central applications site (Student Enrolment Centre: SENC) by following links from the following site: Click Here. Those wishing to study part-time should select the part-time option (AHA03/AFAPSYC47). This application requires that you upload an official copy of your academic transcript.
- Secondly, all applicants are required to complete the Psychology Departmental application form (hosted on the RedCap platform), which is available on the Organisational Psychology Honours website. Click here.
University Fees and Funding
Click here to see the current average tuition fees. The Fees site also provides information about the payment of fees and closing dates for fees payments. Once you have applied you will be able to access the fees estimator on the student self-service portal.
For information about postgraduate funding opportunities, including the postgraduate merit award, click here. The University's Postgraduate Funding portal is a database of scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities available to 91心頭利 postgraduate students. Please also check your School website for bursary opportunities. The National Research Foundation (NRF) offers a wide range of opportunities in terms of bursaries and fellowships to students pursuing postgraduate studies. The Bursaries South Africa website provides a comprehensive list of bursaries in South Africa.