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Master’s degree
- Length
- 36 credit hours, 12 courses, including an applied project drawn from your own workplace.
- Entry
- A bachelor’s degree or its equivalent, and professional experience related to the program.
- Status
- In preparation
- Levels
- Master's
- Credit hours
- 36
- Delivery
- Fully online
- Experience
- Assessed course by course
- Status
- In preparation
Overview
About the program
For teachers, support workers and managers who work with behavior every day. You study learning, motivation and habit, and how to design programs that change behavior in schools, services and workplaces.
The Behavioral Science program is designed for people who already work in the field. It covers principles of learning and behavior, motivation and habit, assessment of behavior, designing behavior-change programs, ethics in applied settings, and ends with research methods and statistics.
Like every Madison program, it is built for working adults. Courses you already master through your work are tested and recorded with a grade; the rest you study online, at your own pace, with tasks carried out in your own workplace.
In preparation. This program is not open for enrollment yet. It opens when its curriculum and courses are in place on the learning platform.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- 01Principles of learning and behaviorExplain the core ideas of principles of learning and behavior and use them to read real situations at work.
- 02Motivation and habitAnalyse a real problem in motivation and habit and recommend a course of action backed by evidence.
- 03Assessment of behaviorApply the methods of assessment of behavior in your own organization and measure the result.
- 04Designing behavior-change programsPlan and lead work in designing behavior-change programs, and document your decisions to a professional standard.
- 05Ethics in applied settingsEvaluate current practice in ethics in applied settings against recognised standards and propose improvements.
- 06Research methods and statisticsAdvise colleagues and managers on research methods and statistics in clear, well-structured writing.
Curriculum
What you will study
The main areas of the curriculum. Your personal study plan lists the exact courses, their credit hours and those you may claim through assessment.
- 01Principles of learning and behaviorConditioning, reinforcement and how behaviour is learned.Core area
- 02Motivation and habitHow habits form and how motivation can be supported.Core area
- 03Assessment of behaviorObserving and measuring behaviour in real settings.Core area
- 04Designing behavior-change programsPlanning interventions that change behaviour and measuring the result.Core area
- 05Ethics in applied settingsEthical practice when working with people's behaviour.Core area
- 06Research methods and statisticsDesigning studies and analysing data in psychology.Core area
Levels
Levels, length and entry
Your experience
How your experience counts
- 01
Send your record
Your CV, certificates and evidence of work are mapped to the courses of this program.
- 02
Sit the course tests
Each course you claim is tested on its own. A pass is recorded on your transcript with its grade.
- 03
Study the rest
The remaining courses become your personal plan, with an expected end date in writing.
Professional titles
The field, by title
Beside the degree, this field is planned as a professional credential, with the title written before it. A title is not a degree. How titles work.
- 01Expert in Behavioral ScienceFor people who have practiced Behavioral Science for years and want their competence assessed and recorded.
- 02Consultant in Behavioral ScienceFor experienced people who advise organizations on Behavioral Science.
- 03Trainer in Behavioral ScienceFor experienced people who teach or coach others in Behavioral Science at work.
- 04Diploma in Behavioral ScienceA focused credential in Behavioral Science, based on assessed knowledge and evidence of practice.
In preparation. No title is open yet; the requirements are published when it opens.
Careers
Where this program is used
- Behavior support coordinator
- Program manager
- Education specialist
- Training and development officer
Roles this program relates to. A degree supports a career; it does not guarantee a position, and each employer sets its own requirements.