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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 HR and management staff. You study how people are selected, motivated and led, and how workplaces can be made fairer and more productive.
The Industrial and Organizational Psychology program is designed for people who already work in the field. It covers personnel selection, motivation and job satisfaction, leadership and teams, training and development, work design and wellbeing, 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
- 01Personnel selectionExplain the core ideas of personnel selection and use them to read real situations at work.
- 02Motivation and job satisfactionAnalyse a real problem in motivation and job satisfaction and recommend a course of action backed by evidence.
- 03Leadership and teamsApply the methods of leadership and teams in your own organization and measure the result.
- 04Training and developmentPlan and lead work in training and development, and document your decisions to a professional standard.
- 05Work design and wellbeingEvaluate current practice in work design and wellbeing 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.
- 01Personnel selectionJob analysis, testing and interviews that predict performance.Core area
- 02Motivation and job satisfactionWhat drives people at work and keeps them engaged.Core area
- 03Leadership and teamsLeadership styles and how effective teams work.Core area
- 04Training and developmentIdentifying learning needs, designing programs and measuring their effect on performance.Core area
- 05Work design and wellbeingDesigning jobs and workplaces that support health and performance.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 Industrial and Organizational PsychologyFor people who have practiced Industrial and Organizational Psychology for years and want their competence assessed and recorded.
- 02Consultant in Industrial and Organizational PsychologyFor experienced people who advise organizations on Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
- 03Trainer in Industrial and Organizational PsychologyFor experienced people who teach or coach others in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at work.
- 04Diploma in Industrial and Organizational PsychologyA focused credential in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 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
- HR specialist
- Talent manager
- Organizational development officer
- Workplace researcher
Roles this program relates to. A degree supports a career; it does not guarantee a position, and each employer sets its own requirements.