Master of Business Psychology Online
Master of Business Psychology Online
Five billion hours. That’s how many hours Australians worked between January and March 2022, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. For employees, work takes up a huge part of everyday life. For organisations, new challenges emerge every week. So how can businesses develop talent while achieving organisational goals? The…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Five billion hours. That’s how many hours Australians worked between January and March 2022, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
For employees, work takes up a huge part of everyday life. For organisations, new challenges emerge every week.
So how can businesses develop talent while achieving organisational goals? The first step is understanding what drives human behaviour in the workplace. The next step is using that expertise to help individuals and organisations succeed.
ECU’s Accelerated Online Master of Business Psychology will allow you to build a future-focused, specialised expertise in business psychology and be at the frontier of workplace innovation. Navigate complex and competing needs to drive organisational outcomes and champion workplace wellbeing.
What is business psychology?
Business psychology combines the science of human psychology with practical business application to improve the work environment for employees, improve productivity in businesses and organise groups of people in companies.
Who should study ECU’s Master of Business Psychology?
ECU’s Accelerated Online Master of Business Psychology is designed for students with a background in business or psychology who want to enhance their specialist skillset and leverage business psychology in the workplace.
This degree will empower you to lead positive improvements to workplace culture and wellbeing. Apply your expertise to drive process changes that help people and organisations thrive.
What you will learn
Understand what drives human behaviour in the workplace
Explore what motivates people and groups. Promote health and wellbeing through psychological frameworks. Analyse key theories, principles and concepts in fields like social psychology and cognitive psychology.
Apply psychological theories to business
Take your knowledge of psychology into the world of business. Shape a positive workplace culture and leverage cognitive psychology theories to maximise performance. Leverage cognitive psychology theories and principles to maximise performance.
Empower people, teams and organisations
Use your expertise to help individuals and organisations succeed. Apply interventions and mechanisms for promoting healthy workplaces and employee wellbeing. Be able to develop talent and build careers while achieving organisational goals. Develop your skills in people analytics and change management practices.
Career outcomes
Upon successfully completing the online Master of Business Psychology, you will have the skills and knowledge to succeed in a number of roles depending on your prior experience. These roles can include:
Human Resources Advisor
Behavioural Strategy Consultant
Customer Research and Insights Specialist
People & Culture Manager
Organisational Development Specialist
Career Coach
Employee Experience Manager
Strategy Consultant
Organisational Change Specialist
Leadership Coach
REQUIREMENTS
To gain entry to the online Master of Business Psychology, applicants must have:
A bachelor’s degree in a cognate discipline; OR
Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years of relevant professional experience.
Students who possess the equivalent of a four-year, full-time, non-cognate undergraduate degree may also apply for this program. This includes graduates from four-year bachelor programs in education, nursing and engineering degrees, as well as those from these and other fields who may have completed an honours degree.
Relevant professional experience constitutes five years of working in professional contexts underpinned by managing human and team behaviour, motivation and psychology. This includes (but is not limited to) those working in traditional business administration and consulting roles and extends also to those with experience working in healthcare, engineering, education, social and community services contexts.
English competency requirements:
IELTS Academic: An overall band minimum score of 6.5, with no individual band less than 6.0.) (Results are typically valid for 2 years and online tests are not acceptable.)
TOEFL iBT: TOEFL iBT: 84 (with no score below 17)
TOEFL Paper-Based Test (PBT): Minimum score of 573, including Test of Written English of 5.0 or better. (Results are typically valid for only 2 years)
Pearson Test of English (PTE): PTE Academic 58, with no score less than 50 for postgraduate standard entry courses. (Results are typically valid for only 2 years)
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a large, multi-campus institution serving communities in Western Australia and internationally.ECU was awarded university status in 1991, but despite its relative youth, the University has a proud history of more than a century of service to education in Western Australia and is recognised for its teaching and learning, excellence in research, and partnerships with the community.We have more than 23,300 students, including around 18,500 undergraduates and 4,800 postgraduates. Approximately 3,600 international students attend the University, originating from 104 countries.We are a progressive University with courses developed through ongoing industry input, and employing lecturers who engage fully with their students. We’re a university that knows while knowledge is important, understanding comes from experience –experience that enables you to adapt what you’ve learned to whatever opportunities come your way. Because that’s when you do more than just survive in this world. You thrive in it.