1999 Science Handbook - Master of Organisational Psychology

Master of Organisational Psychology

General information
Subjects
- Year one
- Year two
Unsatisfactory progress

General information

Caulfield
Coordinator: Dr Sally Carless
The Department of Psychology offers a coursework program in organisational psychology. This program is of two years duration, full-time, and may also be undertaken part-time. It is provisionally accredited by the Australian Psychological Society. The program is designed to satisfy the fifth and sixth year requirements of the Psychologists' Registration Board of Victoria for specialist registration as an organisational psychologist.
The normal entry standard is an honours degree or graduate diploma, recognised as a fourth year by the Australian Psychological Society.

Subjects

Year one

MPSY5011 Legal and ethical issues in professional practice
MPSY5021 Personnel assessment
MPSY5031 Multivariate statistics
MPSY5041 Placement 1
MPSY5052 Recruitment, selection and appraisal
MPSY5062 Individual performance in the workplace
MPSY5072 Research design and thesis proposal
MPSY5042 Placement 2

Year two

MPSY6011 Work groups and organisational change
MPSY6021 Placement 3
MPSY6031 Counselling applications
MPSY6041 Minor thesis
MPSY6052 Advanced organisational psychology
MPSY6022 Placement 4
MPSY6042 Minor thesis
MPSY6062 Minor thesis

Unsatisfactory progress

The criteria governing liability for exclusion are listed below.
1 Only students who fail a component or components of the program ('component' defined as a subject, a professional practicum, or the minor thesis) will be liable for exclusion.
2 No student will be considered for exclusion solely on the basis of results achieved in the first semester of the first year.
3 Students who do not pass at least half of the components (subjects, professional practica, or minor thesis) which they take in any year of the program will be liable for exclusion.
4 Students who have failed such components as will prevent their completing the program in the maximum time allowed will be liable for exclusion.
5 A student who fails to complete the minor thesis satisfactorily at the first attempt shall be allowed to reenrol in that component only with the approval of the faculty board on the recommendation of the head of the department.