Master of Business Psychology The University of Western Australia

Overview

The Master of Business Psychology programme from The University of Western Australia offers training is open to applicants with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline, with particular relevance for those who are already in the workplace and who are looking to take the next step in their career. This course is not a pathway to professional registration as a psychologist – explore our psychology degrees to find a registered pathway.

The course offers training in the following areas: work design to enhance employee engagement; health, safety, and human factors at work; employee training and skill development; organisational change and development; psychology of leadership; diversity and inclusion in the workplace; people analytics; management and organisations; and ethics and sustainability management. The course also provides an opportunity to apply your knowledge and skills, under supervision, in organisational consultancy group project.

Career opportunities

• In the workplace, graduates from this course would play a number of critical roles generally associated with employee and organisational performance. 

• You can use your skills to work as an independent consultant, or as an employee in a wide range of jobs in both the public and private sector. 

• These can include management consulting; workforce planning; job analysis and design; recruitment and selection; learning and development; leadership, coaching, mentoring and career development; workplace advice and advocacy; change management; organisational development; measuring employee opinions and other workplace research; performance management; wellbeing; stress and work-life balance; occupational health and safety; human resources programme evaluation; and consumer behaviour and marketing.

• Future job titles include Organisational Development Consultant, Human Resource Consultant, People and Culture Advisor/Leader, Learning and Development Manager, Trainer, Business Advisor/Analyst.