Master of Industrial and Organisational Psychology

The Master of Industrial and Organisational Psychology is a two-year full-time psychology course that includes nine coursework units, a research project and 1000 hours of practical placement spread over three different settings.

Industrial and Organisational Psychology is a specialist area that applies psychological knowledge and skills to workplaces with the aim of improving organisational effectiveness and the quality of work life.

The specialty focuses on deriving principles of individual, group and organisational behaviour and applying this knowledge to the solution of problems at work.

The skills developed are in line with the essential core capabilities and attributes required by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) and the Australian Psychological Society’s (APS) College of Organisational Psychologists for postgraduate professional courses.

This course offers training in the following areas:

• Psychological assessment for enhanced personnel selection outcomes
• Improving work design to enhance employee effectiveness, wellbeing and safety
• Applying principles of human factors to optimise human-system interactions
• Implementing organisational change initiatives effectively
• Undertaking effective research in organisations