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Psychology @ Work
UndergraduateMAQ-PSYX33382026
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Round off your psychology degree with an exploration of human behaviour within organisations. Topics include stress, personality, and teams. Discover how psychology can help with job analysis, recruitment, and psychological issues in the workplace.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 15 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,245
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Psychology @ Work
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge of the underlying principles, theories and concepts, and skills in the select topics related to organisational psychology.
- Demonstrate research-informed self-directed pursuit of scholarly enquiry to analyse, critique, and discuss research relating to select topics regarding Organisational Psychology.
- Communicate effectively across both lay and scientific audiences for individuals, groups, colleagues, researchers, policy makers and the wider community.
- Demonstrate the effective application of knowledge and skills in select topics related to Organisational Psychology for positive impact at the foundational level of competency.
- Apply ethical knowledge and skills to identify appropriate, evidence-based solutions and to guide practice as reflective professionals at the foundational level of competency.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
An individual’s relationship with their employment can have a striking influence on their general wellbeing, life satisfaction, and productivity at work, with a typical individual spending approximately a third of their life at work. This unit introduces you to the psychological perspectives of the world of work, including both individual and organisational aspects. You will learn how organisational psychologists apply psychological principles and tools to study occupational behaviour, working conditions and organisational structure, and solve problems related to employee wellbeing, performance, and organisational design. Tutorials will draw on real-life case studies to provide hands-on experience with the tools and techniques used by organisational psychologists. This ensures that you are equipped to apply the knowledge acquired in this unit to contemporary issues facing employees and organisations.
- Online quiz (15%)
- Report (40%)
- Online invigilated exam (45%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- MAQ-PSYX1102-Psychology in Context: Health, Development & Well-Being
MAQ-PSYX1105 (Not currently available)
and one of
MAQ-PSYX2224 (Not currently available)
- MAQ-PSYX2236-Biopsychology and Learning
and one of
MAQ-PSYX1104 (Not currently available)
- MAQ-PSYX1101-Psychology in Context: From Foundations to Applications
MAQ-PSYX105 (Not currently available)
Others
130cp at 1000 level or above including ((PSYC104 or PSYU1104 or PSYX104 or PSYX1104 or PSYU1101 or PSYX1101) and (PSYC105 or PSYU1105 or PSYX105 or PSYX1105 or PSYU1102 or PSYX1102))
NCCW (pre-2020 units) PSY338
NCCW (2020 and onwards) PSYU3338 Organisational Psychology
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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