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Organisational and Social Psychology – (M.Sc.)
London School of Economics and Political Science
Institute of Social Psychology
| Application Deadline: | None - rolling admissions | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 17,973 - | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 90 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of London School of Economics and Political Science
Our Msc in Organisational and Social Psychology focuses on the understanding of the interaction between organisations and the people who lead and work with/in them. We draw on the best in social science research to build new insights for diagnosing organisational problems as well as for understanding and intervening to build new organisational capabilities.
Our program feeds from two overlapping perspectives:
* Organisational behaviour (or "micro") seeks answers to important questions about individuals and groups and draws primarily on psychology and social psychology, including theory on decision making, creativity, activity theory, stress, motivation etc.
* Organizational theory (or "macro") seeks to understand how organisations come to be structured the way they are, how they are related to each other, and how their structures and relationships change over time, as well as the effects of these structures and relationships on individual members and organizational performance. It draws primarily on cultural studies, sociology, social philosophy and management science and includes theory on organisational culture, change and power, networks, knowledge systems etc.
These two areas come together in our program in what has come to be known as "meso" organisational work. This cross-level work bridges the individual and organisational levels by analysing how organisation-level phenomena (such as culture and identity) shape individual and group behaviour and how individual actions in turn shape organisational processes and outcomes.
The MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology will be of particular benefit to those who already have some experience of working in organisations or organisational consultancy and who would like to develop their understanding in relation to innovative practice in general management, consulting, and human resource management, and of creative ways of working with others in and around organisations. Please note that it is not the aim of this programme to offer a foundation level training in organisational management skills as might typically be expected from a Master´s course in Business Administration.
Contents
The programme consists of four course units, including compulsory and optional courses and a research report. A weekly professional seminar series in the Lent term provides students on the course with the opportunity to debate with professionals, managers and consultants working on a variety of organisational contexts.
Please also note that the programme structure is currently under review and the structure offered may differ from that listed below.
Compulsory courses(* half unit)
* Organisational Social Psychology
* Research Methods
* Research report of 10,000 words on a topic approved by your supervisor
Options
Choose to the value of one unit:
* Gender and Media Representation*
* Cultural Constructions of the Body*
* Social Representations*
* Current Communication Research*
* The Social Psychology of Economic Life*
* Social Psychology of Health Communication*
* Issues in Social Psychology: Evolutionary Social Psychology*
* Knowledge Processes in Organisations*
* Representations, Institutions and Communities*
* Corporate Communications*
* Science, Technology and Resistance*
* Societal Psychology*
* Organisational and Social Decision Making*
* Issues in Organisational and Social Psychology: Organisational Life*
* Psychoanalysis and Communication*
* Cognition and Culture*
* Inter-cultural Relations and Racism*
* Theory and Practice of Organisational Development*
* An approved course or courses to the value of one half unit from any other MSc programme in the School
Not all these courses may be available in any one year.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Minimum entry requirement:
* 2:1 or 1st class degree, with a considered interest in the area covered by the MSc. For the research track, 2:1 in psychology with an interest in perusing a research-based career
* We will consider applicants with a good first degree in any discipline and a considered interest in the area covered by the MScs.
* For the research track programme we will consider applicants with a good first degree in psychology with an interest in pursuing a research based career.
English requirement:
* TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 603 in the paper test or 100 in the internet based test. For full information on TOEFL and testing centres worldwide, please see
* IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum score of 6.5. For full details about the British Council's English tests, please see
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 603 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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