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Edith Cowan University (ECU)

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Master of Business Psychology Online

  • Masters (Coursework)

Drive organisational outcomes and champion workplace wellbeing.

Key details

Degree Type
Masters (Coursework)
Duration
20 months part-time
Course Code
T84
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov
Domestic Fees
$42,820 per year

About this course

Five billion hours. That's how many hours Australians worked between January and March 2022, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

For employees, work takes up a huge part of everyday life. For organisations, new challenges emerge every week.

So how can businesses develop talent while achieving organisational goals? The first step is understanding what drives human behaviour in the workplace. The next step is using that expertise to help individuals and organisations succeed.

ECU's Accelerated Online Master of Business Psychology will allow you to build a future-focused, specialised expertise in business psychology and be at the frontier of workplace innovation. Navigate complex and competing needs to drive organisational outcomes and champion workplace wellbeing.

Course code: T84

Entry requirements

To gain entry to the online Master of Business Psychology, applicants must have:

  • A bachelor's degree in a cognate discipline; OR
  • Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years of relevant professional experience*.
  • Students who possess the equivalent of a four-year, full-time, non-cognate undergraduate degree may also apply for this program. This includes graduates from four-year bachelor programs in education, nursing and engineering degrees, as well as those from these and other fields who may have completed an honours degree.

* Relevant professional experience constitutes five years of working in professional contexts underpinned by managing human and team behaviour, motivation and psychology. This includes (but is not limited to) those working in traditional business administration and consulting roles and extends also to those with experience working in healthcare, engineering, education, social and community services contexts.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

Understand what drives human behaviour in the workplace

Explore what motivates people and groups. Promote health and wellbeing through psychological frameworks. Analyse key theories, principles and concepts in fields like social psychology and cognitive psychology.

Apply psychological theories to business

Take your knowledge of psychology into the world of business. Shape a positive workplace culture and leverage cognitive psychology theories to maximise performance. Leverage cognitive psychology theories and principles to maximise performance.

Empower people, teams and organisations

Use your expertise to help individuals and organisations succeed. Apply interventions and mechanisms for promoting healthy workplaces and employee wellbeing. Be able to develop talent and build careers while achieving organisational goals. Develop your skills in people analytics and change management practices.

Career pathways

Upon successfully completing the online Master of Business Psychology, you will have the skills and knowledge to succeed in a number of roles depending on your prior experience. These roles can include:

  • Human Resources Advisor
  • Behavioural Strategy Consultant
  • Customer Research and Insights Specialist
  • People & Culture Manager
  • Organisational Development Specialist
  • Career Coach
  • Employee Experience Manager
  • Strategy Consultant
  • Organisational Change Specialist
  • Leadership Coach

According to Glassdoor, the average salary of a Strategy Consultant in Australia is $100,000.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at Edith Cowan University (ECU).
85.8%
Overall satisfaction
84.7%
Skill scale
75.7%
Teaching scale
82.4%
Employed full-time
$99.8k
Average salary