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1.1 OVERVIEW
The Master of Industrial Psychology programme aims to provide students with
a well-rounded education with advanced and practical knowledge in
Industrial Psychology. The qualification is designed to equip students with
the necessary professional skills required by the Health Professions
Council of South Africa (HPCSA) to register as an Industrial Psychologist.
Graduating with a Master of Industrial Psychology provides graduates with a
further opportunity to enter into an internship programme and, after that ,
write the board examination to register as Industrial Psychologists with
the HPCSA.
1.2 ADMISSION
To qualify for consideration of admission to the selection process for this
Master’s programme, a prospective student should adhere to the following
prerequisites:
· A student must have obtained a relevant honours degree in Industrial
Psychology with an average of at least 65%
· A mark of 65% for the honours research report or mini-dissertation.
Please note that this alone does not guarantee selection into the
programme.
On honours level you need to have successfully completed modules/subjects
that have adequately addressed the following Industrial Psychology
subfields:
• Organisational Psychology
• Human Resource Management
• Career Psychology
• Psychological Evaluation and Measurement
• Research Methodology for Industrial Psychology
• Research Methodology (Statistics) for Industrial Psychology
• Labour Relations
Please note, if your honours qualification does not comply with the
above requirements, your application will not be considered.
Candidates may be subject to any other selection processes or tools
as ascribed by the department. Applicants may be required to submit a research proposal if requested to do so.
Admission to this Master’s programme is subject to approval by the
departmental selection panel.
Applicants whose previous degrees were obtained from a foreign university
or from universities outside of South Africa must have their qualifications
evaluated by South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) prior to
submitting an application to the University.
1.3 APPLICATION DUE DATE
Applications open on 1 April and closes 30 September each year
Application open on 1 April and closes 31 August each year (International Students)
Applicants are encouraged to apply well in advance. NO LATE APPLICATIONS
WILL BE CONSIDERED.
1.4 WHERE DO I APPLY?
In order for your application to be considered complete, you need to complete Step 1 below with all the required supporting documents.
STEP 1
Applicants need to apply online via the University of Free State online
application system for an official application. Click on this link:
https://apply.ufs.ac.za/Application/Start
for the online application.
1. Certified ID/Passport Copy
2. Certified Degree Certificate/s
3. Full academic record/s
1.5 PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
After completing this programme graduates will be able to:
1. Appraise the career counselling process, content and skills to
facilitate career decision making in the workplace
2. Develop the competence needed by change agents to enhance the
performance of individuals, groups and organisations
3. Appraise and develop various strategies and models relating to Strategic
Human Resource Management, Talent Management, Employee Employment and
retention within the domain of personnel psychology
4. Design a competency-based assessment process for development and/or
selections purposes in the workplace
5. Evaluate and manage well-being in the workplace on individual and
organizational levels
6. Evaluate and manage the ethics of professional behaviour within the work
context
7. Justify an appropriate research design, including data collection and
analysis techniques, to solve a research problem
8. Execute the research process and produce a comprehensive
mini-dissertation/scientific publishable articles
After completing the Masters of Industrial Psychology course work, a
twelve-month internship should be completed. This internship programme
consists of various Industrial Psychological activities to be carried out
within a suitable organisation. These activities have to be set out in an
accredited internship programme. It is your responsibility to arrange for
an organisation that offers internships and for a registered Industrial
Psychologist to act as your supervisor. After that, the student will
complete a written Board exam with the HPCSA, and the student will be able
to register as an Industrial Psychologist with the HPCSA. Please note it is
the student's responsibility to inquire and submit applications to the
HPCSA.
1.6 MODE OF DELIVERY
The programme will be delivered through a contact mode of provision,
primarily through at least six-block contact sessions for the year
consisting of one week for each block (+- 30 workdays). The above programme
is only offered at the Bloemfontein campus.
1.7 MODE OF STUDY
Full-time students will have one year to complete their studies.
Part-time students who intend to complete their programme over two years
should note that it is compulsory to register for Advanced Research
Methodology, and the Mini-Dissertation in Industrial Psychology during
their first year of study.
1.8 TIMEFRAME
The Masters of Industrial Psychology programme entails course work in the
first year, and in the second year of study, students need to complete
their mini-dissertation and internship.
Programme starts: Orientation session (February); Contact sessions (March)
1.9 CONTACT DETAILS
For queries on the Masters of Industrial Psychology programme contact the
Masters Coordinator on the following:
Chene´ Ward
Email: MastersIP@ufs.ac.za
Telephone: 051 401 9204
1.10 PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
The Master of Industrial Psychology at the University of Free State is
recognised by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as
contributing to registration as an Industrial Psychologist. Registration
with the HPCSA as an Industrial Psychologist (Independent Practice) is
possible after the completion of the following:
-
Masters of Industrial Psychology
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12-month board-approved internship
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Successful board examination
Please note it is the student's responsibility to inquire and submit
applications to the HPCSA. For more information regarding industrial
psychology, internships, go to the HPCSA official website: https://www.hpcsa.co.za/
Society for Industrial & Organisational Psychology (SIOPSA)
SIOPSA is a member-based, non-profit organisation established to enhance
the Industrial and Organisational Psychology profession in South Africa. As
human behaviour specialists in a workplace, SIOPSA translates the
scientific body of industrial and organisational (IO) psychology knowledge
into fit-for-purpose practices to promote business objectives, and help
employees flourish. To this end, SIOPSA exists to serve its members and
strives to create conditions in which IO psychologists will be able to
deliver efficient and effective services to the benefit of all in South
Africa.
Membership is available to industrial psychology students and interns.
Please note it is the responsibility of the student to enquire and submit
applications to SIOPSA. For more information regarding this go to the
SIOPSA website: https://www.siopsa.org.za/
South African Board for People Practices (SABPP)
This is the body for HR professionals and practitioners in South Africa.
The SABPP’s role is to professionalise the HR function to ensure that HR
becomes an increasingly recognised and respected profession. The Board is
an accredited ETQA (Education and Training Quality Assurance body) under
the NQF Act and Skills Development Act. Therefore, it is a quality
assurance body for HR learning provision. In addition, the SABPP accredits
the HR academic programs of universities. For more information regarding
this go to the SABPP website: https://www.sabpp.co.za/
South African Career Development Association (SACDA) Career development practitioners and all those involved in the field of career development, are taking a stand to ensure ethics, access, quality and growth in the field of career development. Membership is available to industrial psychology students and interns. Please note it is the responsibility of the student to enquire and submit applications to SACDA. For more information on SACDA go to their website: https://www.sacda.org.za/
1.11 CURRICULUM OF THE PROGRAMME
Students will have a minimum of one year to complete the modules if they
study full-time. However, those students studying part-time will have two
years to complete the degree. It is important to note that students must
start with all the course work during their first year of study.
The following modules will help to develop your knowledge and enable you to
apply your knowledge in practical ways in the workplace:
First academic year
Advanced Career Psychology (Semester 1)
The module will focus on theoretical aspects to be considered during a
career counselling
process and the practical application of the theory to the career
counselling process in terms
of conducting interviews, applying and interpreting career tests and giving
feedback in the
form of oral and written reports to the client.
Advanced Assessment (Semester 1)
This module will expose students to both the legal and practical aspects of
assessment.
Students will develop competency profiles for selection and development.
This will serve as
input to decide on the most appropriate method of assessment that is linked
to the inherent
requirements of the job. Lastly, students should be able to write an
integrated report based on
the findings of the competency assessments.
Employee Well-being (Semester 1)
Specific skills enhance the optimal well-being of employees in the
organisation, which
will have an impact on organisational productivity and efficiency. This
includes the
identification of psychopathology, general counselling, facilitation and
trauma counselling.
Lastly, students should be able to develop, sell and execute a well-being
model and
intervention plan to manage and improve well-being on an individual, group
and organisational
levels.
Advanced Research Methodology (Semester 1)
This module focuses on quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research
designs in order
to enable the student to write a research proposal as well as a
comprehensive mini-dissertation. Specific focus will be placed on
questionnaire development, psychometric
properties of measuring instruments as well as model development
Advanced Organisational Psychology (Semester 2)
The focus of this module is to assist students in demonstrating their
competencies as effective
change agents by designing an integrated change process at a systems level
in an
organisation. For this purpose, students will be exposed to a process to
discover and develop their
own competencies as effective change agents within organisations from a
systems
perspective.
Advanced Personnel Psychology (Semester 2)
Firstly, this module is intended to provide a broad perspective of
personnel psychology as a
subfield of Industrial and Organisational Psychology. Secondly, strategic
human resource management will be presented as it is viewed by HR
practitioners/HR
managers in practice and applied in organisations. Thirdly, different
models and approaches
to talent management will be discussed. Finally, various issues relating to
personnel
employment as well as the critical factors that influence employee
retention will be
addressed.
Professional Ethics in the Workplace (Semester 2)
This module focuses on developing an understanding of the Code of
Professional Ethics of
the HPCSA and the Professional Board for Psychology, as well as relevant
legislative
frameworks. On said codes of conduct, students should be able to apply
interventions to improve ethical conduct within the work context.
Year 1 & Year 2
Mini-dissertation in Industrial Psychology (Semester 1 & 2)
This module focuses on the acquisition of scientific knowledge through a
systematic, objective,
a logical, organised and critical investigation into specific problems
which occur within the work
context, with the emphasis on seeking solutions to such problems. This will
result in a
comprehensive and systematic research output in the form of two (2)
publishable articles or a
mini-dissertation.
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