PHD IN CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGY 2014 APPLICATION FORM

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1 1 PHD IN CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGY 2014 APPLICATION FORM PLEASE NOTE. Students applying for this degree must officially be registered for the degree through UNISA ADMIN before this application is handed in. Note that there are set due dates for 2014 registration. Information is available from the M&D Degree Administration / /8054). This degree is presented jointly by the departments of Industrial & Organisational Psychology and Psychology at UNISA. Entrance requirements are as follows: registration as psychologist with the HPCSA in the categories clinical, counselling, industrial, research or education, and at least 3 years experience in consulting to organisations on the individual, group and organisational levels. The outcomes of the degree are as follows General outcome. Develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes (competence) to provide organisational consulting services at individual, group and organisational levels with the focus on assessment, intervention development and implementation and evaluation. Learning outcome 1: Qualifying learners show a broadening and critical understanding of different scientific frameworks and are able to effectively integrate knowledge on different psychological approaches, theories, models and techniques. Learning outcome 2: Qualifying learners develop their own unique approaches, models, methods and techniques, for fit for purpose consulting solutions on individual, group and organisational levels that make connections between phenomena that are not apparent without the model. Learning outcome 3: Qualifying learners develop their competence and consulting experience in order to address problems from a multi disciplinary approach. Learning outcome 4: Qualifying learners can critically evaluate and reflect on their own consultation processes and services with a learning and ethical attitude. This is a course work degree consisting of workshops in 12 themes (during the first year) and a thesis (during the following 2 years) The first year themes include the following (arranged from a systems perspective) 1 Consultation as process 2 Research INDIVIDUAL LEVEL 3 Developing assessment technologies 4 Individual assessment 5 Individual wellness and work adjustment 6 Counselling 7 Career and executive coaching GROUP LEVEL 8 Group dynamics and assessment

2 2 ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL 9 Diversity 10 Organisational performance and assessment of interventions 11 Organisational development and facilitation of change 12 Programme evaluation The first year workshops are scheduled over 5 block weeks. The 2014 dates are as follows: January March May August October During the Research workshops, the student prepares the Research Proposal. A promoter is assigned based on expertise and availability. During the second and subsequent year(s) the student performs the research under supervision of the promoter. The selection procedure entails the following Register as UNISA student for the PDH Consulting Psychology Complete this application Ensure that all required ATTACHMENTS are included Mail this application form with ATTACHMENTS between 15 and 30 SEPTEMBER 2013 Address: Ms Lizette Williams (for attention Professor Frans Cilliers) Programme Manager. Doctorate in Consulting Psychology Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology University of South Africa, PO Box 392, UNISA 0003, SOUTH AFRICA (C) (E) [email protected] No applications will be accepted after 30 September 2013 Selection will mainly be based on documentation while some applicants may be requested to attend an interview at UNISA in Pretoria Candidates will be informed of the outcome by 30 October 2013 with instructions about student registration for BELOW IS THE 2014 APPLICATION FORM

3 3 THEI SERVES AS A DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL & ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY PHD IN CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGY 2014 APPLICATION FORM [ONLY THIS 2014 APPLICATION FORM WILL BE ACCEPTED] 1 PERSONAL DETAILS Surname First names Mailing address Postal code Telephone number (W) Telephone number (H) Telephone number (C) Fax number (F) address (E) 2 REGISTRATION AS 2014 UNISA STUDENT IN PHD CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGY Attach the UNISA evidence of registration (ATTACHMENT 1) 3 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Degrees Period of Study From To Institution

4 4 4 ACADEMIC RECORD 4.1 Undergraduate / B degree Attach full University certified academic record (ATTACHMENT 2) 4.2 Postgraduate / Honours degree / Masters degree Attach full University certified academic record (ATTACHMENT 3) 4.3 Internship Attach a detailed description of your completed internship programme including the institution where you completed the programme and the name of the internship supervisor (ATTACHMENT 4) 4.4 Masters dissertation Attach the title page AND the abstract of your Masters dissertation (ATTACHMENT 5) 5 PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AS PSYCHOLOGIST WITH THE HPCSA Accepted categories: Clinical, Counselling, Industrial, Research, Education Attach a copy of your HPCSA registration certificate (ATTACHMENT 6) Attach your HPCSA registration certificate indicating your payment for 2013 (ATTACHMENT 7) 6 MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Are you a member of the following associations? Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology (SIOPSA) Institute for Personnel Management (IPM) APA SIOP O Other (provide names) 7 CURRENT OCCUPATION Employer Address Job content Your division Your job title Your job level Starting date

5 5 8 PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE Employer Nature of work Duration of employment From To PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE State your experience with regard to the following matters. Consulting at individual level Consulting at group level Consulting at organisational level 10 AREAS OF CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGY YOUR PLANNED RESEARCH PROPOSAL Name the area(s) of Consulting Psychology you would like to specialise in Why? Which area(s) of Consulting Psychology do you like least? Why? Attach your preliminary Doctoral Research Proposal in 2 A4 pages MAX (ATTACHMENT 8) State the TITLE, PROBLEM STATEMENT, AIM(S), THEORETICAL PARADIGM, DESIGN including the METHOD and CHAPTER DIVISION

6 6 11 PREVIOUS APPLICATION(S) FOR A DOCTORATE DEGREE Have you ever applied at UNISA / another SA university for the Doctoral degree? If YES, which university? Date? Was your application successful? 12 COMPULSORY WORKSHOPS IN FIRST YEAR Do you accept your responsibility to attend the compulsory 5 block weeks as part of your first year of study? (See the 2014 dates on page 2 of this document) 13 PRACTICAL WORK Do you have access to individual employees, groups and teams and an organisation with which you can conduct consultancy work? 14 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE Do you have at least 3 years practical consulting experience and do you regard yourself as a senior psychologist? 15 MOTIVATION FOR YOUR APPLICATION Motivate on ONE A4 PAGE in about 150 words why you wish to enrol for this degree and why you think you should be selected. Attach the motivation in your own handwriting (ATTACHMENT 9). SIGNED... DATE... PLACE... UNISA REMEMBER TO ATTACH THE 9 ATTACHMENTS DELETE PAGES 1-2 WHEN YOU PRINT / MAIL YOUR APPLICATION