Master in Work and Organizational Psychology Course outline Stage of studies: Master s studies Programme capacity: 120 ECTS (60 ECTS per year). Nominal study period: 2 years Degree awarded: Master of Arts in Social Sciences (Work and Organizational Psychology) Language of studies: English Prerequisite: Bachelor in Psychology or BA or Bachelor in Social Sciences (main Psychology), higher education obtained at least 180 ECTS Fees and Scholarships Tuition fee: 4300 EUR (total) for two academic years; in addition, a registration fee of 100 EUR. The costs of traveling, lodging, living, etc. are not included in the fees of the Master, so the student must cover these costs by herself or himself. Scholarships All first-year international Master students of certain TUT programmes can apply for monthly allowance supported by the EU Finnish students who study abroad receive study support from Finland www.kela.fi Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) provides a scholarship programme for Chinese citizens www.csc.edu.cn There are many scholarships for citizens of USA There are scholarships provided by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia Students from Georgia, Moldova, Belorussia, Armenia and Azerbaijan can apply for scholarship and mobility grant from ERASMUS-MUNDUS Action 2 More information: www.ttu.ee/scholarships
Master in Work and Organizational Psychology The Master programme started as an European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) initiative. Work and organizational psychology professionals from six EU states (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Sweden, and Finland) established a network for improve the competence in region and composing the Master programme according EuroPsy requirements. Master in Work and Organizational Psychology is developed according to the academic standard of the European Diploma of Psychology (EuroPsy) and it follows the Reference Model and Minimal Standards of the European Curriculum in Work and Organizational Psychology established by the European Network of Work and Organizational Psychology Professors (ENOP). The Master in Work and Organizational Psychology has four main objectives: to offer a European referent of training in Work and Organizational Psychology to the students to for aapply European Diploma (EuroPsy) of Work and Organizational Psychology supported by the European Federation of Psychology Association (EFPA) http://www.europsy-efpa.eu/ to contribute towards students competitiveness and to prepare the students to be competent as independent practitioners in Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology at the entry level as independent practitioners to promote the mobility of students across Europe. The teaching staff that participates in the Master programme is composed of wellrecognized researchers and professionals. Every network university contributes to the highly competent teaching staff. In addition, very prestigious professors from other European countries, mainly belonging to ENOP (European Network of Organizational Psychologists), teach in the Master programme. In this way, we reinforce the European perspective of the training. Developments: From the 2012/2013 academic years, our students have the opportunity to study at University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland we have identical courses in the second (spring) semester (Bilateral Partnership Agreement between Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, 21 st November, 2011). Students are awarded a TUT diploma and shall receive a diploma supplement signed and sealed by the host university. The students mobility will be undertaken according to the rules of the LLP/Erasmus programme. From the 2013/2014 academic years, our students have the opportunity to study at University of East London, UK in spring semester (Modules: Appraisal and Career Development / Counseling and Individual Development, 15 ECTS, and Selection and Assessment / Training and Development, 15 ECTS). The Universities agree to confer a double degree to the students who will complete successfully the Master programme (120 credits ECTS) including compulsory requirement regarding mobility
is that the student must study at least 30 ECTS credits in host university. The double degree will be awarded by the institution where the student is registered and has spent the first semester of the first year i.e. students are awarded a TUT diploma and shall receive a diploma supplement signed and sealed by the host university which proves the double degree. From the 2014/2015 academic years, our students have the opportunity to study at Mykolas Romeris University Vilnius, Lithuania we ll identical curriculum (Bilateral Partnership Agreement between Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and Mykolas Romeris University Vilnius, Lithuania, 3 rd June, 2011). The Universities agree to confer a double degree to the students who will complete successfully the Master programme (120 credits ECTS) including compulsory requirement regarding mobility is that the student must study at least 36 ECTS credits in host university. The double degree will be awarded by the institution where the student is registered and has spent the first semester of the first year i.e. students are awarded a TUT diploma and shall receive a diploma supplement signed and sealed by the host university which proves the double degree. The students mobility will be undertaken according to the rules of the LLP/Erasmus programme. Curriculum According to the ENOP Model, the main areas considered in the Master are work, organizational, and personnel psychology. In each of these areas the Master programme aims to develop two types of knowledge and skills. refers to theory devoted to the explanation of human behaviour and its context and to diagnostic skills in work, organization, and personnel fields. knowledge and skills prepare the student to describe, assess, diagnose, explain, and interpret the main phenomena and psychosocial processes in the areas of work, organizations, and personnel. refers to change and design theory and intervention skills in work, organizational, and personnel fields. theory and skills prepare the student to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate changes and interventions in order to improve behaviours, situations, and psychosocial processes in the fields of work, organizations, and personnel.
EAWOP initiative: Work and Organizational Psychology Curriculum as it follows ENOP Reference Model and Minimal Standards of the European Curriculum After Graduation: EuroPsy - Post-Master Coaching Internship / Practice (min. 60 ECTS) Internship - Practice (6 ECTS) Research and master thesis (30 ECTS) WORK ORGANIZATIONAL PERSONNEL METHODOLOGY W3 in Work and Organizational Psychology W4 Health and Safety at Workplace W5 Human Factors Engineering or Engineering Psychology W6 Virtual, Mobil and Multilocal work W7 Work Motivation W8 Techno-psychology O2 Organizational Communication O3 Organizational Development and Innovation O5 Group Processes and Team Development O6 Managerial Psychology O7 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (4 ECTS Optional courses P2 Personnel Planning, Selection and Performance Appraisal P3 Personnel Development and Training P4 Labour Market Processes and Policy P5 Economic Psychology P6 Quality Management P7 Psychology of Personnel Management and Leadership (4 ECTS) R2 Methods and Evaluation R3 Assessment and Measurement in Work and Oganizational Psychology R4 New Research Trends in Work and Organizational Psychology WORK ORGANIZATIONAL PERSONNEL METHODOLOGY W1 Work/Industrial Psychology W2 Occupational Health Psychology and Quality of Working Life O1 Organizational Theory and Psychology (6 ECTS P1 Fundamentals of Personnel Psychology (6 ETCS) Free choice courses (6 ECTS) ORIENTATION G3 Consultancy and Counselling in Work and Organizational Psychology G2 Professional Ethics in Work and Organizational Psychology G1 Introduction to Work, Organisational and Personnel Psychology (2 ECTS) R1 Research Methods and Data Analysis (6 ECTS) EAWOP European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology ENOP European Network of Work and Organizational Psychology Professors
STRUCTURE OF THE CURRICULUM (ECTS) General studies 10 Basic studies 14 Core studies 30 Special studies 30 Free choice courses 6 Graduation thesis 30 Total 120 General studies Research Methods and Data Analysis Methods and Evaluation Basic studies Orientation: Introduction to Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology Ethics and Values in Work and Organizational Psychology Consultancy and Counseling Skills Assessment and Measurement in Work and Organizational Psychology Core Studies Organizational Theory and Psychology Work and Industrial Psychology Fundamentals of Personnel Psychology Organizational Communication Occupational Health Psychology and Quality of Working Life Free choice courses Psychology of Personnel Management and Leadership Human Factors Engineering Group Processes and Team Development Techno-psychology New Research Trends in Work and Organizational Psychology Quality Management Managerial Psychology Compulsory subjects Personnel Planning, Selection and Performance Appraisal in Work Psychology Personnel Development and Training Health and Safety at the Workplace Organizational Development and Innovation Internship Optional courses Economic Psychology Virtual, Mobile and Multi-location Work Work Motivation Introduction to Entrepreneurship Labour Market Processes and Policy
EuroPsy The Master programme is based on the EuroPsy model as the European qualification standard for work and organizational psychologists. This enables graduates of the programme to apply for professional recognition through the EuroPsy certificate in work and organizational psychology, in accordance with the guidelines of the European Federation of Psychologists Association (EFPA). The benefits that EuroPsy can offer to various participants: 1. Work opportunities: Clients may eventually choose a EuroPsy holder over someone holding a national diploma only, especially where the national diploma has been obtained without supervised practice 2. Mobility: Automatic recognition of professional qualifications in other countries 3. Transparency for clients: Clients across Europe will get a better view of psychologists qualifications 4. Quality: EuroPsy will be a guarantee of quality for professionals 5. Status: Prestige of universities associated with EuroPsy After graduation Work and organizational psychology is the scientific field of employees, workplaces, and organizations. Work and organizational psychologists contribute to an organization's success by improving the performance and well-being of its people. Work and organizational psychologists apply psychology to the workplace by using psychological principles and research methods to solve problems, to increase workplace productivity, and to improve the quality of work life. The programme prepares graduates for professional careers in both public and private sector organizations (personnel management, occupational psychology services, management consultancies, education and training, research). Future practitioners receive excellent international training with a science-based orientation. Postgraduates develop their professional activity in two main contexts: a) companies, working as practitioners; and b) academic context, as postgraduates are entitled to access the PhD programmes. Information Tallinn University of Technology http://www.ttu.ee/studying/masters/ Institute of Industrial Psychology http://www.tpi.ee/index.php International Study Center Tallinn University of Technology Ehitajate tee 5 - III 211A, Tallinn 19086 ESTONIA E-mail study@ttu.ee Phone (+372) 620 2022 Fax (+372) 620 2020
Student Advisor Prof. Mare Teichmann Phone: (+372) 5087510 E-mail: mare@pekonsult.ee Liina Randmann Phone: (+372) 620 2656 Mobil: (+372) 5281159 E-mail: liina.randmann@ttu.ee Ly Kurist Phone: (+372) 56655600 E-mail: ly.kurist@pekonsult.ee Links European Curriculum in W&O Psychology Reference Model and Minimal Standards http://www.ucm.es/info/psyap/enop/rmodel.html About EuroPsy: European Federation of Psychologists Association (EFPA) http://www.europsy-efpa.eu/ Prof. Mare Teichmann is the Estonian representative in the European Network of Work and Organizational Psychology Professors (ENOP) http://www.enop.ee/ The Estonian Work and Organizational Psychology Association (EWOPA) is an authorized member of European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) http://www.eawop.org/ Tallinn University of Technology Institute of Industrial Psychology http://www.tpi.ee/indexe.php About us in PS Public Service: European Union, Issue 23, Human Resources PROFILE: We love our work http://www.publicservice.co.uk/article.asp?publication=european%20union&id=556&cont ent_name=human%20resources&article=19225 Digital Teaching Tools Stress (Prof. M. Teichmann, Estonia) http://www.enop.ee/tpi/digiope/hfe/hfe6.htm Psychological Contract (Prof. D. Rosseau, USA) http://www.enop.ee/rousseau/psychological_contract.htm University of Silesia, Poland http://english.us.edu.pl/ Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius Lithuania http://www.mruni.eu/en/ University of East London, UK http://www.uel.ac.uk/postgraduate/programmes/occupationalpsychology.htm