MA Psychology Focusing on Organisation – Transformation Processes in Work, Society and Environment

This multidisciplinary MA Psychology programme with an organisational focus aims to foster a reflective socio-critical stance while students scientifically explore subjects revolving around transformation processes in the context of organisational psychology, environmental psychology, health psychology, and related areas. Changes within the work environment are unfolding in a society in which the significance of progress and growth must be rethought, given current complex global challenges such as climate change and digitalisation. Psychologists maintain decisive roles within numerous professional fields by providing support to individuals and organisations coping with transitions and the challenges of today’s society. Social change raises the question of what significance different organisations have and should have in contemporary society. This is accompanied by new forms of interpersonal relationships and dynamics between man and machine as well as the additional challenges associated with sustainable business strategies. “Work, Society, and Environment” are therefore not merely buzzwords put together in a title; much more, they are to be understood as highly intertwined concepts that systematically focus on the dynamics in animate and inanimate relationships.  As a graduate of this MA programme, you will be equipped with theoretical and practical skills that will provide important impulses for the development of sustainable solutions through reflection on social dynamics and change processes. Moreover, the integration of knowledge acquisition and independent reflection offered by this MA programme fosters a strengthening of systemic competences surrounding the skill of recognising and assuming responsibility. This will ultimately develop one's ability to make independent decisions in leadership positions. The target group of this MA Psychology programme is Bachelor's graduates in psychology or economics and related fields who wish to pursue a career within the field of organisational psychology while implementing a psychodynamic perspective. Whether it be NGOs, governmental agencies, environmental organisations, or something else, this MA programme will excellently prepare you for a diverse professional life and career. The programme encourages the students' communicative competences by practising academic discussion while maintaining a reflective stance. The didactics of the degree programme are primarily oriented towards participatory forms of teaching and learning. From the first semester onwards, students learn how to research scientific questions independently, to present and discuss them, and to deal constructively with criticism. These communication skills enable the students to obtain competences associated with leadership positions. All degree programmes offered at the IPU Berlin are both research-based and application-oriented and are designed to help students develop independent, socially reflective, and solution-oriented professional abilities. The teaching itself is also characterised by variation: In addition to lectures and lecture-oriented seminars, workshop formats are implemented. Workshop formats allow students the space to reflect on their own experiences and use these insights for learning and research practice. The programme consists of 120 ECTS credits, which can be earned during four full-time study semesters. The ECTS credits are divided evenly across three semesters, with the Master's thesis to be written during the final (fourth) one. The programme is arranged in five overarching areas of study, consisting of 12 modules with lectures, seminars, and workshops. The areas of study include: Reflective Psychology and Theoretical Psychology (Module 1: Psychology as a Critical Social Science) Work, Organisational, and Business Psychology (Module 2: Current Research Findings in Work and Organisational Psychology; Module 3: The Individual and the Organisation; Module 5: Work, Health, and Prevention; Modu