Master of Applied Psychology

Hong Kong

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¿Qué aprenderé?

Programme Aims

This is a one-year Master's level programme for graduates with a psychology major who are looking for systematic training in the latest advances in assessment and practice methods applicable in various professional psychology settings.

The programme aims to provide a well-balanced foundation in functional competencies in assessment, intervention, research and evaluation. Over 1 or 2 years, a solid identity as an applied psychologist with professional skills and knowledge will be built up.

Characteristics

The teaching faculty members from the Department of Applied Social Sciences have enjoyed a long history of being both active in leadership roles in the Hong Kong Psychological Society and as recipients of a number of successive multi-year and territory-wide research and consultancy programmes of policy priority in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. This background has made it possible for the development of a unique curriculum to include direct and innovative instructional strategies, and in some cases first-hand exposure to experimentation in large-scale successfully implemented programmes in education, health and social care.

Recognition & Prospects

In principle, the requirements for becoming a Registered Psychologist in Hong Kong are: (1) be a member of the Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS), (2) possess a Master's degree in Psychology, and (3) have a minimum of one year of post-master's relevant working experience. It should be noted that this programme is designed to help students in meeting the second requirement.

On successful completion of the programme, students with a membership of HKPS may consider applying for registration upon obtaining at least one year of post-qualification experience in a discipline of psychology deemed acceptable by the HKPS. The final decision on registration is still maintained by the HKPS. All psychologists on the register must observe the Code of Professional Conduct maintained by the HKPS.

Curriculum

The programme is composed of Foundational Competencies and Functional Competencies. Core and Elective Subjects are grouped under two major study areas.

Foundational Competencies

Core Subject

  • Foundational Competencies (includes practicum)

Functional Competencies

Psychological assessment, research and evaluation competencies: Advanced Psychological Assessment (APA)

Core Subjects

  • Psychometric Theory & Scale Construction
  • Use & Dissemination of Psychological Instrumentation in Research & Service Context
  • Advanced Research Methods: Mixed Methods in Research

Elective Subjects

  • Psycho-socio-educational Programme Development & Evaluation

Psychological intervention competencies: Advanced Practice Methods (APM)

Elective Subjects

  • Cognitive Behavioural Intervention
  • Expressive Psychotherapy
  • Nurturing the Gifted & Talented: Instructional Models & Professional Practices
  • Parenting & Parent Development
  • Career Counselling: Theories & Practice
  • Workplace Counselling
  • Attentional Control & Social Adaptation

Knowledge and enterprising competencies

Core Subject

  • Cognitive Neuroscience Methods in Applied Settings

Elective Subject

  • Psychology of Exceptional Children

¿En cuál departamento estoy?

Faculty of Health and Social Sciences

Opciones de estudio

a tiempo completo (1 )

Costos de estudio
HK$221.400,00 (US$ 28.308) por año
HK $221,400 per programme (Taught subject: HK $6,900 per credit; Foundational Competencies: HK $9,300 per credit)

*El precio que se muestra es una referencia, por favor verificar con la institución

Fecha de inicio

Esperado Septiembre 2024

Lugar

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

ST305, 3/F, Ng Wing Hong Building,

Hung Hom,

Kowloon City, Hong Kong, Kowloon

Requerimiento de entrada

Para estudiantes internacionales

A recognised Bachelor's degree with a major in Psychology.

If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the following minimum English language requirement for admission purpose, unless otherwise specified by individual programmes concerned:

  • A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 80 for the Internet-based test or 550 for the paper-based test;
  • OR
  • An overall Band Score of at least 6 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Puede haber diferentes requisitos de IELTS en función del curso elegido.

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