Course Overview

Lancaster's Organisation Studies and Psychology degree is taught jointly by the Department of Organisation Work and Technology (OWT) and our Psychology Department.  Studying at Lancaster gives you the opportunity to gain a degree that is fully accredited by the British Psychological Society and provides the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the Society.

Your degree will help you understand how psychological expertise can be used effectively in the management of organisations and their workers and you'll graduate with a critical understanding of the significance and role of organisations and management in modern industrialised societies.

In your first year you'll gain a thorough overview of both subjects with modules including Management and Organisations and Understanding Psychology. In your second and third years, you'll choose from an extensive list of courses, such as Understanding the Individual in the Workplace; Social and Organisational Psychology; Organisation Studies and the Management of Change: Key Approaches, and the final-year Personality and Individual Differences Project.

For a list of compulsory modules, please see the tab above.

Career opportunities

Your deep understanding of organisations and the people who work within them, combined with a range of transferable skills, such as time management, communicating complex ideas effectively and working independently, will make you stand out in a competitive jobs market and open up a variety of career opportunities.

Our graduates go into a wide array of jobs and careers, from mainstream human resource management, in both public and private corporations, to management consultancy and roles in media and marketing. Some of our alumni have set up businesses on their own, both at home and abroad.

Your degree scheme also provides an excellent foundation for a career in clinical, educational, occupational or forensic psychology.