MSc Applied Positive Psychology, Organisations and Leadership

University of East London

Positive Psychology is a movement that has challenged the field of psychology to reconsider the positive aspects of life. Instead of drawing on a 'disease model', it encourages empirical research into factors that enable individuals and communities to thrive and focuses on building the best in life. Areas of study include well-being and its determinants, positive emotions, strengths, resilience, creativity, optimism and positive institutions.The MSc in Applied Positive Psychology is a pioneering programme that explores the science and practice of this discipline as applied to different domains of expertise: coaching, consultancy and training, organisations, education and wider society.The course provides a strong foundation of the historical developments in the field, explores critical theories and perspectives, and introduces practical innovations through experiential learning and close collaboration with positive psychology researchers and practitioners with decades of experience.Whether you are an organisational trainer or consultant, an HR specialist, manager or leader, you know that this course is for you if you are passionate about systemic organisational change and transformation, leadership development, and team resilience and effectiveness.Here, you will learn about well-being and engagement in the workplace processes for bringing groups together, such as appreciative inquiry, emotionally intelligent leadership, and how to build flourishing organisations, create resilient teams and ensure that business organisations contribute to a better world.At the heart of this programme are strengths-based approaches to organisational development, experiential case-study and mastery-based learning pedagogy.