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Empowering People, Transforming Futures: Discover the Potential of Behaviour Analysis with our new Master of Professional Practice in Behaviour Analysis at the University of Waikato!
 

Why study the Master of Professional Practice in Behaviour Analysis?

The University of Waikato has a robust legacy in Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), cultivated within the School of Psychology. Over a pioneering history of 50 years, staff in the Behaviour Analysis programme have produced many scholarly contributions, collaborating with renowned figures in the field.

The MPPBA programme extends this longstanding tradition by advocating for evidence-based practice, preparing skilled ABA professionals, and upholding the university's dedication to ethical and community-centric education.

Behaviour Analysis

Behaviour Analysis is a scientific approach to understanding why people and animals do what they do.

Why study Behaviour Analysis?

Studying behaviour analysis will teach you how both animal and human behaviour is affected by events in the social and physical environment and what you can do to produce behaviour change to help improve lives. Knowledge of this science of behaviour and its behaviour-change technology will assist you in a variety of careers.

As a field, behaviour analysis consists of concepts, principles and techniques.

As a student of Behaviour Analysis, you will learn how behaviour can be understood and changed. This includes an introduction to behaviourism, which is the philosophical underpinning of the science of behaviour and the experimental analysis of behaviour (EAB), which is the domain of basic research.

Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is concerned with the application of these foundations, in the development of a technology to improve socially important behaviours. You will learn many skills, including how to define and measure behaviour, create behaviour change programs and evaluate their effectiveness in courses that combine theoretical and practical learning to produce marketable skills.