Model Industrial-Organizational Psychology Curriculum

Note: Three elective courses are required. Four are listed above, just as examples of when electives can be taken. Thus, 49 total hours are required.

Catalog Descriptions of Required Courses

PSY 790 Tests and Measurements (3) Study of measurement principles with application in psychology, business, industry, and government.  Interpretation, use, and evaluation of measurement and job analysis methods.  Reliability, validity, utility, ethical/legal concerns are examined.

PSY 820 Statistics and Research Design I (3) Prerequisite: PSY 291and 301 or equivalent with department approval.  Principles and techniques of scientific observation, control, and analysis specifically oriented to research in psychology.  Evaluation of research designs and their implementation in professional settings.  Emphasis on univariate statistical analyses. 

PSY 826 Professional Concerns (1) Prerequisite: department approval.  Consideration of ethical and related problems of psychologists.

PSY 837 Social Psychology and Cultural Diversity (3) Prerequisite: department approval.  Graduate level survey of topics in social psychology including social influence, persuasion, social cognition, self-justification, aggression and prejudice.  Emphasis on multi-cultural diversity and tolerance of other groups.

PSY 843 Practicum (1-3) Prerequisite: department approval.  Supervised practice in applied settings.  Selective participation with an assigned agency varies with the student’s program; with level of preparation of course work, and with previous supervised field experience.  Class meetings are arranged.  May be retaken to a maximum of seven credit hours.  Graded Pass-Fail.

PSY 844 Industrial Psychology (3) Prerequisite:  Department approval.  Graduate level introduction to industrial psychology.  Topics include legal issues, job analysis and evaluation, compensation, research in organizations, individual differences, recruitment, human factors, and work environments.

PSY 862 Statistics and Research Design II (3) Prerequisite: PSY 820 or equivalent with department approval.  Principles and techniques of scientific observation, control, and analysis, specifically oriented to multivariate research in psychology.  Evaluation of research designs and their implementation in professional settings.

PSY 868 Program Evaluation in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (3) Prerequisite: PSY 820 or 862 or equivalent with department approval.  Survey and application of program evaluation theory, designs, implementations and problems.  Emphasis on preparing students to design and implement program evaluations of social, educational, and organizational programs.

PSY 870 Cognition in the Workplace (3) Prerequisite: department approval.  Graduate level survey of theories and research in cognition, with a focus on application to industrial and organizational psychology.

PSY 872 Selection and Performance Appraisal (3) Prerequisite: PSY 790 or department approval.  Psychological theory, research, and practice pertaining to the selection and appraisal of human resources in the workplace.

PSY 873 Organizational Psychology (3) Prerequisite: department approval.  Examination of research, theory, and applications in organizational psychology.  Topics include commitment, involvement, satisfaction, power, conflict, motivation, leadership, quality of worklife, group/team processes, and organizational structure.

PSY 874 Organizational Change and Development (3) Prerequisite: department approval.  Analysis of psychological theory, research, and practice pertaining to organization change and development including the change process, culture, interventions, evaluation, consulting, and legal/ethical concerns.

PSY 875 Training and Development (3) Prerequisite: department approval.  Graduate level survey of psychological theory, research, and practice utilized in the training and development of human resources in the workplace.

PSY 890 Thesis Research (1-6) Prerequisite: department approval.  Experimental investigation of a selected topic, including preparation of a formal report.  May be retaken to a maximum of six credit hours.