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(The curriculum is currently in development and the list below may change somewhat once the 2008-2009 curriculum is finalized)
Substantive Core: 12 credit hours, as follows:
PSYC 502 Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 602 Physiological Psychology
PSYC 604 Theories of Social Psychology
PSYC 609 Personality Theory
Research Methods and Statistics, 15 credit hours, as follows:
PSYC 543 Psychometric Theory
PSYC 641 Advanced Experimental Design and Analysis
PSYC 642 Advanced Statistical Methods
PSYC 643 Multivariate Statistical Analysis
PSYC 6** Advanced Psychometric Theory
Foundations of Industrial/Organizational Psychology: 39 credit hours, as follows:
PSYC 513 Organizational Psychology
PSYC 516 Personnel Psychology
PSYC 517 Training and Development
PSYC 5** Seminar in I/O Psychology (1hr x 3)
PSYC 521 Job Analysis/Performance Appraisal
PSYC 523 Leadership and Decision Making
PSYC 600 Seminar: Issues in Academic Psychology & Teaching (1 hr x 3)
PSYC 618 Motivation
PSYC 6** Human Performance Improvement
PSYC 6** Teams in Organizations
PSYC 6** Organizational Consulting Skills
PSYC 6** I/O practicum (3 hrs x 2)
Elective Concentrations: 9 hours
Nine credit hours, chosen from the following concentrations with participation by appropriate affiliated faculty in the College of Business:
Organizational Leadership Concentration:
MGMT 637 Human Resources Management*
MGMT 639 Organization Theory*
MGMT 671 Organizational Behavior*
* Requires the approval of the Head of the Management Department and the Dean of the Business School
Psychological Assessment Concentration:
PSYC 616 Intellectual Assessment
PSYC 617 Personality Assessment
PSYC 623 Integrative Assessment
Other Electives:
As an alternative to the concentrations above, students may choose three doctoral courses from Counseling Psychology, Business, Consumer Behavior/Marketing Research, Computer Science, Mathematics/Statistics, or Engineering with approval of advisor and I/O faculty.
Research: 9 credit hours