Psychology Concentration in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (539I) - 59 credits

In order to declare an Industrial-Organizational Psychology major, you must have a transcript that indicates:

    1)  Completion of Introductory Psychology                              A maximum of six transfer courses in Psychology
    2)  A 2.5 or better overall grade point average                        and nine transfer courses overall will be counted 
                                                                                             toward the major.

I.     INTRODUCTORY REQUIREMENT (3 credits)
        PSY272 Introductory Psychology [prerequisite for all psychology courses]

II.   METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENT (8 credits)
        PSY275 Psychological Statistics (4 credits)
      psy311 Psychological Research Methods (4 credits) [prerequisite PSY275]

III. CONTENT AREA STUDIES (27 credits)
        Physiology, Learning & Cognition (choose 2)                                        Social, Development & History (choose 1)
      PSY303 Intro to the Psychology of Learning                                PSY306 Social Psychology
      PSY305 Psychology of Perception                                               PSY308 Psychology of Motivation
      PSY310 Psychology of Memory & Thinking                                   PSY343 Psychology of Infancy & Childhood
      PSY402 Psychology of Language                                                PSY344 Psychology of Adolescence & Adulthood
      PSY403 Health Psychology (WI)                                                 PSY350 Psychology of Women
      PSY436  Physiological Psychology
                                                                                                   Industrial/Organizational Specialization
       Personality & Abnormal (choose 1)                                                                             (must complete all)
       PSY313 Psychology of Personality                                               PSY304 Industrial Psychology
     PSY412 Abnormal Psychology                                                     PSY315 Basics of Organizational Psychology
     PSY440 Clinical and Counseling Psychology                                  PSY458 Intro to Psychological Testing
                                                                                                       [prerequisite:  PSY275]
     History of Psychology (must complete)                                                    PSY495 Independent Study (3 credits)
     PSY302 History and Systems in Psychology

IV. CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE (3 credits)
       PSY498 Seminar in Psychology (WI) [prerequisite PSY311]

V.   BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDIES (9 credits)
       BUS250 Principles of Management

       In addition, choose two of the following:
       BUS312 Operations Management^a
     BUS322 Organizational Theory^b
     BUS325 Marketing^a
       BUS326 Consumer Behavior^a
     BUS345 Human Resources Management^b
     BUS355 Motivation and Work Behavior^a

                                   ^aThis course has one or more prerequisites.  Check the latest Undergraduate Catalog for details.
                          ^bPre-requisite:  C- or better in BUS250.

VI.  ELECTIVES (9 credits) - Choose three additional courses by advisement.  These may be additional courses in Pschology and/or Business Administration, and/or courses from other relevant fields.  A list of pre-approved electives appears below; please note that some of these courses have prerequisites.

List of Recommended Courses (outside of Psychology and Business Administration))

Communication and Media                                                           Political Science
    CMM104 Public Speaking                                                             POL356 Sex Discrimination and the Law^a
    CMM292 Interpersonal Communication 
    CMM204 Small Group Communication                                        Sociology
    CMM353 Theories of Persuasion^a                                                  SOC229 Social Inequality in the United States
    CMM360 Interpersonal Communication I                                        SOC407 Organizations and Work^a
    CMM450 Negotiation
                                                                                                 Women's Studies
Economics                                                                                      WOM311 Women and Work
     ECO206 Microeconomics
     ECO207 Macroeconomics

History
     HIS367 Business and Society

Philosophy
     PHI201 Symbolic Logic
     PHY305 Business Ethics

                      ^aThis course has one or more prerequisites.  Check the latest Undergraduate Catalog for details.

VII.  RESEARCH EXPERIENCE COMPONENT

At least 12 half-hour experiential credits (i.e., 6 hours) completed