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
2) A 2.5 or better overall grade point average
A maximum of six transfer courses in Psychology and nine transfer courses overall will be counted toward the major.
- INTRODUCTORY REQUIREMENT (3 credits)
PSY272 Introductory Psychology [prerequisite for all psychology courses] - METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENT (8 credits)
PSY275 Psychological Statistics (4 credits)
PSY311 Psychological Research Methods (4 credits) [prerequisite PSY275] - 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 Personality & Abnormal (choose 1) Industrial/Organizational Specialization (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] PSY495 Independent Study (3 credits) History of Psychology (must complete) PSY302 History and Systems in Psychology - CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE (3 credits)
PSY498 Seminar in Psychology (WI) [prerequisite PSY311] - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDIES (9 credits)
BUS250 Principles of Management
In addition, choose two of the following:
BUS312 Operations Managementa
BUS322 Organizational Theoryb
BUS325 Marketinga
BUS326 Consumer Behaviora
BUS345 Human Resources Managementb
BUS355 Motivation and Work BehavioraaThis course has one or more prerequisites. Check the latest Undergraduate Catalog for details.
bPre-requisite: C- or better in BUS250. - 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)Communications & Media
CMM104 Public Speaking
CMM202 Interpersonal Communication
CMM204 Small Group Communication
CMM353 Theories of Persuasion a
CMM360 Organizational Communication I
CMM450 Negotiation
Economics
ECO206 Microeconomics
ECO207 Macroeconomics
History
HIS367 Business and Society
Philosophy
PHI201 Symbolic Logic
PHI305 Business Ethics
Political Science
POL356 Sex Discrimination and the Law a
Sociology
SOC220 Social Inequality in the United States a
SOC407 Organizations and Work a
Women’s Studies
WOM311 Women and WorkaThis course has one or more prerequisites. Check the latest Undergraduate Catalog for details.
- RESEARCH EXPERIENCE COMPONENT
At least 12 half-hour experiential credits (i.e., 6 hours) completed
