MA/PhD Degree Requirements
The Industrial-Organizational (I-O) MA/PhD is a combined degree. The MA is non-terminal and, therefore, only students intending to confer the PhD are admitted.
The MA degree requires a minimum of 48 quarter hours beyond the completion of a bachelor’s degree, including four quarter hours of thesis research.
Statistics and Methodology Courses
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
PSY 410 | ADVANCED STATISTICS I | 4 |
PSY 411 | ADVANCED STATISTICS II | 4 |
PSY 419 | FACTOR ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING | 4 |
or PSY 450 | PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT |
PSY 420 | QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN | 4 |
Psychology Core Courses
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 4 |
PSY 404 | PERCEPTION AND COGNITION | |
PSY 426 | LANGUAGE AND COGNITION | |
PSY 473 | THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JUDGMENT AND DECISION-MAKING | |
| 4 |
PSY 430 | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SELF | |
PSY 435 | SPECIAL SEMINAR IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE | |
PSY 556 | PREJUDICE AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS | |
PSY 560 | SOCIAL COGNITION | |
PSY 550 | SEMINAR IN TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY | 0 |
I-O Psychology Core Courses
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 20 |
PSY 440 | PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND MOTIVATION | |
PSY 442 | PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY | |
PSY 444 | PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT | |
PSY 445 | ADVANCED TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
PSY 447 | ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTATION | |
PSY 448 | CONCEPTS, METHODS, AND ETHICS FOR INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | |
PSY 449 | ADVANCED SEMINAR IN WORK TEAMS AND COLLABORATION | |
PSY 559 | SEMINAR IN INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | |
Research Course
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
PSY 597 | MASTER'S THESIS RESEARCH | 4 |
PhD Course Requirements
I-O Psychology Core Courses
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 20 |
PSY 419 | FACTOR ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING | |
PSY 450 | PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT | |
PSY 445 | ADVANCED TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
PSY 447 | ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTATION | |
PSY 449 | ADVANCED SEMINAR IN WORK TEAMS AND COLLABORATION | |
PSY 559 | SEMINAR IN INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | |
Research Course
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
PSY 599 | DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH | 4 |
Teaching Course
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
PSY 550 | SEMINAR IN TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY | 0 |
Doctoral Candidacy Examination (Comprehensive Examinations)
Designed to assess the student’s knowledge of psychology and the student’s area of specialization. The examination is given in two sections. The first section consists of a written examination related to I-O psychology. The second section is an oral examination in the area of I-O psychology.
Admission to Doctoral Candidacy
Formally given to the student with satisfactory coursework performance who has successfully completed the master’s thesis and passed the Doctoral Candidacy Examination; the candidate has no more than five years from the date of admission to doctoral candidacy to complete the PhD requirements or dismissal from the program will ensue.
Students denied candidacy will be required to withdraw from the program.
Doctoral Teaching
Students are required to demonstrate competency in the teaching of psychology through teaching one undergraduate course during the doctoral portion of their degree.
Dissertation
Departmental committee approval and acceptance of topic and outline of dissertation given only after admission to candidacy. Dissertation research should be completed during the student's fourth year in the program.
Oral Examination
Student to defend their dissertation and to show competence in the general field of psychology and in the area of specialization.
Time Limitation
- No more than four years between admission to the MA/PhD program and admission to doctoral candidacy.
- No less than eight months and no more than five years between admission to doctoral candidacy and the final doctoral oral examination; or dismissal from the program will ensue.
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