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Degree Requirements

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 Title Quarter Hours
PSY 410ADVANCED STATISTICS I4
PSY 411ADVANCED STATISTICS II4
PSY 419FACTOR ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING4
or PSY 450 PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT
PSY 420QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN4

Psychology Core Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select one of the following:4
PSY 404
PERCEPTION AND COGNITION
PSY 426
LANGUAGE AND COGNITION
PSY 473
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JUDGMENT AND DECISION-MAKING
Select one of the following: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 550SEMINAR IN TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY0

I-O Psychology Core Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select five of the following: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 Title Quarter Hours
PSY 597MASTER'S THESIS RESEARCH4

PhD Course Requirements

I-O Psychology Core Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select five of the following courses which were not taken during the MA program: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 Title Quarter Hours
PSY 599DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH4

 Teaching Course

Course Title Quarter Hours
PSY 550SEMINAR IN TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY0

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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