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Degree Requirements

Statistics and Methodology Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
PSY 410ADVANCED STATISTICS I4
PSY 411ADVANCED STATISTICS II4
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

I-O Psychology Core Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select five of the following:20
PSY 440PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND MOTIVATION 4
or PSY 441 PSYCHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP
PSY 442PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY 4
or PSY 444 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
PSY 445ADVANCED TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS 4
or PSY 447 ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTATION
or PSY 449 ADVANCED SEMINAR IN WORK TEAMS AND COLLABORATION
PSY 448CONCEPTS, METHODS, AND ETHICS FOR INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 4
PSY 559SEMINAR IN INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY4
or PSY 440 PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND MOTIVATION
or PSY 441 PSYCHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP
or PSY 442 PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY
or PSY 444 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
or PSY 445 ADVANCED TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS
or PSY 449 ADVANCED SEMINAR IN WORK TEAMS AND COLLABORATION

Electives

Additional coursework of at least 8 credit hours is required to attain the minimum of 48 or 52 quarter hours. These courses may include the I-O Psychology Core courses listed above or any graduate level course. The courses must be taken with consent of the student's faculty advisor.

Admissions

Student applications to the program are due no later than May 1st. Applications will be evaluated by DePaul's Office of Graduate Admission and the Department of Psychology's I-O Admissions Committee. Typically, applicants are informed of the admission decision by mid-June of the same year. The application process will require prospective students to submit the following information:

  • Undergraduate transcript (grade point average of 3.2 or higher; strong GPA of at least 3.5 preferred)
  • General Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores
  • Statement of career goals and interests
  • Resume/curriculum vitae (CV)
  • Names & contact information for three (3) references

Students applying to this program must have successfully completed a bachelor’s degree, either a BA or a BS. A minimum of ten (10) undergraduate psychology courses including a Statistics course and a Research Methods course are required. Additional statistics and research methods coursework is encouraged and preferred. All courses must have been passed with a grade of C- or better. Students who do not have an undergraduate psychology major but who otherwise satisfy these requirements may apply. 

Admitted and enrolled students must adhere to the guidelines that appear in the MA/PhD I-O Program Graduate Academic Student Handbook. One exception is students must maintain at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA in MS coursework to remain in good standing, and they must earn at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA by the time of anticipated degree conferral as one of the criteria to be eligible to graduate with their MS.

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