德保尔大学

DePaul’s Industrial-Organizational Psychology MA/PhD program will provide you with a solid grounding in psychological theory and essential training in methodology. As an Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology graduate student, you’ll collaborate with a faculty expert to develop and implement new research ideas while contributing to developments in the field.

You’ll study

• motivation
• leadership
• training
• performance appraisal
• organizational theory
• consultation

You have the option to add a secondary specialization with coursework in communication, management, marketing, or women’s and gender studies.

The Industrial-Organizational Psychology MA/PhD is a combined degree program. The MA is non-terminal, and the program admits only students intending to earn the PhD. Classes are offered during the day on the Lincoln Park Campus. This program can be completed in four years.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify major theoretical concepts in Industrial Organizational psychology, trace their historical development, and integrate theory, research, and domain-specific knowledge to explain and interpret how Industrial Organizational psychology currently advances knowledge.
• Critique and synthesize theoretical and empirical articles from peer-reviewed Industrial Organizational scholarly journals in terms of theory, methods, data analyses, and conclusions in order to compose novel perspectives and ideas.
• Develop testable research questions, identify strengths and limitations of research designs and data analysis techniques, conduct appropriate research and analytic strategies, and interpret the findings to situate them within the extant research literature in Industrial Organizational psychology.
• Describe and discuss the ethical issues associated with human subjects/participant protection and the sequence of procedures needed for IRB approval of research projects, and apply these ethical practices in research.
• Exhibit effective communication skills for presenting at professional conferences and publishing in professional journals in Industrial Organizational psychology.
• Demonstrate competence in the practice of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.