Undergraduate Prerequisites (6 hours)

• General Psychology (3)
• Introductory Statistics (3)

Required Courses (48 hours)

Psychology Core (12 hours):

• PSY 5020 Research Methods (3)
• PSY 5030 Quantitative Methods (3)
• PSY 5150 Pro-Seminar I: Learning/Cognition (3)
• PSY 5200 Pro-Seminar II: Social/Personality (3)

Management and Functional Interdisciplinary Core (21 hours):

• MGT 5040 Employment Law (3)
• MGT 5160 Strategic Human Resource Management (3)
• PSY/MGT 5672 Advanced Organizational Psychology (3)
• PSY/MGT 5065 Organizational Development (3)
• PSY/MGT 5660 Staffing (3)
• PSY/MGT 5661 Performance Management (3)
• PSY/MGT 5671 Training & Development (3)
   

Other Requirements (6 hours):

• PSY 5998 Thesis Proposal (3)
• PSY 5999 Thesis (3)
  OR
• MGT 5900 Internship (6)

Electives (9 hours):
Students may generally take any electives that are relevant to the program. Students should select electives to develop an emphasis in some area of career preparation. The following is a listing of selected electives:

• MGT 5150: Behavioral Applications in Business
• MGT 5450: New Venture Management
• MGT 5570: Compensation*
• MGT 5630: Labor Relations*
• MGT 5700: Contemporary Issues in Management and Leadership
• MGT 5530-5549: Selected Topics (e.g., Managing Change, Computers and HRM, Advanced HRM Topics)
• MKT 5610: Consumer Behavior (Prerequisite may apply)
• PS 5360: Public Personnel Administration
• PS 5560: Local Government Administration (Prerequisite may apply)
• PS 5665: Public Management
• PSY 5040: Applied Psychological Research and Evaluation*
• PSY 5070: Organizational Behavior Management*
• PSY 5800: Applied Behavior Management
• STT 5530-5549: Selected Topics in Statistics
• A variety of MBA courses are available (Prerequisites may apply)

* Highly recommended

Additional Important Information

Transfer Credits. Students may transfer up to eight (8) semester hours of appropriate graduate credit from an accredited college or university that offers a Masters degree in Psychology, provided that students have earned at least a grade of "B" these courses and that the courses will not be more than six (6) years old at the time the degree is awarded. Transfer credits should be approved by the student's advising committee prior to the student's enrollment in the program.

Undergraduate Coursework. All coursework must carry graduate course numbers (5000 and up). Graduate students may not include undergraduate coursework in their graduate program. Students cannot obtain transfer credit for upper-level undergraduate coursework.

Recommended Course Sequence

Students generally take 9 to 12 hours of coursework per semester. While there is some flexibility, students are strongly encouraged to adhere to the following recommended course sequence:

If entering the program in an odd-numbered year:

If entering the program in an even-numbered year:

Thesis and Internship Information

Students electing the internship option are strongly encouraged to take the internship during the summer between the first and second year. Students electing the thesis option will normally register for thesis credit during their second year on campus. However, students are advised that the development of the thesis is an ongoing project that should be initiated as early in the program as possible.

• Link to Thesis Information
• Link to Internship Information

Comprehensive Examinations

The Oral Comp Exam is a broad based exam that will test the depth and breadth of students’ knowledge based on the coursework they have taken. Students will be provided a list of questions representative of the content for which they should be prepared. Students will receive the question set from the Program Director at the beginning of the Spring semester.

• The examining committee consists of three faculty members, not selected by the students, and lasts 1 hour.
• The Program Director shall be responsible for establishing a schedule of possible examination times and locations. Students shall be responsible for scheduling their exams, selecting from the options available
• Second year students must have a successful Oral Comp Exam outcome by the thesis defense date for May degree conferral.

In addition to completing required coursework: Students must pass the GRE Advanced Psychology Subject Test with a score at the 60th percentile or better anytime before graduation (if students submit such a score with their application for admission, they do not have to take the test during their enrollment in the program).