The mission of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Program is the professional preparation of students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that distinguish the adept Industrial and Organizational Psychologist. Program graduates are fully competent in the theory, research, and practice of the discipline in a multicultural and international environment. It focuses heavily on quantitative skills and research methods, provides basic work in selected areas of the discipline, and leads to the completion of the thesis.
All courses are transferable to the doctoral degree programs.
It is a broad-based, exciting course of studies emphasizing development of competencies needed by the change agent in organizational settings. They have, as their central purpose, the careful and progressive preparation of their students to contribute to society through excellence in the profession, and they establish a nurturing and stimulating educational environment. As a group, they have broad experienced in the organizational world. Extensive travel worldwide and interaction with students from many countries and cultures facilitate their international and multicultural perspectives. In addition to the regular faculty, highly qualified and carefully selected, experienced professionals are brought in as adjunct professors periodically.