Program Objectives

Austin Peay’s Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology consists of 34 credit hours. The program will prepare you to design, develop, implement and evaluate psychology-based human resources interventions based on the scientist-practitioner model.

You will complete rigorous training in the following core/specialty areas:

Orientation to Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Provides an orientation to the field of Industrial/Organizational Psychology as a profession.

Performance Management

Provides foundations for performance appraisal and the measurement principles therein. This course adopts a macro perspective of performance management.

Staffing (Personnel Assessment and Selection)

Provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts involved in employee selection and decision-making procedures.

Training and Development

Establishes the processes of designing, developing, implementing and evaluating training programs with the intention of increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of human performance within the workplace.

Leadership and Organizational Change

Provides an overview of the theoretical and practical aspects of leadership in the context of organizational change.

Organizational Psychology

Provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and consequences of work-related behavior with an emphasis on the measurement of these variables.

Personnel Psychology

Provides an overview of various areas within the field of personnel or industrial psychology including extensive utilization of job analysis and exposure to job evaluation.

The Tennessee Board of Regents and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools have approved APSU’s Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology as an online degree program.