Department of Organizational Sciences and Communication
600 21st St. NW
Washington, DC 20052

Phone: (202) 994-1878
Fax: (202) 994-1881


Curriculum

The general requirements for the I/O Psychology Program are listed on this page. Click on the course number For more detailed information about a specific course.

METHODS/STATISTICS - 15 credit hours

ORSC 8261: Psychological Research Methods and Procedures (previously offered as ORSC 6297 - Special Topics)
PSYC 8231
: Development of Psychometric Instruments
DNSC 6274 (previously MGMT 225)
: Statistical Modeling and Analysis
DNSC 6275 (previously MGMT 275): Advanced Statistical Modeling and Analysis
DNSC 6276 (previously MGMT 276): Exploratory and Multivariate Data Analysis

I/O PSYCHOLOGY CORE - 21 credit hours

PSYC 8245: Organizational Behavior
PSYC 8246
: Personnel Evaluation Techniques
PSYC 8243
: Psychology of Leadership in Organizations
PSYC 8260
: Psychology of Work Group Development
PSYC 8291
: Theories of Organizational Behavior
ORSC XXX: Individual Differences and Work Behavior (currently offered as
ORSC 6297 - Special Topics)
PSYC 8248
: Applications to Organizational Intervention and Change, OR
ORSC 6214: Personnel Training & Performance Appraisal System

PSYCHOLOGY BREADTH - 6 credit hours

Select one from the following three Social Psychology courses

PSYC 8253: Social Cognition**
PSYC 8254
: Social Influence**
PSYC 8255
: Attitudes and Attitude Change**

Select one from the following two Cognitive / Neuro Psychology courses

PSYC 8203: Learning, Memory, and Cognition**
PSYC 8204
: Biological Basis of Behavior**

ELECTIVES* - 15 credit hours

PSYC 8203: Learning, Memory, and Cognition**
PSYC 8204
: Biological Basis of Behavior**
PSYC 235
: Community Psychology
PSYC 8253
: Social Cognition**
PSYC 8254
: Social Influence**
PSYC 8255
: Attitudes and Attitude Change**
PSYC 8256
: Introduction to Survey Research
PSYC 8257
: Current topics in Social Psychology
ORSC 6209
: Management Systems
ORSC 6216
: Theories of Management and Planned Change
ORSC 6217
: Productivity and Human Performance
ORSC 6241
: Strategic Management and Policy Formation
ORSC 6242
: Organizational Communication and Conflict Management
ORSC 6246
: Comparative Management
ORSC 6248
: Strategic Human Resource Planning
ORSC 6249
: Strategic Human Resource Information Systems
ECON 6219
: Managerial Economics
STAT 2118
: Regression Analysis
STAT 3119
: Analysis of Variance

DISSERTATION - 15 credit hours

PSYC 8998: Advanced Reading and Research (3 credit hours)
PSYC 8999
: Dissertation (12 credit hours)

* The list of electives is not exhaustive. At least 3 hours must be outside Psychology.
** Can be used as an elective only if it is not chosen to fulfill breadth requirement.