Course List

Program Requirements/Expectations

Intensive course work that balances theory and practice is accompanied by two supervised internships. A comprehensive examination and applied dissertation project will provide ways to measure the integration of knowledge and skills acquired throughout the program. Students must successfully complete 97 credit hours to graduate.  If a student is working 30 hours per week or more, he or she must be on the part time track (completing the first two years of the curriculum over a three-year time span).

Core Courses
  • PB 400  Professional Development Seminar (3 credits)
  • PB 439  Life Span II (3 credits)
  • PB 447  Cognitive Psychology (3 credits)
  • PB 451  Social Psychology (3 credits)
  • PB 455  Research Methods (3 credits)
  • PB 468  Systems Theory (3 credits)
  • PB 510  Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
  • PB 511  Organizational Culture & Design (3 credits) 
  • PB 512  Organizational Consulting Skills (3 credits)
  • PB 519  Statistics and Statistics Lab (4 credits)
  • PB 520  Personnel Psychology (3 credits)
  • PB 522  Performance Appraisal (3 credits)
  • PB 523  Job Analysis and Employee Selection (3 credits)
  • PB 524  Training:  Theory, Design, and Evaluation (3 credits)
  • PB 525  Organizational Leadership (3 credits)
  • PB 528  Advanced Statistics (3 credits)
  • PB 530  Individual Interviewing and Assessment (3 credits)
  • PB 531  Organization Attitudes & Survey Development (3 credits)
  • PB 532  Work and Career Development (3 credits)
  • PB 535  Business and Financial Literacy (3 credits)
  • PB 536  Strategic and Organizational Planning (3 credits)
  • PB 537  Change Management
  • PB 552  Professional Coaching (3 credits)
  • PB 555  Work Team Dynamics (3 credits)
  • PB 557  Managing Organizational Diversity (3 credits)
  • PB 592  Ethics
  • PB 593  Internship I (1 credit)
  • PB 598  Career Planning (3 credits)
  • PB 599  Internship II (1 credit)
  • PB 610  Dissertation Development I (3 credits)
  • PB 611  Dissertation Development II (3 credits)
  • PB 612  Dissertation Development III (3 credits)
  • PB 620  Competency Examination (3 credits)
  • Elective (3 credits)

    Total Business Psychology credits 97
  • Electives
  • PB 550  Compensation and Benefits Administration (3 credits)
  • PB 551 Legal Issues (3 credits) 
  • PB 554  Data Management (3 credits)
  • PB 556  Strategic Human Resource Management (3 credits)
  • PB 558 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • PB 559 Talent Management and Succession Planning
  • PB 560 Training and Facilitation and Instructional Design
  • PB 570 Consumer Psychology/Special Topics
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    Updated:  October 12, 2007