Program Description
The Organizational Leadership concentration, within the Psychology master's program, provides students with a basic understanding of applying psychological principles to organizations and corporations that create positive environments and propel employees toward success. Coursework covers such areas as the psychological science of leadership, emotional intelligence, gender and leadership style, and 21st Century leadership models.
Students take 24 core credits designed to provide them with a broad, foundational knowledge of psychology, as well as a specific concentration to support their career focus. Coursework consists of 18 credit hours in foundational psychology (core courses), six credit hours in an applied research project, and the remaining 12 credit hours taken within their concentration.
Department
MAP
Concentrations
Licensure
Total Credits
36
Fieldwork Requirements
Sample Courses
Organizational Leadership
Reviews the principal theories of leadership and how leadership is developed. Examines leadership in the context of managing continuous change emphasizing the challenges of multinational corporations working across cultures. Supports self-assessment as students gain knowledge in the key theories and principles of the management/leadership continuum. Reviews practices that I/O psychologists use to develop organizational leaders.
Training: Theory, Design and Evaluation
Provides an examination of the design and implementation of effective training programs in organizations. Addresses critical areas such as conducting needs analyses of the organization, the job, and the individuals performing the job. Students learn and apply modern learning theories, principles of adult learning, and cross-cultural issues and develop their ability to evaluate training, especially the transfer of training, to the workplace.
Organizational Attitudes and Survey Development
Reviews and integrates the extensive literature on the determinants and consequences of job satisfaction, involvement, culture, and commitment with a focus on using this research base for organization diagnosis and intervention. Addresses questionnaire use and development, as well as other methods of measurement. Includes psychometrics in relation to survey development.
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