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M.A. BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY
Study the Human Side of Business
Choose a specialization in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Behavioral Economics, Organizational Leadership, or Human Resource Development. A Generalist Pathway is also available.
Available in Anaheim, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C..
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Understand People. Strengthen Organizations.
The M.A. Business Psychology program combines rigorous psychological principles with essential business concepts so you can better understand the human factors behind organizational challenges and devise strategies to solve them. By graduation, you will be able to:
- Lead and manage organizational change by providing findings and recommendations to decision-makers
- Diagnose and analyze workforce issues, such as employee turnover, performance, and engagement issues
- Design evidence-based systems for hiring, performance appraisal, and training
Business Psychology vs. MBA
Unlike an MBA, which focuses more broadly on business operations, the M.A. Business Psychology program focuses more closely on how people affect the way a business operates and performs.
Choose the Specialization That Fits Your Goals
Learn how psychology can help organizations better understand workplace behavior, performance, and organizational effectiveness. The Industrial and Organizational Psychology Specialization examines how individual, job, leadership, and organizational factors influence employees and workplace outcomes.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Applications: Organizational assessment, talent management, organizational development, change management, leadership development, workforce research, and consulting.
Explore the psychological and environmental factors that shape human decision-making. The Behavioral Economics Specialization examines how incentives, biases, and the way choices are presented can influence decisions across business, workforce, and consumer settings.
Behavioral Economics Applications: Behavioral research, consumer or client analysis, organizational decision-making, and other work focused on understanding human choices.
The Organizational Leadership Specialization examines how leadership practices interact with communication, culture, strategy, trust, and organizational change, and how those dynamics can influence employees, teams, and organizational performance.
Organizational Leadership Applications: Leadership development, organizational change, workplace culture, team leadership, project management, consulting, and organizational effectiveness.
Explore the workforce systems and practices that shape the employee experience. The Human Resource Development Specialization connects Business Psychology with human resources by examining how organizations manage and support employees.
Human Resource Development Applications: Human resources, workforce management, employee relations, talent-related functions, compensation and benefits, and career development.
The Generalist Pathway allows you to tailor your studies around your interests and examine organizational challenges from multiple perspectives. You’ll choose three courses from any combination of the program’s four specializations, giving you flexibility to explore topics across workplace behavior, leadership, human resources, and decision-making.
Generalist Pathway Applications: People-focused work across project management, consulting, organizational leadership, coordination, and other areas that benefit from both business and behavioral insight.
Career Pathways
The M.A. Business Psychology program prepares you for people-focused work across consulting, human resources, research, leadership, organizational development, and strategy.
Career Roles
- Organizational consultant
- Business analyst
- Human resources specialist
- Market researcher
- Internal organizational development professional
- Project manager
Career Focus Areas
- Organizational assessment
- Change management
- Talent management
- Leadership development
- Workforce systems
- Consumer/client analysis
- Research
- Organizational strategy
- Organizational effectiveness
Locations
Washington, D.C.
Take on innovative fieldwork opportunities in an engaging historical and political setting.
Anaheim
Discover fieldwork opportunities from a vibrant and diverse group of learners and educators.
Los Angeles
Examine global perspectives with diverse communities in a city known for its countless opportunities.
Our Approach
The Chicago School Approach is an immersive, applied learning model focused on developing professionals who can address present challenges and anticipate future needs. It combines four core elements of The Chicago School experience—education, innovation, community, and impact—to give students a practical and solutions-oriented education.
Education
Preparing tomorrow’s integrated health professionals.
Education
Innovation
Embracing next-gen learning and practice.
Innovation
Community
Creating connection, inclusion, and belonging.
Community
Impact
Supporting individuals, organizations, and communities.
Impact
Take the Next Step Toward Your Degree
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