Bachelor of Arts in Psychology: Seamless Path to Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Degree Requirements          120 units

Prerequisites for the Major
Up to six units may be taken concurrent with the first semester at Alliant (except for the first two courses listed).
Introduction to Psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Physiological Psychology
Introduction to Statistics

Transfer Requirements         60 units

Degree Completion Requirements       60 units
Courses are three units unless otherwise indicated.

Upper Division General Education        6 units
ENG 3303 Writing for the Professions
PSY 3105  History and Systems of Psychology

Major and Minor        54 units

Junior Year
Fall Semester
PSY 3000  Introduction to Professional Practice and Applies Areas of Psychology
PSY 3003 Applied Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
PSY 3108 Social Psychology, Community and Culture
ENG 3303 Writing for the Professions

Spring Semester
PSY 3005 Research Methods for Behavioral Sciences
PSY 3110 Theories of Personality
PSY 3142 Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSY 3920 Junior Internship
Minor or Second Concentration

Senior Year
Fall Semester
PSY 4109 Tests and Measurements in the Behavioral Sciences
PSY 4920 Senior Internship
ORG 6320 Organizational Behavior
ORG 8122 Personnel and Work Psychology

Spring Semester
PSY 4900 Senior Project
Minor or Second Concentration
Minor or Second Concentration
Minor or Second Concentration
ORG 8220 Human Resource Management

Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
The seamless master’s option offers qualified students automatic admissions into the program at the end of the junior year of the bachelor’s completion program. Students who do wish to follow this option will be interviewed by the MGSM-OP San Diego program faculty before full admission is granted. The program also offers opportunities for taking additional courses at the master’s level.

Year One
Fall Semester
ORG 6005 Introduction to Professional Practice in Organizational Psychology (1 unit)
PSY 6021 Advanced Statistics (3 units)
ORG 6023 Computer Statistics Laboratory (1 unit)
ORG 8122 Personnel and Work Psychology (3 units)-completed in BA.
Option to replace with elective.
ORG 6320 Organizational Behavior (3 units)-completed in BA.
Option to replace with elective.
ORG 7440 Business Principles (3 units)

Spring Semester
PSY 6022 Advanced Statistics II (3 units)
ORG 6023 Computer Statistics Laboratory (1 unit)
ORG 6016 Principles of Research Design (3 units)
ORG 7350 Organization Theory (3 units)
ORG 8220 Human Resource Management (3 units)-completed in BA.
Option to replace with elective.
ORG 7330 Cultural Diversity in Organizations (3 units)

Year Two
Fall Semester
ORG 7020 Psychological Measurement (4 units)
ORG 6023 Computer Statistics Laboratory (1 unit)
PSY 7437 Ethical and Legal Issues in Organizational Studies (3 units)
ORG 7525 Organizational Change in Organizational Studies (3 units)
Elective  Organizational Psychology (3 units)

Spring Semester
ORG 8140 Performance Measurement Appraisal and Feedback (3 units)
or
ORG 7682 Survey-Guided Feedback (3 units)
ORG 7503 Leadership and Management Behavior (3 units)
ORG 7215 Training and Development (3 units)
ORG 6330 Work Motivation and Productivity (3 units)
ORG 7200 Practicum in Organizational Studies (3 units)

MA in Industrial-Organizational Psychology course requirements total 59 units. A description of each course is listed by course number in the Course Description section of the catalog. Curriculum requirements are subject to change.