CSULB MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
PREREQUISITES TO ENROLLMENT IN THE I/O PROGRAM:
Applicants to the MSI/O program are expected
to have a bachelor's degree with a major in Psychology or 24 upper division
units of Psychology coursework. The following courses (or their equivalents)
must be included. Students may be admitted to the MSI/O program if they
lack only one required course. The missing course must be completed within
the first year of graduate study. Students missing more than one prerequisite
course at the time of application may be offered provisional admission,
if they submit a plan to take the missing courses along with their application,
subject to approval. However, because these courses are prerequisites
for the first semester MSIO program courses, PSY 314 or 315 AND 351 or 453/553
must be taken prior to MSIO program entry.
Prerequisite Coursework must include the following CSULB courses (or equivalents, to be determined by Psychology Dept.):
PSY 220 (Research Methods)
PSY 310 (Intermediate Statistics; requires
Introductory Statistics)
PSY 314 (Psychological Assessment) or PSY
315 (Principles of Psychological Testing)
PSY 332 (Cognition) or PSY 333
(Psychology of Learning)
PSY 351 (Social Psychology) or PSY
453/553 (Principles of Group Dynamics)
See Prerequisite course descriptions below (PSY 100 is prerequisite for all courses):
100. General Psychology (3)
Introduction to the scientific study of human behavior. Provides a basis
for further study and for application to everyday life. Topics include
biological foundations of behavior, motivation, emotion, learning, memory,
thinking, personality, development, social behavior, abnormal behavior, methods
of therapy.
210. Introductory Statistics (4)
Calculation and meaning of statistical measures. Descriptive and
inferential statistics.
220. Research Methods (4)
Introduction to basic research methods in Psychology. Principles of experimentation, naturalistic observation, correlational
studies.
310. Intermediate Statistics (3)
Prerequisites: PSY 210 or introductory statistics course.
Basic theoretical concepts of statistics and the use of these concepts
in the selection and development of model testing, hypothesis testing and parameter estimation procedures. Both single
measure (univariate) and correlational (bivariate) concepts will be covered.
314. Psychological Assessment (3)
Prerequisites: PSY 210, 220.
Principles of assessment applied to the measurement of individual behavior
and to programs intended to affect behavior. Includes interviews, tests
and other methods.
315. Principles of Psychological Testing (3)
Prerequisites: PSY 210, 220.
Principles and practices of group and individual testing in the fields
of intelligence, aptitude, achievement, personality and interest. Emphasis on the evaluation of tests as measuring
devices, their applicability and limitations.
332. Cognition (3)
Prerequisite: PSY 241, 220.
Study of higher-order processes basic to the acquisition of knowledge.
Includes thinking, problem solving, creativity, information processing,
decision making, judgment, concepts and imagination.
333. Psychology of Learning (3)
Prerequisite: PSY 241, 220.
Learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior resulting from
experience. Emphasizes interaction of biological and environmental
variables in the processes of instinct, habituation, sensitization, Pavlovian
conditioning, instrumental learning, and cognition; examination of methods,
theory and applications.
351. Social Psychology (3)
Study of individuals and groups as they are affected by social interactions.
Topics may include social cognition, attitudes and persuasion,
social influence, interpersonal perception and attraction, aggression, altruism,
and group dynamics.
Not open to students with credit in SOC335I.
453/553. Principles of Group Dynamics (3)
Prerequisite: PSY 351 or consent of instructor.
Behavior
in groups with attention to such factors as leadership, followership, interaction
and influence including organization, management, morale, and efficiency. Problems, techniques and methods of investigation.
DUAL NUMBERED COURSES
A number of the courses in the MSI/O program are
dual numbered, i.e., while course material is the same there is a separate
numbering for graduate (500-level) and undergraduate (400-level). All graduate
students are to enroll in the 500-level courses. Courses that
are double numbered include the following: 401/501; 407/507; 411/511; 412/512;
415/515; 418/518; 423/523; 427/527; 433/533; 436/536; 438/538; 441/541; 444/544;
451/551; 456/553; 456/556; 475/575.
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