Industrial Psychology majors study psychology as it applies to the workplace: attitudes of employees and employers, organizational behavior, workplace environment and its effects, and much, much more. You鈥檒l study such things as personality, cognition, perception, and human development. You鈥檒l learn about the biological side of behavior (which means you鈥檒l also really know what chemicals aren鈥檛 at proper levels in a person with a chemical imbalance). You might be given the option to take relevant business courses, such as management, since you will focus on organizational settings.
As an undergraduate, expect to get well acquainted with the basics of psychology in addition to the more specific field of Industrial Psychology. And as with all psychological fields, you鈥檒l be doing a lot of research, experimentation, and documentation. You鈥檒l learn鈥攁nd use鈥攕tatistics and other methods for data analysis. You鈥檒l also learn about the great psychologists of the past and present, and how you might use, adapt, contradict, or support their findings with your own ideas.
Biological Bases of Behavior
Ethics
Evaluating Psychological Interventions
History of Modern Psychology
Organizational Theory
Performance Appraisal
Psychometrics
Stress and Well-Being
Training and Development
Understanding Jobs and Job Performance
Work Attitudes and Social Processes
Work Motivation
Work Teams and Groups
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