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The Master of Arts with a major in Industrial/Organizational Psychology requires 33 credit hours, completed through the following curriculum:

• PYC 5040 Advanced Research (3 credits)
• PYC 5700 Issues in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3 credits)
• PYC 5710 Psychometric Theory and Test Construction (3 credits)
• PYC 5720 I/O Assessment II: Human Resources Assessment (3 credits)
• PYC 5730 Ethical Issues in the Workplace (3 credits)
• PYC 5740 Training and Development (3 credits)
• PYC 5750 Leadership Models (3 credits)
• PYC 5760 Multi-Cultural Issues in the Workplace (3 credits)
• PYC 5790 Capstone Experience (3 credits)
• PYC 5880 Practicum Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3 credits)
• PYC 6600 Statistical Methods I (3 credits)

Total Credits: 33

Internship/Practicum

The internship/practicum experience requires students to complete 250 hours of paid or unpaid work on at least two projects in selected organizational internship/practicum sites. The projects consist of any of the following: assessing, analyzing or appraising performance, aptitudes, skills, preferences, needs, or personality factors; job/task analysis; employee recruitment, selection and placement; design, facilitate, and evaluate training and development programs, etc. Accordingly, students manage projects and programs, execute consultation engagements and/or design pertinent descriptive or evaluative investigations, collect data, and perform appropriate statistical analyses.

Internships may occur in one of the following situations:

1. An Internal Internship working with the program director, Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster, Ph.D., or other approved faculty and/or staff.

2. An External Internship formally arranged by the University and/or the student.

3. An External Internship at a student's current place of employment, provided they are supervised by someone other than their regular supervisor and doing I/O psychology related projects other than or in addition to their regular work responsibilities.

4. An External Internship involving a brand new employment opportunity that utilizes a student's growing I/O psychology skills.

Students are encouraged to seek out placements at existing sites in the program database and are also permitted to explore placement opportunities with new sites -- locally, regionally, or nationally -- that meet student’s career, industry, and geographic aspirations. Students create a list of these aspirations, as well as specific learning objectives for their internship/practicum experience. These documents ensure customizable, desirable, and appropriate placements for each individual in the program.

Requirements for internship/practicum sites are provided in the Internship Handbook and the Capstone Navigation Guide for admitted students.

Capstone Experience

This course parallels the Internship/Practicum and is a combined independent study and seminar experience. It incorporates research, theory, practice, with peer, alumni mentor, and faculty support.

Course Schedule

Fall

• PYC 5700 Issues in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3 credits)
• PYC 5710 Psychometric Theory and Test Construction (3 credits)
• PYC 5750 Leadership Models (3 credits)
• PYC 6600 Statistical Methods I (3 credits)

Winter

• PYC 5040 Advanced Research (3 credits)
• PYC 5720 I/O Assessment II: Human Resources Assessment (3 credits)
• PYC 5740 Training and Development (3 credits)
• PYC 5790 Capstone Experience (3 credits)

Summer

• PYC 5760 Multi-Cultural Issues in the Workplace (3 credits)
• PYC 5730 Ethical Issues in the Workplace (3 credits)
• PYC 5880 Practicum Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3 credits)

This Detroit Mercy program accepts both full- and part-time students. All courses are offered in the evenings and some are partially online.

The application deadline is March 15 for admission for the following fall semester. However, all applicants are encouraged to submit materials and applications early. Group information and application interviews are typically scheduled for the third or fourth week of March. If opportunities are still available, additional interviews are held during the third week of April. Once capacity has been reached for the fall admission cycle, eligible and selected applicants will be placed on a waiting list.

The program begins each fall. Applications may be submitted up to one year prior to the start of the program and no later than August 5.

Required application materials include:

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, with a 3.0 grade point average in the last two years (official transcripts). An exception may be made to this requirement if applicants can demonstrate exceptional promise in some other way.

2. Completion of an undergraduate major in psychology or a major in a related field with required undergraduate prerequisite courses (typically this includes Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods, and Statistics. However, other psychology and business courses will be considered).

3. (Optional) Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Submitting GRE scores is an option that may enhance your credentials but are not required to be submitted. Typical minimum combined scores of Verbal: 152-158, Quantitative: 153-158, Writing: 4.0 or greater are preferred. 

4. Three letters of recommendation from professors or colleagues. Note: Detroit Mercy undergraduates are only required to submit two letters of recommendation.

5. A one- to two-page personal statement addressing the following items: how the applicant’s personal, academic and/or professional career has prepared them for graduate study, applicant career interests, and how Detroit Mercy’s I/O Psychology master's program will allow the applicant to accomplish his/her personal and professional career goals.

6. Graduate transcripts (if applicable).

7. Professional resume.

8. An admission interview is also required. The interview’s purposes are: (a) to enable the faculty to become better acquainted with prospective students (e.g., to assess communication skills and career goals in relation to the program), (b) to permit applicants to become more familiar with the program and its potential contributions to their careers, and (c) for both parties to determine if the program is a good fit. This interview begins with a “realistic job preview” approach, which includes a group interview with the program director and current I/O Psychology graduate students. Then, each prospective student meets with the program director individually. Applicants also receive a campus tour led by current students. The realistic job preview approach improves selection decisions, student retention, and applicant choice satisfaction.

Apply using Detroit Mercy's online portal at udmercy.edu/apply. That will create your account to which you can upload all of your application materials. If you need to mail your documents, please send them to:

Graduate Admissions Office
六九色堂
4001 W. McNichols, FAC 100
Detroit, MI 48221-3038
admissions@udmercy.edu

Program faculty make admission decisions shortly following the interview to allow timely decision making and for accepted student participation in the required program orientation and mentor matching in May/June. Earlier admission is best for obtaining research and teaching assistant positions that involve working directly with faculty and affiliated University programs. Interviews for these positions are only for accepted and committed students and typically occur in April or early May.

Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0. A student who earns two grades of C+ or lower will not be eligible to continue in the program unless the student can demonstrate unusual or extraordinary circumstances as responsible for the deficient performance.

The program offers several opportunities to support students' educational endeavors with research and teaching assistantships. These opportunities vary from year to year and require a separate interview. Many positions involve working with the Institute for Leadership and Service (ILS). Previous responsibilities have included coordinators of the following programs: Emerging Leaders Program, Step Up: Be a Leader and Pay it Forward, TRiO, Upward Bound, Ford Community Corps Partnership, ILS Research, Assessment and Evaluation, I/O Program Research, Assessment and Program Management. Students are paid via Work Study, research and programming grant funds and/or tuition remission stipends.