Program Overview

Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology, MA

The Industrial and Organizational (I-O) Psychology Research Interest Group (RIG) studies human behavior in organizational and work situations. Faculty expertise addresses research problems in this discipline, including motivation at work, the aging workforce, discrimination in the workplace, job performance, and team training. Students receive solid training for careers in both academic and applied settings. Industrial and organizational psychologists strive to make workplaces more efficient, pleasant, and productive through research and application. Rice University's Industrial-Organizational Psychology graduate program is currently ranked #1 in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

Faculty

• Margaret Beier
• Rebecca Brossoit
• Mikki Hebl
• Danielle King
• Eden King
• Fred Oswald
• Eduardo Salas
• Tianjun Sun

Master's Candidacy Requirements

To establish candidacy, students must complete the required paperwork, which can be accessed through the Forms page.

Core Courses

All of the following courses are required:

• PSYC 502 - Advanced Psychological Statistics I
• PSYC 503 - Advanced Psychological Statistics II
• PSYC 530 - Foundations of I-O Psychology
• PSYC 533 - Weekly I-O Research Seminar (every semester)
• PSYC 634 - Personnel Psychology
• PSYC 636 - Organizational Psychology One of the following courses is also required:
• PSYC 507 - Research Methods
• PSYC 601 - Multivariate Statistics
• PSYC 602 - Psychometrics
• Other approved methodology course

Course Requirements for Provisional Admission to Master's Candidacy

The following courses are required before defending the Master's thesis:

• PSYC 502 - Advanced Psychological Statistics I
• PSYC 503 - Advanced Psychological Statistics II
• PSYC 530 - Foundations of I-O Psychology
• Any other of the required master's courses as listed above

Doctoral Candidacy: Course Requirements

Core Courses

All of the following courses are required:

• PSYC 502 - Advanced Psychological Statistics I
• PSYC 503 - Advanced Psychological Statistics II
• PSYC 530 - Foundations of I/O Psychology
• PSYC 533 - Weekly I/O Research Seminar
• PSYC 634 - Personnel Psychology
• PSYC 636 - Organizational Psychology
• PSYC 660 - Professional Issues Three of the following substantive courses are required:
  • PSYC 511 - History and Systems of Psychology
  • PSYC 520 - Foundations of Cognitive Psychology
  • PSYC 540 - Foundations of Human Factors/ Engineering Psychology
  • PSYC 547 - Foundations of Health Psychology
  • PSYC 550 - Foundations of Social Psychology
  • PSYC 631 - Foundations of Individual Differences Two of the following statistical courses are required:
  • PSYC 507 - Research Methods
  • PSYC 601 - Multivariate Statistics
  • PSYC 602 - Psychometrics
  • Other approved methodology course Additional courses for breadth and depth:
  • Three courses to be selected according to students' individual interests from the set of special topics courses taught by I-O faculty and other advanced courses taught by other psychology faculty.

I-O RIG Annual Review

As part of the I-O program, all students will meet with the entire I-O faculty at the end of every academic year to review progress. Students will complete the Progress Report for Rice's Psychological Sciences Department, which is due to the Graduate Administrator and the student's advisor by the last day of classes during the spring semester. Each student's review meeting will be held in late April/early May and will be about 20 minutes long. Students should expect to receive suggestions about additional projects/activities for the coming year at this meeting.