Program Overview

Industrial and Organizational Psychology — ABM

Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Curriculum

The Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Program (ABM) offers outstanding students in the Department of Psychological Sciences an opportunity to earn both the bachelor's and the master's degrees in less time and at less cost than usual. The ABM program allows these exceptional psychology or neuroscience students to count up to nine hours toward both the bachelor's and master's degrees.

Program Details

• The Bachelor of Arts in Psychology undergraduate major or the Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience can lead to a Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology in the ABM track.
• Please see the Department of Psychological Sciences for additional information.

Approved Courses for ABM Program

Undergraduate Psychology Majors

• PSYC 7700: Foundations in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Replaces PSYC Elective) - 3 hours
• PSYC 6690: Advanced Analytics for Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 hours
• PSYC 7720: Personnel Selection (Replaces General Elective) - 3 hours

Junior and Senior Year for Students in ABM Program - Psychology

• Junior:
  • Fall:
    • Core Humanities - 3 hours
    • *Group A and B Psychology Electives - 6 hours
    • *Electives - 8 hours
  • Spring:
    • Core Fine Arts - 3 hours
    • *Group A and B Psychology Electives - 6 hours
    • *Electives - 8 hours
• Senior:
  • Fall:
    • COMM 1000 Public Speaking - 3 hours
    • *Group C Psychology Electives - 9 hours
    • *Electives - 3 hours
  • Spring:
    • *Group C Psychology Electives - 6 hours
    • *Electives - 10 hours
    • UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed - 0 hours

Accelerated Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

• First Year:
  • Summer:
    • PSYC 7910 Practicum in Applied Psychology - 3 hours
    • Graduate PSYC Electives - 6 hours
  • Fall:
    • PSYC 7710 Training and Development in Organizations - 3 hours
    • PSYC 7750 Ethics and Professional Issues in Industrial/Organizational Psychology - 3 hours
    • Graduate PSYC Electives - 3 hours
  • Spring:
    • PSYC 7730 Research Methods in Industrial/Organizational Psychology - 3 hours
    • Graduate PSYC Electives - 3 hours
  • Total Hours: 21

Undergraduate Neuroscience Majors

• PSYC 6690: Advanced Analytics for Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 hours
• PSYC 7730: Research Methods in Industrial/Organizational Psychology - 3 hours
• PSYC 7700: Foundations in Industrial and Organizational Psychology - 3 hours

Junior and Senior Year for Students in ABM Program—Neuroscience

• Junior:
  • Fall:
    • PSYC 3520 Psychology of Learning - 3 hours
    • BIOL 3000 Genetics - 3 hours
    • BIOL 3001 General Genetics Laboratory - 1 hour
    • Core Literature - 3 hours
    • Core Social Science - 3 hours
    • *Electives - 3 hours
  • Spring:
    • COMM 1000 Public Speaking - 3 hours
    • PSYC 3540 Cognitive Psychology - 3 hours
    • PSYC 3620 Cognitive Neuroscience - 3 hours
    • PHIL 1030 Ethics and the Health Sciences - 3 hours
    • Core Social Science - 3 hours
• Senior:
  • Fall:
    • PSYC 5620 Neuropharmacology and Behavior - 3 hours
    • BIOL 4100 Cell Biology - 3 hours
    • BIOL 4101 Cell Biology Laboratory - 2 hours
    • Core Foreign Language - 4 hours
    • *Electives - 3 hours
  • Spring:
    • Core Foreign Language - 4 hours
    • Core Fine Arts - 3 hours
    • *Electives - 6 hours

Accelerated Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

• First Year:
  • Summer:
    • PSYC 7910 Practicum in Applied Psychology - 3 hours
    • Graduate PSYC Electives - 6 hours
  • Fall:
    • PSYC 7720 Personnel Selection - 3 hours
    • PSYC 7750 Ethics and Professional Issues in Industrial/Organizational Psychology - 3 hours
    • Graduate PSYC Electives - 3 hours
  • Spring:
    • PSYC 7710 Training and Development in Organizations - 3 hours
    • Graduate PSYC Electives - 3 hours
  • Total Hours: 21