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Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology Minor

Industrial/Organizational Psychology is an advancing area in psychology and offers a great opportunity for collaboration with other majors (e.g., Business).

Requires PSYC 314 and PSYC 461 plus 10 credits of coursework from the list.  No more than 5 credits can be transferred toward the minor and no more than 5 credits can be duplicated with a major in the School of Psychology.   

Required
PSYC 314TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS5
PSYC 461INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY5
Electives–choose from the following10
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATION THEORY AND BEHAVIOR
THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
HUMAN MEMORY AND COGNITION
CONDITIONING AND LEARNING
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
PREJUDICE AND STEREOTYPING
SEMINAR (with title approved by department chair or program director–variable credit–may be repeated with approval)
Total Credits20
Students who earn an Industrial/Organizational Psychology minor at EWU should be able to:
  • develop ethical decision-making for I/O psychology;
  • distinguish perspectives that are used in I/O psychology;
  • evaluate tools used in psychological research.