I-O Mission

Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology is...

the scientific study of how people function within work organizations. As a primarily applied subfield of psychology, I-O practitioners and researchers utilize the best in behavioral science techniques when addressing issues that matter to business organizations of all varieties. These issues include identifying and developing top talent within organizations, improving leadership and management effectiveness, assistant organizations through periods of change and challenge, improving performance appraisal/evaluation practices, understanding the interaction between personal and environmental factors at work, and improving and managing the occupational health and safety of workers in all industries (see www.siop.org for more details).

I-O is evidence-based organization and talent management The mission of the MSIO degree program at UTC is to provide students with the training necessary to bring this scientific field of inquiry and practice into organizations of all sizes and forms. Graduates with a MSIO degree from UTC are doing everything one can do with a terminal master's degree in I-O psychology. This includes working in human resources departments in work organizations (e.g., job analyst, testing specialist, trainer, compensation analyst, organizational development specialist, generalist), as well as roles in consulting, and analytics-related functions. The training in our graduate program can also serve as a solid preparation for the pursuit of doctoral training in I-O or related fields of study. As with any educational program, many graduates have found work in other fields based on some combination of their interests and circumstances.

The fundamental educational philosophy of our program is to train students to think and act in a logical, critical, and scientifically sound manner. Our comprehensive curriculum is organized around specific core competency domains needed for success as an I-O psychology practitioner and/or applied researcher. As is evident in the I-O label for this area of psychology, there are two core domains pertinent to I-O psychology: The industrial (I) domain includes content such as job analysis, selection, tests and measurements, and training, while the organizational (O) domain includes content such as work motivation, organizational development, culture, and conflict management. A third domain, research and statistical methodologies and skills, includes content such as univariate and multivariate statistical analysis, experimental design, survey research and scale construction. In summary, our MSIO degree program is designed to prepare you to apply I-O psychology knowledge and methods, to engage in critical reasoning, to apply and effectively share scientific knowledge in challenging work-related situations, to practice formal scientific methods and thinking, and utilize appropriate evaluation and statistical analysis techniques.