The mission of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Program is to provide an excellent training in the area of industrial organizational psychology that integrates theory and practice and that contributes to enhance human performance and quality of life in organizational contexts.

The Industrial and Organizational Program follows the scientific-practitioner model, training professionals who produce knowledge through scientific research and base their interventions on this scientific evidence.

The Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology is designed to train culturally versatile Industrial and Organizational practitioners who develop and apply scientific knowledge to the solution of problems at work. The curriculum is designed to provide practical training in the areas of selection and placement, training and development, performance measurement, organization development and quality of work life.

KEY ADVANTAGES / BENEFITS

Professional aspects of Industrial and Organizational Psychology include personnel research, training and development, psychological testing research, counseling and consulting, advising management, setting personnel policy, human resource planning, organizational development and analysis, and other human resource functions.
Professional Industrial and Organizational Psychologists and practitioners are:

1. Scientists who derive principles of individual, group, and organizational behavior through      research.

2. Consultants and staff psychologists who develop scientific knowledge and apply it to the solution      of problems at work.

3. Teachers who train in the research and application of Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

Scientific aspects of Industrial and Organizational Psychology include both applied and basic science. Applied aspects are oriented around scientific solutions to human problems at work. Basic aspects are quite variable, following the investigator's interests. Examples include research on methods of behavioral measurement, communication, motivation, social interaction, and leadership.*

* Source: The Science and Practice of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Reprinted with permission.