Industrial-Organizational
Psychology M.A. Program
Orientation
I-O Faculty:
Steve Kass, SPBS Associate Director
Rosemary Hays-Thomas
Sherry Schneider
Stephen Vodanovich
Laura Koppes Bryan, SPBS Director
Sample Course Schedule (year 1)
Meet with advisor to develop degree plan that’s right for you
http://www.uwf.edu/SPBS/courses
• Fall (10 credits)
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Adv Organizational Psychology
Current Issues in I-O Psych
Legal Issues in I-O Psych
Developmental Psy or Adv Cognitive Psy
• Spring (10 credits)
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Research Design
Special Topics in Statistics
Training & Development (E)
Ethical Issues in I-O Psych
• Summer (> 6 credits)
– Cog Neuroscience
– Human Factors (E)
– Thesis/Supervised Research (if applicable)
Sample Course Schedule (year 2)
• Fall (11 credits)
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Org’l Change & Development
Personnel Selection & Appraisal
Methods in Personnel (E)
Developmental Psy or Adv Cognitive Psy
Thesis/Research credits (if applicable)
• Spring (6 credits)
– Internship* or Thesis and Elective
• Summer (1credit)
– Internship or Thesis/Research if necessary
Other electives:
•Adv Social Psych
•Conjunctive Psych
•Occ Safety & Health
•Workforce Diversity
•Regression
•Judgment & DM
•Practicum
•Group Dynamics
* Depending on expected internship/thesis completion date, additional internship hours are often necessary for summer
I/O Electives
• Certain I/O Electives are
only taught every other
year.
• You snooze, you lose.
• Group Dynamics
• Human Factors
• Legal Issues
• Training and Development
Things you need to know
• Thesis or internship procedures
– Check deadlines (posted each
year):
• Meeting the deadlines is YOUR
responsibility
• Final draft of thesis is due early in the
semester in which you plan to finish.
• Final draft of internship must give
dept chair enough time (2 weeks) to
review after final approval by
committee.
Forms (most are located on line)
http://www.uwf.edu/SPBS/track-industrial
– Competency checklist (meet with
advisor regularly).
– Application for Graduation (due the
semester before you graduate).
– Internship application (get first part
submitted before you search, and
last part signed before you start
work).
– Internship Field Supervisor Evaluation
(due at completion of internship)
– Internship/Thesis Completion (to be
completed after defense)
How to succeed in grad school
• Stay on top of assignments
(time mgmt)
– Read assignments before class
meets.
– Start writing assignments early.
– Focus on learning, not on grades.
• Participate in class
– Interaction is a crucial part of
learning.
• Get involved
– Help out in research, get to know
the faculty, join SHRM, start
something, do a practicum.
How to succeed in grad school
• Be aware of deadlines
• Attend internship presentations
• Find a thesis topic/Start your
internship search early
• Ask questions in class and out
– Ignorance is not an excuse
– Meet with your advisor
periodically
Steps in Doing an Internship
see: http://www.uwf.edu/SPBS/track-industrial/internships.cfm
1. Start looking early, but get
applications in no later than fall
semester of 2nd year.
2. Submit application (w/resumé)
to I-O coordinator
3. Register for internship hours
• Do not take all 6 hrs at once
4. Find job and have it approved
by committee
• Ask for help from all faculty
• Get approval signatures
Steps in Doing an Internship
5. Work 600 hrs. (supervisor
verifies/evaluates)
6. Write integrative paper (start
early)
• Submit drafts to committee chair
7. Presentation and Defense
8. Final paper approved by
committee and Department
Chairperson
9. Graduate!
Steps in Doing a Thesis
1. Identify general topic of
interest
2. Select thesis committee
– usually summer after year 1.
– 2 members of Psych faculty (at
least 1 I/O)
3. Proposal Defense (lit review,
methods, expected results)
4. IRB approval
- Must take “protection of human
subjects” training (online)
Steps in Doing a Thesis
5. Data collection, analysis, write up
6. Thesis defense
7. Thesis routing (committee, Dept
Chair, Dean’s Office, Office of
Research and Grad studies, Library)
8. Format and deadlines strictly
enforced
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see: http://uwf.edu/graduate/t&d-info.shtml
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for complete procedure, templates, guidelines, and
deadlines.
Faculty Research Interests
• Hays-Thomas, PhD (Social, I/O):
http://uwf.edu/rlowe/
– Work Force Diversity, Pay Equity, Organizational
Fairness/Justice, Masters Education in Psychology
• Kass, PhD (Human Factors):
http://www.uwf.edu/SPBS/hf-lab/
– Driver safety, Situation Awareness/Spatial Abilities,
Attention, Motion sickness
• Koppes Bryan, PhD ( I/O ):
– leadership, work-life effectiveness, organizational
change, and I-O history
• Schneider, PhD (Social):
http://uwf.edu/sschneider/
– Group Dynamics, Leadership, Social Identity Theory,
Social Dilemmas, Organizational Citizenship
• Vodanovich, PhD (I/O):
http://uwf.edu/svodanov/research-pubs.htm
– Boredom, Workaholism, Application Blanks, Internet
Instruction, Workplace Safety