Industrial/ Organizational Psychology MA and Human Resource Management MBA Joint Degree

Department of Psychology

Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences
College at Florham

The Master of Arts degree in industrial/organizational psychology is a graduate program designed to provide a comprehensive, research-oriented background in applied psychology appropriate to the industrial/organizational context.

The MBA is a graduate program leading to the Master of Business Administration degree in human resource management. It includes the basic subjects offered in a traditional MBA curriculum, as well as a core of human resource courses designed to meet the specialized needs of today's managers.

This joint degree program offers cross-cutting themes in course work, including the globalization of the marketplace, ethical considerations and human resources' role in responding to changing technologies and demographics.

Entering students must meet the admission requirement for both the MA and MBA programs and must show evidence of skills in word processing, spreadsheets, quantitative analysis and probability and statistics. Should a student enter the joint degree program and decide to earn only one of the degrees, all the regular requirements for that degree program must be fulfilled.

Joint Degree Requirements

  • BUSI5500 Executive Communication and Leadership

AACSB Core Courses (0-15 credits)

  • ACCT5521 Financial Accounting:
    An End-User Approach
  • ECON5510 Economic Analysis
  • FIN5531 Financial Analysis
  • MGMT5522 Organizational Behavior
  • MKTG5532 Strategic Marketing
  • QUANT5520 Applied Statistical Analysis
    Required only for those candidates entering the program without a psychology undergraduate degree.

FDU Breadth Courses (6-12 credits)

  • ENTR5518 Entrepreneurship and Corporate Venturing
  • LAW5511 Social, Political & Legal Environment of Business
  • MIS5514 Information Systems and Technology Management
  • QUANT5530 Production and Operations Management

Two replacement spots may be used to satisfy psychology requirements, set forth below.

Human Resource Management Requirements (12 credits)

  • MGMT6620 The Legal Aspects of Workforce Management
  • MGMT6621 Strategic Human Resource Management
  • MGMT6633 Managing Change or
  • PSYC6608 Human Resource Development
  • MGMT6693 Field Analysis of Performance Systems and Strategic Management

Psychology Courses (36 credits)

Business Capstone
 

Requirements for Graduate Psychology Programs Leading to a Master of Arts Degree

  1. Satisfactory completion of the core requirements. Students are required to complete core requirements before additional courses may be taken. However, during the semester in which core requirements are being completed, a maximum of one additional non-core course may be taken, subject to departmental approval.
  2. Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 42 credits in approved graduate courses is required for a graduate major in industrial/organizational psychology. Students are required to maintain a minimum overall grade point ratio of 3.00 and must not earn more than one C level grade (C or C+) throughout graduate course work. Students who earn two grades of less than B or one F grade will be subject to dismissal from the program.
  3. A written comprehensive examination of the candidate’s knowledge of general psychology, as well as his or her field of specialization, is required at the end of the industrial/organizational graduate psychology program. Students are eligible to take this exam during the final semester in which they are enrolled. The comprehensive examination may be taken only twice. Failure to pass the comprehensive examination, either in part or in full, will result in dismissal from the program.
  4. All graduate programs in psychology should be completed within a period of five years. Applications for extensions of this period are subject to departmental approval.