Master of Arts in Psychology
The psychology department at the University of Missouri-St. Louis offers a program of studies leading to the Master of Arts degree with a specialization in either Behavioral Neuroscience or Industrial/Organizational Psychology. The M.A. degree is a terminal degree and is separate from the Ph.D. program in Psychology. There is no thesis or language requirement. The M.A. degree does not constitute a license to practice in Missouri or elsewhere as a professional Psychologist. The M.A. program does not offer course work in Counseling or Clinical Psychology.
The M.A. in Psychology requires a total of 32 semester hours of graduate course work in Behavioral Neuroscience or 45 semester hours of course work in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. All students in the Master's program must take the course work prescribed by their emphasis area. All programs of study for M.A. students require the approval of the Director of the Behavioral Neuroscience program or Director of the Industrial/Organization program.
Emphasis in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Effective Fall 2018, the Industrial Organizational Psychology program will no longer be accepting applications.
The University of Missouri-St. Louis offers a program of studies leading to a Masters of Arts degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. This program embraces the scientist-practitioner model and provides a balanced training in I/O. This emphasis provides "industrial" training in areas such as personnel selection, training, and test development/validation, as well as "organizational" training in areas such as work motivation, leadership, mentoring, and group processes. Conducting research with faculty and other training experiences are also incorporated. Masters students take 45 hours of courses. Completion of the Masters program does not qualify one for admittance to the doctoral program. Masters students must reapply for consideration to the doctoral program. Additionally, Masters students are not required to complete an empirical research thesis.
| PSYCH 5468 | Seminar: Cognitive Processes | 3 |
| PSYCH 7412 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH 7421 | Quantitative Methods I | 4 |
| PSYCH 7422 | Quantitative Methods II | 4 |
| PSYCH 7449 | Research Methods and Project Development In Applied Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH 7454 | Seminar: Personnel Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH 7455 | Seminar: Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH 7457 | Seminar: Special Topics in Industrial Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH 7458 | Seminar: Special Topics in Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH 7466 | Seminar Series in Industrial/Organizational Psychology | 4 |
| MGMT 5611 | Advanced Organizational Behavior and Administrative Processes | 3 |
| MGMT 5621 | Managing Human Resources | 3 |
| MGMT 5625 | Selected Topics in Human Resource Management | 3 |
| Electives | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| Psychometric Theory | ||
| I/O Professional Issues and Ethics | ||
| Quantitative Methods III | ||
| Applied Issues in Organizational Psychology | ||
| Special Topics in Psychology | ||
| Total Hours | 45 | |