Psychology Minors
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Minor
To complete a psychology minor, students are required to take a minimum of 20 credits of psychology. Twelve of these 20 credits must be taken at Metropolitan State and 12 credits must be upper division. According to university general education policy, 12 credits of the minor may overlap with general education/liberal studies credits.
Requirements (20 credits)
The industrial and organizational psychology minor is designed for students who are interested in the application of psychology in an organizational setting. The minor involves that application of the methods, facts and principles of psychology to people at work. This minor may be of particular interest to students in human resource management or human services administration and to students who are working or aspire to work in public or private organizational settings.
Required Courses (8 credits)
- PSYC 100 General Psychology
- PSYC 344 Personnel and Industrial Psychology
(also listed as HRM 330 Personnel and Industrial Psychology)
Guided Elective Courses (4 credits from the following)
- PSYC 317 Human Factors
- PSYC 327 Psychological Testing
- PSYC 303 Artificial Intelligence
- PSYC 307 Data/Statistical Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences or
- STAT 201 Statistics I
Other Elective Courses (8 credits from the following)
- PSYC 314 Group Dynamics and Facilitation
- PSYC 323 The Nature of Creativity: A Psychological Perspective
- HSTD 394 Staff Training and Adult Development
- PSYC 319 The Impact of Technology on Human and Organizational Behavior
- PSYC 212 Introduction to Diversity and Ethnics in Psychology
- PSYC 107 Career Planning and Development
- HSTD 389 Organizational Development and Change
- PSYC 360 Friday Forum Topics relevant to organizational and industrial psychology (.5 credits per forum)
