Industrial and Organizational Psychology Minor

What is the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Minor?

The industrial and organizational psychology minor involves the scientific study of human behavior in organizations and workplaces. The focus of the minor is on individual and group performance, satisfaction, safety, health and well-being. Each student is required to take a class on social psychology, which explores how situational forces and external factors can shape individuals.

What Can I Do With an Industrial and Organizational Psychology Minor?

Understanding psychology is a critical component to working in management, particularly human resource management. With a minor in industrial and organizational psychology, students will have the opportunity to pursue careers that involve:

• Recruiting
• Hiring
• Motivational Speaking
• Training
• Managing
• Organizing Teams

How Will Saint Joseph's University Prepare Me for a Career in Industrial and Organizational Psychology?

By studying worker attitudes and behaviors, you will be well-equipped to create and recommend improved hiring practices, training programs, feedback systems and management techniques to boost company performance. You will learn how individuals influence and are influenced by, others around them as well as how we form impressions of others and of ourselves. These skills will prepare you for careers in management, human resources, psychology, entrepreneurship and so much more.