Industrial/Organizational Psychology

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Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Application Admission
Internship and Thesis
What is I/O Psychology?

• Admission to the program is contingent upon
  meeting all requirements of the ECU Graduate
  school. A completed application will include
  the Department of Psychology Basic Information
  Sheet GRE verbal, quantitative, and analytical
  test scores complete college transcripts and a
  minimum of two letters of recommendation (at
  least one from a psychologist). Interviews are
  occasionally requested.
• Typical applicants score at or above 1000 on the
  GRE (Verbal Quantitative), and have at least a
  3.0 GPA, both overall and in their major.
• Screening for admission begins March 1st. All
  application materials should be submitted prior
  to that date. Final decisions are generally sent
  out in April.
• For course sequencing, it is recommended that
  students begin during the Fall semester.

• Industrial-organizational psychologists
  contribute to an organizations success by
  improving the performance and well-being of its
  people. An I-O psychologist researches and
  identifies how behaviors and attitudes can be
  improved through hiring practices, training
  programs, and feedback systems. Applying
  psychology to help individuals have more
  satisfying work lives is a fulfilling vocation.
  Some of the business strategies that I-O
  psychologists assist with include
• Recruit, hire, and retain the most qualified
  employees
• Develop fair, legal, and efficient hiring
  practices
• Design and implement new training programs
• Increase diversity in the workforce
• Develop performance management systems
• Minimize absenteeism
• Eliminate harassment and discrimination
• Increase motivation and dedication
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  hure.aspx

• Internship
• Internships present the opportunity to do
  professional work under the supervision of a
  psychologist at ECU or one employed by the
  organization.
• Placements occur during the summer following the
  first year of course work.
• Students will be able to acquire new skills and
  apply concepts and techniques learned in course
  work.
• Normally interns are placed on the companies
  payroll.
• Relocation is sometimes required for the summer
  internship.
• Thesis
• The Thesis is a professional research paper and
  an example of the students research skills and
  ability to write an organized report. The
  student will defend the completed thesis at an
  examination conducted by the thesis committee.
• Topics for a thesis comes from work conducted
  during the internship, research conducted in
  field settings and from lab-based research.

I/O Psychology Faculty and Students
Job Opportunities
Financial Assistance
John G. Cope, Ph.D. Professor I/O
Program Director Research Interests
Organizational selection, disabilities in the
workplace, and the use of cognitive models to
analyze job entry decisions.
Jennifer L. Bowler, Ph.D. Assistant
Professor Research Interests Employee
creativity, aggression, addiction, and the
development of alternative measures of
personality
Employment opportunities for those with a
Masters degree in I/O psychology include public
and private sector jobs such as Personnel
research Wage and salary administration Human
resource development Statistics Personnel
management Job analysis Quality
assurance Selection and placement Training and
development

• Research assistantships are generally available
  for applicants. A letter accompanying the
  application materials indicating the desire and
  basis for needing financial assistance is
  considered an application for an assistantship.
• Most full-time students have been research
  assistants for at least part of their time here.
  Besides providing financial assistance, the
  assistantships also offer the opportunity to
  improve communication and research skills.

Karl L. Wuensch, Ph.D.

Professor and ECU
Scholar-Teacher Research Interests
Attitudes towards animals, developmental
psychobiology, paternal care, forensic psych.,
and multivariate statistics.
Shahnaz Aziz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Research
Interests Workaholism, work/life balance, job
attitudes, job-related stress, and organizational
climate.
Interested in the I/O Program?
William Grossnickle, Ph.D.

Professor (Retired) Research
Interests Training, selection, and
performance appraisal.
Mark Bowler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Research
Interests Conditional reasoning and personality,
addiction, and assessment centers.
Course Work

• If you are interested in applying to the I/O
  psychology program at ECU please contact
• John G. Cope, Ph.D.
• East Carolina University
• Department of Psychology
• Greenville, NC 27858
• Phone [phone]
• Email copej_at_mail.ecu.edu
• More information about the application process
  can be found on the I/O web site
• http//www.ecu.edu/psyc/grad/io
• The Society for Industrial and Organizational
  Psychology is also an excellent place to find out
  about other programs and about the field
• http//www.siop.org

PSYC 6430 Statistics Research Design I
3 h PSYC 7431 Statistics Research Design II
3 h PSYC 7000 Thesis
6 h PSYC 6420 Personnel
3 h PSYC 6327 Psychometrics
3 h PSYC 6343
Organizational Behavior 3
h PSYC 6465 Ethics
3 h PSYC 6521 Special Topics
3 h PSYC 6970 Internship
3 h Approved electives (at
least 6 hours must
be taken from psychology)
15 h   Program Total
45 h
I/O Class of 2009
I/O Class of 2010