Industrial and Organizational Psychology Generalist Certificate
Generalist Certificate
- San Diego, CA
- Full-Time
- 3 terms
Building the knowledge and expertise needed to address organizational needs, The Chicago School’s Industrial and Organizational Psychology Generalist Certificate program prepares graduates to take advantage of new career opportunities addressing organizational effectiveness.
San Diego Campus students pursuing a certificate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (I/O Psychology) will develop the business and psychology skills needed to help them advance their current career or begin a new career in management or human resources.
By learning how to manage organizational change, select and motivate organizational teams, and increase employee productivity, graduates of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Generalist Certificate program will be able to apply their knowledge to several fields and professions, including:
- Consultation
- Human resources
- Leadership
- Government
- Business
- Nonprofit
Upon successful completion of this certificate program students will be able to develop organizational assessment, intervention, and evaluation strategies that are both:
- Consistent with the pragmatic constraints and opportunities of a real-world situation
- Drawn from relevant research and theory in I/O Psychology
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Generalist Certificate: San Diego Student Experience
Our San Diego Campus provides students access to robust opportunities in career development and community engagement. By engaging in fieldwork opportunities with our vast network of partner agencies, students at The Chicago School provide more than a million hours of service every year in communities across the globe.
The Chicago School has served Southern California for the better part of a decade. By providing exceptional programs in psychology and the related mental health sciences, the programs at our San Diego Campus provide expanded access to students in diverse communities all throughout Southern California.
Students at our San Diego Campus engage in hands-on training where they can apply what they’ve learned in the classroom in real-world situations. By serving diverse and underserved neighborhoods and communities, students will develop a global worldview that can be applied to a career in many fields.
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Organizational Behavior
This required course for the certificate in the I/O Psychology program explores organizations at the individual and team level, examining the relationship between employees and managers, and employees and teams. It examines the factors that drive productivity and success in organizations including motivation, diversity, work stress, conflict and negotiation, decision-making, personality, and attitudes.
Work Team Dynamics
Most organizations use team-based processes to leverage individual strengths and to maximize productivity. Often these teams have fairly complex reporting relationships and no formal leadership structure. The most productive teams are facilitated by skilled process managers who understand how to build teams and to keep them productive over their life span, both as informal and formal leaders. Students will learn how to create effective, productive work teams, manage meetings, and get things done while building long term mutually beneficial relationships. This course is designed to give the participant the skills needed to manage team processes in a way that helps the organization reach its objectives.
Consumer Motivation
Consumers today are bombarded by fast-paced, technologically savvy inducements to make spontaneous purchases from many directions. Making sense of how potential buyers sort through this stimulus overload will help you maintain the integrity of your brand image, design point of sale displays, improve visual merchandising, and attract and retain customers over time. Individually tailored project work will center on your individual work challenges.
Application to the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Generalist Certificate program is open to any person who has earned an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution and who meets other entrance requirements. Applicants will be judged on their overall ability to do graduate work. Factors that are considered in admission are:
- GPA from undergraduate and any graduate schools, successful work history after completion of the baccalaureate degree, the admission essay, and letters of recommendation from academic professors or professional or volunteer experience supervisors.
- Generally, an undergraduate GPA of a 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale is required for admission. Applicants must submit official transcripts from all schools where a degree was earned. It is recommended that transcripts are submitted from all schools where credit was received to support their applications.
- A completed application and the application fee ($50) is required for consideration.
In addition to the admission criteria, applicants must have access to a computer that is less than three years old, a broadband internet connection, the Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, and Outlook, and at minimum the following computing skills: a comfort with basic internet technology, the ability to open and attach files, the ability to send and receive email, and the ability to save documents.
The Chicago School is dedicated to keeping our academic programs accessible to anyone, regardless of financial status. In addition to the scholarships that may be available, our Financial Aid Department will help provide you with information to determine what financial arrangements are right for you.