The mission of the M.S. degree program in Industrial and Organizational (I-O) Psychology is to provide students with the training necessary to pursue a wide variety of careers in I-O psychology. These include, but are not limited to, human resource and talent management positions in work organizations (e.g., job analyst, testing specialist, trainer, compensation and benefits analyst, organizational development specialist, generalist) and various forms of organizational consulting. In addition, the M.S. in I-O psychology program can be used as preparation for the pursuit of doctoral training in I-O or related fields of study.<br><br>The fundamental educational philosophy of the program is to train students to think in a logical and critical manner. This skill is useful to anybody in any endeavor. The curriculum is organized around specific core knowledge domains particular to I-O psychology. Two of these, the industrial domain and the organizational domain, are evident in the program label. The industrial domain includes content such as job analysis, selection, tests and measurements, and training. The organizational domain includes content such as work motivation, justice in the workplace, organizational development, culture, occupational health, and conflict management. The third domain, research methodology, includes content such as univariate and multivariate statistical analysis, experimental design, survey research, and scale construction. In summary, the Industrial-Organizational concentration promotes learning objectives that include critical reasoning, ability to apply and effectively share scientific knowledge in diverse situations, formal scientific methods and thinking, and advanced statistical analysis.