cert-global-industrial-and-organizational-psychology

Certificate Requirements

Earn your UBalt graduate certificate in Global Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

  • These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2024 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
  • You can also reference the graduation requirements for the year in which you enrolled on the MyUBalt portal; view graduation requirements by year (PDF) in the right-hand column of your MyResources page.
  • Read the course descriptions.

     

The Certificate in Global Industrial and Organizational Psychology consists of 12 credits of coursework. No more than 6 credits with passing grades at or below a B- can be applied to the degree from prior completion of the Master in Applied Psychology at the University of Baltimore or other master’s degree programs in psychology or related fields.

  • APPL 659 Cross-Cultural Organizational Psychology

Under special circumstances the following MGMT courses may be substituted (e.g., if no APPL course instructor is available to teach APPL 659 during a student’s course of studies):

  • MGMT 780 Leading Across Cultures (this course has a pre-requisite, MGMT 605, that must be met before it counts toward the certificate)
  • MGMT 796 Global Business Practicum

Nine additional credits toward the G-IOP could include the following courses, as long as there is a clearly articulated global, study abroad, or cross-cultural psychology component:

  • APPL 652 Organization Theory and Development 
  • APPL 655 Practical Applications in IO Psychology/Capstone 
  • APPL 707 Practicum in IO Psychology (1 to 4 credits)
  • APPL 779 Directed Study in Applied Psychology (1 to 3 credits)
  • APPL 789 Research Proposal Development 
  • APPL 799 Thesis in Applied Psychology (3 or 6 credits)

Three of the total 12 credits may come from the following courses (exceptions to this limit may be made if above options are not possible within two semesters of graduation at program director’s discretion):

  • GAHS 504 Seminar in Globalization and Social Change 
  • GAHS 508 International Organization 
  • CNCM 620 Special Topics (must be discussed in consultation with IO Psychology program director)
  • CNCM 710 Terrorism & Counterterrorism 
  • CNCM 740 Ethnic & Cultural Factors in Conflict 
  • MGMT 780 Leading Across Cultures (prerequisite MGMT 605, must be met before course counts toward the certificate)
  • MGMT 796 Global Business Practicum 
  • MGMT 798 Global Field Study 
  • MKTG 760 Global Marketing Management (this course has prerequisites that must be met before it counts toward the certificate)