PsyD Program In Organizational Psychology
(Department of Applied Psychology)

Organizational Five-Year Program

Mission

The purpose of the organizational psychology program is to provide students with the finest possible education for practice and for becoming license-eligible in New Jersey and other states.

Definition of Organizational Psychology

The practice of organizational psychology consists of intervening with organizations to achieve one or more of the following objectives:

(1) raise performance,
(2) improve processes and relationships,
(3) enhance fairness and equity, and
(4) increase subjective well-being.

Always within the context of organizations, interventions may focus on individuals, pairs of individuals, groups, combination of groups, or whole organizations.

Methods of intervention derive from explicit psychological concepts and theories appropriate to the objectives and entities engaged in change processes.

Organizational psychology is practiced with service delivering and product generating organizations from the public private, and not-for-profit sectors of society.

FIVE YEAR ORGANIZATIONAL PROGRAM - ENTRY EVEN YEAR
FIRST YEAR
FALL SEMESTER

18:820:503 Theoretical Foundations of Intervention/Analytic (first 10 weeks) 2
18:820:504

Theoretical Foundations of Intervention/Behavioral
(last 5 weeks Fall, register in Spring)

2
18:820:581 Statistical Methods and Design Analysis 3
18:829:604 Group Psychology of Organizations 3
18:829:548  Psychology of Works and Careers 3
18:829:605:01 Supervision in Organizational Psychology 3E
18:821:546 Clinic Practicum 1E
Total
11 + 4E
SPRING SEMESTER
18:820:504    Theoretical Foundations of Intervention/Behavioral (first 5 weeks) 2
18:820:502    Theoretical Foundations of Intervention/Organizational (last 10 weeks) 2
18:820:585 Advanced Statistics and Research Design 3
18:829:521 Interviewing and Observation - Organizations 3
18:829:610 Proseminar on Theories in Organizational Psychology: A Comparative Case-Based Approach 3
18:829:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3E
18:829:606 Supervision in Organizational Psychology 3E
18:829: Career & Performance Consulting Group 3E
Total
13 + 9E
SUMMER SEMESTER
18:829:525 Experiential Group Dynamics 3
18:829:616 Family Systems - Organizational 3
Total
6
SECOND YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
18:829:531 Group Relations & Organizational Diagnosis 3
18:829:532 Group Relations & Organizational Diagnosis/Advanced Practice 3
18:826:615 Planning and Evaluation of Human Services Programs (Part 1) 3
18:820:634 Psychodynamic Interview - Organizations 3
18:829:605 Supervision in Organizational Psychology 3E
18:820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3E
18:829 Career & Performance Consulting Group 3E
Total
12 +9E
SPRING SEMESTER
18:820:565 Adult Psychopathology 3
18:820:593 Community Psychology 3
18:826:616 Planning and Evaluation of Human Services Programs (Part 2) 3
18:829:565 Executive Coaching 3
18:829:606 Supervision in Organizational Psychology 3E
18:820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3E
Total
12 + 6E
SUMMER SEMESTER
18:829:560 Group Development and Adult Learning 3
18:820:614 Professional Ethics Standards 3
18:820:622 Psychopharmacology 3
AND/OR
18:820:629 Biological Bases of Human Behavior 3
Total
9
 
GENERAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
THIRD YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
18:821:535 Psychoanalytic Theories of Personality and Psychopathology 3
18:829:617 Emotional Intelligence at Work 3
18:829:682 Judgment & Decision Making 3
18:820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3E
Total
9 + 3E
SPRING SEMESTER
---:---:--- Elective - 2 3
---:---:--- Elective - 3 3
---:---:--- Elective - 4 3
18:820:702 Dissertation in Professional Psychology - Part 1 3
18:829: Self Development - Holisitic Feedback 1E
SUMMER SEMESTER
  Organizational Psychology Written Area Exam  
 
FOURTH YEAR
FALL & SPRING SEMESTER
 
18:820:701 Dissertation in Professional Psychology - Part 2 and Part 3 3, 3
Total
6
  ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ORAL SPECIALITY EXAM  
 
FIFTH YEAR
FALL & SPRING SEMESTER
 
18:829:631/632 Internship in Organizational Psychology (3E, 3E)
Total 6E
Minimum 81 didactic credits and 30 experiential credits needed for graduation
Consult Electives Available in Sociology, Psychology, and Management
FIVE YEAR ORGANIZATIONAL PROGRAM - ENTRY - ODD YEAR
FIRST YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
18:820:503 Theoretical Foundations of Intervention/Analytic (first 10 weeks) 2
18:820:504 Theoretical Foundations of Intervention/Behavioral (last 5 weeks fall, first 5 weeks spring) 2
18:820:581 Statistical Methods and Design Analysis 3
18:829:548 Psychology of Works and Careers 3
18:829:682 Judgment and Decision Making 3
18:829:605 Supervision in Organizational Psychology 3E
18:821:546 Clinic Practicum 1E
Total 11 + 4E
SPRING SEMESTER
18:820:504 Theoretical Foundations of Intervention/Behavioral (first 5 weeks) 2
18:820:502 Theoretical Foundations of Intervention/Organizational (last 10 weeks) 2
18:820:585 Advanced Statistics and Research Design 3
18:820:565 Adult Psychopathology 3
---:---:--- Electice 1 3
18:820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3E
18:829:606 Supervision in Organizational Psychology 3E
Total 13 + 6E
SECOND YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
 
18:829:604 Group Psychology of Organizations 3
18:826:615 Planning and Evaluation of Human Services Programs (part 1) 3
18:821:535 Psychoanalytic Theories of Personality and Psychopathology 3
18:829:617 Emotional Intelligence at Work 3
18:829 Career & Performance Consulting Group 3E
18:820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3E
18:829:605 Supervision in Organizational psychology 3E
Total
12 +9E
 
SPRING SEMESTER
 
18:826:616 Planning and Evaluation of Human Services Programs 3
18:829:521 Interviewing and Observation-Organizations 3
18:820:593 Community Psychology 3
18:829:610 Proseminar on Theories in Organizational Psychology: A Comparative Case-Based Approach 3
18:820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3E
18:829:606 Supervision in Organizational Psychology 3E
Total
12 + 6E
SUMMER SEMESTER
18:829:525 Experiential Group Dynamics 3
18:829:616 Family Systems - Organizationals 3
Total
6
THIRD YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
 
18:829:531 Group Relations & Organizational Diagnosis 3
18:829:532 Group Relations & Organizational Diagnosis/Advanced Practice 3
18:820:634 Psychodynamic Interview-Organizations 3
---:---:--- Elective - 2 3
18:820:689 Professional Practicum Placement 3E
Total
12 + 3E
SPRING SEMESTER
18:829:565 Executive Coaching 3
---:---:--- Elective - 3 3
---:---:--- Elective - 4 3
18:820:702 Dissertation in Professional Psychology - Part 1 3
18:829 Self Development - Holistic Feedback 1E
Total
12 + 1E
 
SUMMER SEMESTER
 
ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY WRITTEN AREA EXAM
 
FOURTH YEAR
FALL & SPRING SEMESTER
 
18:820:701 Dissertation in Professional Psychology - Part 2 and Part 3 (3, 3)
Total
6
ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ORAL SPECIALTY EXAM
(to be completed before dissertation defense)
 
FIFTH YEAR
FALL AND SPRING SEMESTER
18:829:631/632 Internship in Organization Psychology 3E,3E
Total
6E
Mimimum 81 didactic credits and 30 experiential credits needed for graduation
Consult Electives Available in Sociology, Psychology, and Management