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Online Bachelor's in Business Administration Industrial-Organizational Psychology Degree

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Improve Productivity with the Industrial Organizational Psychology Degree Online

What motivates people at work? How do teams collaborate and learn? Organizational psychology explores these questions and more to create and implement strategies that can help build an effective workplace.

Why earn a business psychology degree at SNHU?

  • Median annual salary of $59,020 for training and development specialists*
  • 11% projected job growth for training and development specialists through 2026*
  • Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
  • Transfer up to 90 credits toward an undergraduate degree

Southern New Hampshire University's online Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Industrial Organizational Psychology goes beyond the typical psychology degree online. It explores how human behavior relates to organizational goals, whether for recruitment and selection or training and development.

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See Yourself Succeed in Industrial Organizational Psychology

Earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a degree that will help you pursue a job market that's always in demand. This business psychology degree provides a unique blend of psychology and business courses to help you develop skills to solve individual, group and organizational problems and to influence organizational change.

As a private, nonprofit university, SNHU has one mission - to help you see yourself succeed. The benefits of enrolling in our online business psychology degree include:

  • Affordability. Take advantage of some of the most affordable tuition rates in the nation
  • Convenience. Access your coursework when and where you want - our online classroom is available 24/7
  • Efficiency and flexibility. Complete your undergraduate degree at your own pace, over six 8-week terms throughout the academic year
  • Expert instruction. Learn from instructors with relevant, real-world experience
  • Networking. Tap into our nationwide network of alumni for internship and career opportunities
  • Simple application process. Just fill out an online undergraduate application, and we'll retrieve U.S. transcripts from your previous institutions and automatically complete an official credit evaluation. Plus, there's no application fee
  • Student support. Count on the ongoing support of dedicated academic and career advisors specialized in your area of study
  • Transfer-friendly enrollment. Transfer up to 90 credits toward an undergraduate degree

Career Outlook

As one of very few business-oriented online industrial organizational psychology programs in the nation, this degree can open doors to a variety of career opportunities. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, careers that rely on industrial and organizational psychology continue to increase: Through 2026, projections show 11% growth for training and development managers.*

Curriculum

By earning a business psychology degree online, you'll build a solid foundation that will prepare you to improve organizational performance and productivity. Along with gaining a strong business foundation in marketing, accounting and finance, you'll learn the key concepts of psychology, including scientific investigation, motivation, personality, intelligence, behavioral deviation, perception, learning and development. Courses are taught by instructors with professional credentials and experience in related fields.

Courses To Prepare You For Your Career

SNHU's bachelor's in industrial organizational psychology program includes:

  • General education
  • Business core
  • Degree-specific courses

General Education Program

Our programs are designed to equip you with the skills and insights you need to move forward. In recent years, employers have stressed the need for graduates with higher order skills - the skills that go beyond technical knowledge - such as:

  • Writing
  • Communication
  • Analysis
  • Problem solving

All undergraduate students are required to take general education classes. Through foundation, exploration and integration courses, students learn to think critically, creatively and collaboratively, giving you the edge employers are looking for.

Business Core

Revised for fall 2020, our undergraduate business programs contain 10 cutting-edge business courses. These core courses are designed to help prepare you for success wherever you go.

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BS in Business Administration - Industrial Organizational Psychology

Courses May Include

PSY 108 Introduction to Psychology
This course provides students an introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Students prepare for more advanced concepts in upper-level Psychology courses by learning the basics of how to evaluate research and exploring various areas of specialization within the discipline.
PSY 257 Social Psychology
Social psychology is an interesting, dynamic study of how people's thoughts, feelings and actions are affected by others. Issues discussed include prejudice, conformity, interpersonal attraction and violence. The scientific methods of studying such phenomena are emphasized.
PSY 258 Industrial Organizational Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology is an applied field in psychology focused to improve the effectiveness of the workplace through research, assessment and interventions allowing for enhancement of the office climate, improvement of group and individual performance and overall organizational goals. I/O psychologists work in a wide variety of organizational settings including human resource agencies, professional administration, marketing, consulting, training and development, and university teaching.
PSY 305 Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive psychology focuses on mental processes; we explore research and theory relating to memory, thinking, problem-solving, and language. Applied topics will include learning skills to help improve memory, accommodating memory/language disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and dyslexia, and understanding how brain scanning techniques can be used to understand memory.
PSY 324 Cross-Cultural Psychology
This course examines psychological issues in various cultural contexts and explores how ethnic and cultural backgrounds influence patterns of human thought and behavior. The course includes a focus on the psychological dynamics involved in the formation and reduction of prejudices, discrimination, and stereotyping.

Total Credits: 120

Program Outcomes

Tuition & Fees

Tuition rates for SNHU's online degree programs are among the lowest in the nation. We offer financial aid packages to those who qualify, plus a 30% tuition discount for U.S. service members, both full and part time, and the spouses of those on active duty.

Online Undergraduate Programs Per Course Per Credit Hour Annual Cost for 30 credits 
Degree/Certificates $960 $320 $9,600
Degree/Certificates
(U.S. service members, both full and part time, and the spouses of those on active duty) 		$675 $225 $6,750

Tuition Rates are subject to change and are reviewed annually.

Additional Costs
No Application Fee, $150 Graduation Fee, Course Materials ($ varies by course)

University Accreditation

Southern New Hampshire University is a private, nonprofit institution accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) as well as several other accrediting bodies.

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*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, on the Internet, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/training-and-development-specialists.htm (viewed online April 6, 2018). Cited projections may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions and do not guarantee actual job growth.