PhD I/O – Training

September 25, 2019

Training Emphasis:

The Education and Training Committee of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Division 14 of the American Psychological Association) prepared Guidelines for Education and Training at the Doctoral Level in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (hereafter called, “Guidelines”). The UCF Industrial and Organizational Psychology Ph.D. program is designed to train students according to these American Psychological Association-approved Guidelines.

The Guidelines follow the scientist-practitioner model and a competency-based approach. The Guidelines state that, “taking the scientist-practitioner model seriously means that doctoral education needs to focus on both the theory and application associated with all content areas” (p. 3). All students, regardless of whether they expect to pursue academic or applied careers, must be knowledgeable in theory, research methods, and the application of the content areas to applied practice. The competency areas to be trained include:

  1. Consulting and Business Skills
  2. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Context of I-O Psychology
  3. Fields of Psychology
  4. History and Systems of Psychology
  5. Research Methods
  6. Statistical Methods/Data Analysis
  7. Attitude Theory, Measurement, and Change
  8. Career Development
  9. Consumer Behavior
  10. Criterion Theory and Development
  11. Health and Stress in Organization
  12. Human Performance/Human Factors
  1. Individual Assessment
  2. Individual Differences
  3. Job Evaluation and Compensation
  4. Job/Task Analysis and Classification
  5. Judgment and Decision Making
  6. Leadership and Management
  7. Organization Development
  8. Organization Theory
  9. Performance Appraisal and Feedback
  10. Personnel Recruitment, Selection, and Placement
  11. Small Group Theory and Team Processes
  12. Training; Theory, Program Design, and Evaluation
  13. Work Motivation

Students should familiarize themselves with the description of each competency area as described on the SIOP website (www.siop.org). Students will develop knowledge and skill in these 25 competency areas through formal course work, internship, independent study, and research experiences. As a major urban university, our program takes advantage of and builds upon a multitude of university and community partnerships consistent with the mission of UCF.