CMU's 30-credit online M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology is fully asynchronous—complete weekly work on your own schedule, with no required live class sessions. 95% of graduates find career jobs within 6 months.
Organizations succeed when people are supported and work is designed well. Learn to solve real workplace problems.
Courses are fully online and asynchronous. Complete weekly work on your own schedule without required live class sessions—designed specifically for working professionals.
Build skills in hiring and assessment, training, performance management, and organizational development—through a curriculum covering personnel psychology, organizational psychology, research methods, and applied statistics.
Conclude with either a thesis or an applied research capstone, tailored to your professional goals. 95% of program graduates find career jobs within 6 months.
Practical, applied skills you can use in your organization from day one.
Job analysis and competency modeling, structured interviews, and selection decision-making—learn cutting-edge ways to improve how organizations hire.
Training needs analysis, design, and evaluation, plus performance management systems and feedback processes that develop people.
Employee engagement and climate survey design and reporting, plus applied research skills including data cleaning, analysis, and interpretation.
What working professionals usually ask.
Yes—this program is designed for working professionals. Courses are fully online and asynchronous, so you complete weekly work on your own schedule with no required live class sessions.
The program concludes with either a thesis or an applied research capstone, allowing you to tailor the degree to your professional goals. An admissions advisor can walk you through the details.
Admission is rolling, with start dates in Fall, Spring, or Summer I—so you can begin when it fits your life.
An admissions advisor can help you fit this fully online program around your work schedule.