PSY 620: Practicum/Internship Capstone Project

Goal: Integrate knowledge, skills, and abilities from prior classes to develop a project proposal that diagnoses an organizational problem and provides potential solutions through an organizational intervention.
Content: Students will work on a capstone project that integrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities they gained from prior courses in the MAIOP program. Students identify an organization willing to support their project and deliver an applied project proposal. The proposal will diagnose a human resources problem and provide detailed plan for solving the problem. Specifically, students will develop an applied consulting project proposal that utilizes industrial organizational psychology theories, concepts, and practices to diagnose an organizational problem/challenge, identify potential solutions, design an intervention process, and plan a program evaluation. The capstone course can be completed as a practicum for those with prior professional work experience or as an internship for those seeking their first professional experience. Project proposals will be provided to the organization as a pro bono (no fee), external or internal consulting service.
Prerequisite(s): Admission into the graduate program.
Credit: 3
Degree Level: Graduate