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GRADUATE PROGRAM
Graduate study in psychology at Wright State started in 1979 with the Master of Arts degree in Human Factors which was offered through the multidisciplinary Applied Behavioral Sciences program. More recently, a Master of Arts degree in Industrial Organizational was added. These two masters degree programs were very successful and have grown qualitatively and quantitatively. In 1992, the programs were converted to Master of Science programs that are administrated solely by the Department of Psychology. In addition, we were authorized to award a Doctor of Philosophy degree in these areas. These actions have been officially approved by the State of Ohio Board of Regents.
Our unique Graduate Program provides students a solid grounding in both Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational psychology. The program emphasizes that both specialties work best together to produce results that neither specialty could achieve alone. Students in both the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy programs complete traditional specialization in either human factors or industrial/organizational psychology, the second area serves as a minor area of focus. Our program is designed to foster an understanding of the relationships between the human factors and industrial/organizational specialties. Students are prepared for this collaboration by learning the fundamentals of each specialty then interacting with one another in a wide variety of research settings. The goal is a multidimensional education that prepares students for careers in business and industry as well as research, teaching, government, and consulting. Our graduate degree programs place a heavy emphasis on research, that is focused on but not limited to:
- Workload and attention
- Virtual Environments
- Personality and stress assessment
- Job performance and assessment
- Cognitive development and aging
- Visual and auditory processes
- Aviation, medicine, and driving
- Human-Computer interface
- Decision making and expertise
- Training
In addition to the Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology programs, our department also have many faculty who participate in the Neuroscience track of Wright State's interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program. For more information on the Biomedical Sciences program, please visit: http://www.wright.edu/academics/biomed/Welcome.html.
For more information about the Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Graduate Programs please visit these links:
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