Five-Year B.A./M.B.A. Industrial/Organizational Psychology Major

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Want to apply principles of human behavior in the business world? The five-year B.A./M.B.A. program in the psychology major can open doors to careers that integrate psychology and business or industry, or prepare you to further your education.

Megan Neri and Michael Litwak are pictured here with Dean Jeffery Alves (far left), Dean Linda Winkler (center), and Dr. Carl Chartneski (faculty advisor, right).

Career opportunities

Specialists in industrial/organizational psychology are currently in demand among various businesses and industries. You could also work in an inpatient, outpatient partial hospitalization or community setting that offers psychosocial services. Whatever the setting, leadership training and an ability to apply finance, management and personnel principles can lead to higher-level administrative positions.

By integrating behavioral psychology and business, this program can expand career opportunities in management of personnel assessment, selection and training, ergonomics, human factors engineering and employee counseling programs.

Requirements

The bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in psychology requires 120 credits, and the M.B.A. 48 credits. Wilkes University’s B.A./M.B.A. program allows you streamline the process by applying elective credits in the psychology curriculum for the M.B.A. That way, once you earn your B.A., you can complete the M.B.A. in three 12-credit trimesters in the following summer, fall and spring.

Standard admission criteria for entrance to the Wilkes University undergraduate program in psychology apply. Admission in the M.B.A. component will then be guaranteed based on minimum requirements for this program.