Apr 25, 2024  
2019-2020 Florida Tech Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Florida Tech Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Courses are listed alpha-numerically. The 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 series are undergraduate courses. The 5000 series are graduate courses that can also be taken by undergraduates with cumulative grade point averages of 2.75 or higher, who have satisfied all listed prerequisites and whose registration is approved by the department head or program chair responsible for the course. The 6000 series courses are restricted to graduate students only. Courses below 1000 are developmental in nature, are not counted in GPA calculations and do not count toward any Florida Tech degree.

Courses that may be taken in fulfillment of Undergraduate Core Requirements are designated as follows: CL: computer literacy requirement, COM: communication elective, HU: humanities elective, LA: liberal arts elective, Q: scholarly inquiry requirement, SS: social science elective, CC: cross-cultural, Hon: course may include honors sections during some semesters. These designations follow the course descriptions. Other courses that satisfy Undergraduate Core Requirements are identified by the course prefix: any MTH course can be used toward meeting the mathematics requirement; and any AVS, BIO, CHM or PHY course, or EDS 1031  or EDS 1032 , toward meeting the physical/life sciences requirement.

 

Psychology

  
  • PSY 1463 Human Sexuality

    Credit Hours: 3
    Integrates and presents biological, psychosocial and cultural aspects of human sexuality within the context of the most recent research findings.
    (LA) (SS)
  
  • PSY 2000 Life Span Development and Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys the various psychological, biological and other interdisciplinary areas of human development. Also covers changes over the entire human life span.
    (LA)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 2413 Research Experience

    Credit Hours: 1
    Offers research experience under the direction of a member of the psychology faculty, generally in the context of programmatic research teams.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
    May be repeated for a maximum of three credits
  
  • PSY 2442 Adult Development and Aging

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces current information and psychological research on aspects of adult development, old age and aging. Examines the intellectual, motivational, psychobiological, social, performance and personality changes that occur in adulthood and old age.
    (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 2444 Cross-Cultural and Ethnic Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the relationship between cultural variables and psychological processes from both a psychological and an anthropological perspective. Addresses cultural, international and ethnic issues.
    (CC) (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 2445 Psychology of Women

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the way gender differences affect the lives of women. Studies biological, cultural and social factors in terms of their direct effects on women, and in terms of the psychological and cultural bases of prejudice and discrimination.
    (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 2446 Sport Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys the theory, research and applications of psychology pertaining to exercise and sports. Presents current topics and issues relevant to sport psychology.
    (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 2510 Research and Computer Literacy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Addresses the research and computer literacy needs of psychology, behavioral and social science students. Includes reading, evaluating and summarizing scientific literature; scientific writing (APA format); research terminology; and proper document and presentation format.
    (CL) (LA)
    Prerequisite: COM 1001 or COM 1101  or WRI 1001  
  
  
  • PSY 2541 Group Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3
    Considers issues of group development, socialization, productivity, decision making and leadership. Emphasizes the application of scientific theory and research to the study of group dynamics in real-world group situations. Includes cult and crowd phenomena, social loafing, group therapy, work groups and sports teams.
    (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 2600 Psychology of Gender

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores gender as a central organizing feature of human behavior. Examines biological, cultural, psychological and social factors in terms of their direct effects on female and male development and resulting sex differences. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: PSY 2510  
  
  • PSY 2800 Introduction to Behavior Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces and overviews the field of behavior analysis and its areas of application. Requires a student project involving the application of behavioral principles to change a socially significant behavior.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 3012 Research Methods in Applied Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces basic research methods in applied psychology. Includes experimental research design, qualitative and quantitative approaches to data analysis, and interpretation and critiquing.
    (LA)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: EST 2703  and PSY 1411  and PSY 2510  
  
  • PSY 3013 Applied Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the various major concepts of applied psychology. Includes theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, historical trends, principles and practices as they apply to personal, social and organizational issues.
    (LA)
    Minimum student level - third year or junior
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  and PSY 2510   Corequisite: PSY 2510  
  
  • PSY 3100 Law and Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, historical trends, principles and practices of various areas of psychology and explores their intersection with the law.
    (LA)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: CRM 3012  and PSY 3012  
  
  • PSY 3101 Psychology of Disasters

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the psychological human response to disasters and other traumatic events. Compares and contrasts reactions to natural disasters versus deliberate acts of criminality and terrorism. Discusses prevention and treatment alternatives for post-traumatic stress and critical incident management.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  and PSY 3012  
  
  • PSY 3344 Multicultural Issues

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers how to recognize, understand and respect the complexity, key concepts, theoretical perspectives and empirical findings of sociocultural and international diversity.
    (LA)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: CRM 3012  or PSY 3012  
  
  • PSY 3421 Psychology of Learning and Motivation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the principles of learning and motivation based primarily on nonhuman studies in classical and instrumental conditioning. Focuses on procedures, theories and applications.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411 , and (PSY 2512  or PSY 3012 )
  
  • PSY 3423 Physiological Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the biological bases of human behavior, including in-depth treatment of nervous system anatomy and physiology, and the biological concepts underlying emotion, motivation, learning and memory.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: (BIO 1020  or EDS 1022  or EDS 1032 ), and PSY 1411 , and (MAR 2801  or PSY 3012  or PSY 2512 )
  
  • PSY 3425 Health Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the scientific interrelationships among the biological, cultural, environmental and psychological factors involved in physical health and the prevention of illness.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: PSY 3012  and PSY 3013  
  
  • PSY 3441 Social Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys the areas of social psychology as it has evolved in American psychology, including its history, methods and theories of intrapersonal, interpersonal and group behavior. Reviews sociological approaches to social psychology and cultural processes that affect social phenomena.
    (LA) (SS)
    Minimum student level - third year
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: BUS 2703  or EST 2703  or PSY 2512  or PSY 3012  
  
  • PSY 3442 Psychology of Personality

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews the major theoretical approaches to personality development and research in the field.
    (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 3520 Memory

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews basic memory processes, theories and research, memory development across the lifespan, and application of principles to everyday life. Balances coverage of both strengths and limitations of memory. Engages students in a series of classic memory experiments and strengthens their own memory through training and testing.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: BIO 2801 or MAR 2801  or BUS 2703  or PSY 2512  or PSY 3012  
  
  • PSY 3522 Human Cognition: Theory and Application

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews models, processes and research in information processing; attention, short- and long-term memory, memory codes, visualization and imagery; forgetting, semantic organization, problem solving, decision-making, language, multilingualism, music cognition and cognitive development.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: PSY 2512  and PSY 3012  
  
  • PSY 3524 Sensation and Perception

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews models, processes and empirical research concerning the modalities of vision, audition, taste, smell and touch/feel. Explores how perception gives rise to our subjective experience and the quality of conscious awareness.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: PSY 2512  
  
  • PSY 3531 Child Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews psychological principles, theories and research pertaining to the developing child from conception through early adolescence. Includes biological and environmental influences on affective, cognitive, moral, social and personality development.
    (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 3541 Psychology of Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the research and application of the essential competencies of effective leadership such as managing conflict, facilitating communication and leading groups and teams.
    (LA) (SS)
    Minimum student level - third year or junior
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 3543 Psychology of the Workplace

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the many ways psychology is applied in organizations to improve performance and quality of work life. Includes employee selection and personnel law, performance management, training, motivation, job attitudes, stress, teamwork, leadership and organizational development.
    (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: BUS 2703  or CRM 3012  or EST 2703  or PSY 2512  or PSY 3012  
  
  • PSY 3551 Introduction to Child Advocacy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces students to the history of child advocacy, comparative perspectives, legal framework and other interdisciplinary issues pertaining to child maltreatment, response and advocacy.
    (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: PSY 3531  
  
  • PSY 3641 Political Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the nature and history of political psychology and its methodologies. Includes personality and politics, social beliefs, attitudes, social identity, racism, xenophobia, genocide, nationalism, nativism, political leadership, social movements, modernization, voting behavior, terrorism and conflict resolution.
    (SS)
    Prerequisite: HUM 2480  or PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 3761 Abnormal Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines psychological disorders, including theories for their development, symptomology and system of classification.
    (LA) (SS)
    Minimum student level - junior or third year
    Prerequisite: PSY 1411  
  
  • PSY 3901 Experimental Psychology 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers experimental methodology and statistics. Introduces students to fundamental concepts in experimental design and statistics that support research in the field of psychology. Emphasizes the application, use and interpretation of statistics through the use of computer-based software.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online. First in a two-course sequence
    Prerequisite: PSY 3012  and PSY 3013  
  
  • PSY 3999 Scholarly Project Planning Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
    Facilitates and instructs regarding internship selection, application, and planning and proposing the scholarly inquiry project as related to the internship.
    (LA) (Q)
    Requirement(s): First of a three-course QEP internship sequence
    Prerequisite: PSY 2512  
  
  • PSY 4000 Field Internship and Research Project

    Credit Hours: 3
    Consists of the experiential component of placement at a work site.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: PSY 4512  
  
  • PSY 4001 Applied Research Analysis Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
    Analyzes and develops the data collected during internship into a scholarly project, culminating in an internship colloquium.
    (LA) (Q)
    Requirement(s): Third of a three-course QEP internship sequence
    Prerequisite: PSY 4000  
  
  • PSY 4112 Applied Tests and Measures

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the key concepts, principles and construction of measures. Focuses on the criticality of reliability and validity.
    (LA)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: PSY 3012  
  
  • PSY 4242 Organizational Psychology and Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the key concepts, applications, theoretical perspectives and empirical findings of organizational effectiveness on human behavior.
    (LA)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: PSY 3542 or PSY 3543  
  
  • PSY 4413 Undergraduate Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Offers research experience under the direction of a member of the psychology faculty.
    (LA)
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: PSY 4514  
    May be repeated for a maximum of six credits
  
  • PSY 4462 Clinical and Community Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews clinical psychology and community psychology. Reviews methods of clinical assessment and treatment of behavioral disorders. Presents the concepts of community psychology as they have developed from the fields of psychology, social work and public administration.
    (LA) (SS)
    Prerequisite: PSY 3761  
  
  • PSY 4511 Principles of Program Development and Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3
    The psychological principles, methods and techniques used to assess, develop and evaluate the effectiveness of programs. Includes needs assessment methods, principles of program design, gaining support for programs and general methods for evaluating programs.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: CRM 3012  or PSY 3012  or PSY 4514  
  
  • PSY 4512 Personal and Professional Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores realistic goals for implementation of psychological knowledge, skills, abilities and values in occupational and/or educational pursuits in a variety of settings that meet personal goals. Also includes how those goals may meet societal needs.
    (LA)
    Minimum student level - junior or third year
  
  • PSY 4514 Psychological Research Methods and Statistics 2

    Credit Hours: 4
    Provides an in-depth analysis of experimental research design and laboratory procedures. Introduces analysis of between and repeated design experimental data using analysis of variance. Includes a laboratory component in which students will perform all phases of a research project.
    (LA) (Q)
    Prerequisite: PSY 2512  
  
  • PSY 4515 Psychology Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes the preparation of an undergraduate thesis under supervision of a faculty member. Involves all components of the research process, including conceptualization, literature review, method and hypothesis development, data collection and analysis, and preparation of the final document.
    (LA) (Q)
    Requirement(s): Acceptance to Psychology Honors Program  
    Prerequisite: PSY 4514  
    May be repeated for a maximum of six credits
  
  • PSY 4521 Animal Learning and Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys major topics including learning vs. unlearned behavior, communication, reproduction, cognition, social behavior and tool use. Employs evolutionary, genetic and environmental perspectives to understand behavior.
    (LA)
    Minimum student level - junior
    Prerequisite: BIO 1020  or EDS 1032  
  
  • PSY 4522 Comparative Animal Cognition

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores current topics in animal cognition (from communication to metacognition) in a wide variety of species. Teaches how to appreciate the similarities and difference in cognitive abilities of humans and other animals, and understand why studying the mind of nonhumans provides an important base for cognition in psychology.
    (LA)
    Prerequisite: MAR 2801  or PSY 3421  or PSY 4521  
  
  • PSY 4590 Psychology Honors Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
    Discusses theoretical and empirical research in psychology and related fields in a seminar format.
    (LA)
    Requirement(s): Department approval and acceptance to Psychology Honors Program 
    May be repeated for a maximum of four credits
  
  • PSY 4612 Employment and Personality Testing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores the application, psychometrics and legal considerations of tests and measures in applied settings. Includes personality, cognition and other forms of selection testing.
    (LA)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: PSY 4112  
  
  • PSY 4712 Professional and Ethical Issues

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines and discusses the value of empirical evidence, tolerance of ambiguity, ethical behaviors (including the APA Ethics Code) and other values that underpin psychology as a science.
    (LA)
    Minimum student level - fourth year
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: PSY 3012  
  
  • PSY 4901 Experimental Psychology 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers experimental methodology and statistics. Builds on the knowledge introduced in PSY 3901 Experimental Psychology 1 . Includes independent work related to research design and analysis of data sets. Culminates in the production of a final research project. Serves as the QEP course for the applied psychology program.
    (Q)
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online. Second in a two-course sequence
    Prerequisite: PSY 3901   
  
  • PSY 5000 Clinical Colloquium

    Credit Hours: 0
    Provides speakers from the faculty, community and student body, covering a wide spectrum of psychological topics and areas of interest. Required for all Psy.D. students each fall and spring semester of their enrollment, with the exception of the internship year.
  
  • PSY 5002 Pre-Practicum

    Credit Hours: 1
    Provides foundation skills and knowledge in preparation for practical training. Involves both didactic methods and opportunities to observe and shadow clinicians/advanced students in practice. Serves as an adjunct to PSY 5541  and PSY 5542 .
  
  • PSY 5003 Hypnotherapy

    Credit Hours: 2
    Overviews the application of hypnotherapy to clinical practice. Includes instructor lectures, demonstrations and student practice. Covers tests for suggestibility, methods of trance induction and deepening, and applications to specific problem areas in psychological and medical practice.
    Requirement(s): Requires a minimum of six credit hours of PSY 5595 Practicum 
  
  • PSY 5100 Introduction to Research in I/O Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides I/O students the basic knowledge and skills needed to excel during their graduate experience and to pursue productive careers as I/O scientist-practitioners. Includes professional issues in I/O, scientific reading and writing, and fundamental statistical and research concepts.
  
  • PSY 5101 Statistical Research Methods 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces psychological research methods and designs, including analysis and interpretation of simple correlational and experimental designs.
  
  • PSY 5102 Statistical Research Methods 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analyzes multifactor research designs using analysis of variance and related techniques, including the use of computerized statistical packages and data analysis.
    Prerequisite: PSY 5101 
  
  • PSY 5105 Biological Foundations of Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3
    Emphasizes physiology and pharmacology of the synapse, neuroanatomy, sensory system and complexly motivated behavior. Views normal and abnormal behavior within the biological context and also addresses ethnic, racial, gender and sex-role diversity.
  
  • PSY 5106 Life-Span Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews psychological principles, theories and research pertaining to human development from conception to death. Studies physical, cognitive, emotional, social and personality development with emphasis on theories, empirical data, research methods, and current issues.
  
  • PSY 5108 Health Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews the application of psychological theory and technology to the understanding of etiology and treatment of disease, to the maintenance of health, and to the role of the psychologist within the healthcare system. Gives attention to prevention and wellness programs and to emerging theoretical models of the psychophysiological connection.
    Prerequisite: PSY 5105 
  
  • PSY 5114 Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews substance abuse. Theories of etiology and current models of detection, diagnosis and treatment modalities in the treatment of substance abuse. Examines environmental, biological, family and social interactions.
    Prerequisite: PSY 5502 
  
  • PSY 5115 History and Systems of Psychology

    Credit Hours: 2
    Covers major historic trends leading to modern psychology, including 16th and 17th century philosophers, 18th and 19th century brain and sensory physiologists, the school of psychology that emerged in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and more modern trends in major content areas of psychology, most notably learning and personality.
  
  • PSY 5116 Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3
    Investigates cognitive bases through stimulus-response learning approaches, information processing and network theories of memory. Studies associative learning in affective behavior to conceptualize intervention approaches. Intertwines biological and cognitive theories of emotion.
  
  • PSY 5117 Foundations of Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces theories of leadership, research and approaches for developing leaders. Teaches basic leadership theories such as trait, behavioral, contingency, transformational, participative and dyadic leadership. Provides opportunities to link the materials from class to experiences at work through self-discovery and reflection. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5118 Organizational Science: Theory and Application

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces major topics in organizational behavior. Includes organizational theory, job satisfaction, pro-social and counterproductive work behaviors, approaches to motivation, and the design and implementation of motivational strategies for effective individual and group performance. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5119 Analytics and Research in Organizational Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces basic and advanced research methods used in organizational science research. Includes development of critical skills to plan for, read, interpret and evaluate empirical organizational science research. Focuses on the application of research methods to the workplace and management decision-making.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5120 Culture and Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents a theoretical basis for understanding the relationship between psychology and cultural studies. Also presents theory and research from cross-cultural psychology, psychological anthropology, cultural psychology, psychological sociology and ethnic studies.
  
  • PSY 5121 Cultural and Social Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews theory and research in cultural and social psychology and in the social sciences in order to develop an integrated conception of the individual within social, cultural, institutional and societal contexts. Presents applications of cultural and social theory to clinical and industrial/organizational psychology.
  
  • PSY 5122 Cross-Cultural Theory and Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Exposes students to a theoretical overview of cross-cultural theory and research methods. Also includes a more in-depth understanding of conducting, analyzing and interpreting data in a cross-cultural framework.
    Must be enrolled in industrial/organizational psychology (8145, 9145)
    Requirement(s): Approval of program chair or graduate standing in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
    Prerequisite: PSY 5120  
  
  • PSY 5124 Leading Diverse Teams

    Credit Hours: 3
    Brings together theories of group and team development and team leadership to identify effective interventions and processes for leading diverse teams in the workplace. Analyzes critical antecedents to, barriers of, interventions for, and consequences of effective leadership in diverse, multicultural, multidisciplinary and/or virtual work teams. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5142 Organizational Consulting Skills

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews practical consulting skills, consulting models, types of consulting and consulting competencies in the context of the contemporary business and nonprofit environment. Includes small-group work, panel and classroom discussions, participation in a business simulation and case studies. Requires an oral presentation and learning journal.
  
  • PSY 5191 Directed Readings in Psychology

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Selected readings in a specific topic under the direction of a faculty member.
    May be repeated for a maximum of three credits
  
  • PSY 5192 Seminar in Psychology

    Credit Hours: 1
    Reports and discussion on current research and practice by students, faculty and visiting psychologists.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • PSY 5197 Supervised Research

    Credit Hours: 0
    Directed research under the supervision of a member of the psychology faculty in a selected area of psychology.
    Requirement(s): Program director approval
    May be repeated
  
  • PSY 5198 Supervised Research

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Directed research under the supervision of a member of the psychology faculty in a selected area of psychology.
    Requirement(s): Program director approval
    May be repeated for a maximum of nine credits
  
  • PSY 5310 Ethics in Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on ethical issues and dilemmas leaders face in organizations. Examines various ethical theories and provides opportunity for students to apply theories to ethical dilemmas through case study analysis, reading and discussion.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5311 Talent Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Reviews key components of effective talent management programs. Includes workforce planning, recruitment, competencies and talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, talent development and succession planning. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5312 Leadership in a Global Context

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses current literature and provides skills necessary to lead organizations in international settings and overcome the challenges of distance, complexity and culture. Requires students to develop competencies that result in improved self-awareness, flexibility and confidence when working with international stakeholders.  
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5313 Negotiation and Conflict Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces students to different types of conflict and the skills needed to manage conflict situations. Discusses types of negotiation and associated strategies and tactics. Also covers crisis management and intercultural conflict and negotiation. Encourages students to develop and practice skills for conflict management and negotiation. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5314 High Impact Communication

    Credit Hours: 3
    Facilitates the understanding and development of verbal and written communication for organizational leaders. Includes communication strategy development, language, electronic communication, social media, written reports, presentations, emotional intelligence, effective meetings and external communication. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5315 Contemporary Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an overview of contemporary topics, issues and trends in leadership. Includes trust, toxic leadership, authentic leadership, mentoring and distance or e-leadership of distributed teams. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5316 Research in Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3
    Facilitates the student research experience through guided interaction with course instructor. Includes supervision and instruction in formulation of research questions, data collection, analysis and preparation of manuscript for publication.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5401 Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces major topics in personnel psychology and organizational behavior, including job analysis, personnel selection, training and performance appraisal, social influences on work behavior, job satisfaction, worker motivation, leadership and organizational communication.
  
  • PSY 5402 Tests and Measurements

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces psychometric theory, survey of psychological testing and applications to business and industry.
  
  • PSY 5403 Applied Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Experience in the research methodology as applied to workplace problems. Emphasizes correlational and regression analysis, survey methodology and problems encountered analyzing real-world data.
  
  • PSY 5411 Personnel Selection

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines current approaches to selection in industry. Focuses on attracting, selecting and placing personnel.
  
  • PSY 5412 Performance Appraisal

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the application, research and theory in the performance appraisal area. Special emphasis on appraisal skills.
  
  • PSY 5413 Personnel Law

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents ethical guidelines and legal requirements in general and as they apply to I/O psychology.
  
  • PSY 5415 Organizational Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews organizational theories and their relationship to organizational effectiveness. Includes work motivation, organizational attitudes, group processes, leadership and organizational theory.
  
  • PSY 5420 Organizational Change and Transformation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews the incremental evolutionary and discontinuous aspects of organizational change. In addition to reviewing modern transformational theories, gives practical experience in conducting organizational change interventions.
  
  • PSY 5421 Industrial Training

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the methods and applications of training in industry from an integrated systems approach.
  
  • PSY 5422 Group and Team Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys major interventions associated with group and team development within organizations. Interventions include group and team assessment, creative problem solving, decision making, resolving conflicts and management by objectives.
  
  • PSY 5430 Emotions in the Workplace

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers theory and research on emotions in the workplace. Example topics include the nature of emotional display rules, the influence of emotions on job attitudes, frameworks of emotional intelligence, and the strategies that employees use to regulate their emotional displays at work.
    Requirement(s): Program director approval
    Prerequisite: PSY 5415  
  
  • PSY 5431 Work Motivation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on major theoretical issues and applications related to motivation in organizations.
    Requirement(s): Department head approval
  
  • PSY 5432 Occupational Health Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines research and theory related to the physical, mental and social well-being of employees. Includes work-family balance, occupational stress, job-related burnout, and workplace safety issues and violence.
  
  • PSY 5433 Leadership Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores theories of leadership from an interactional perspective that includes the leader, followers and the context. Covers leadership theories, leadership development, team leadership, ethics, executive-level leadership, and power and influence. 
  
  • PSY 5496 Practicum in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Supervised work in appropriate I/O setting.
    Requirement(s): Program director approval
  
  • PSY 5497 Organizational Change and Change Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3
    Discusses and integrates theories of leadership, organizational culture and organizational change to identify effective processes for leading change in organizations. Includes analysis of forces that drive change and barriers to change and approaches for effective personal and organizational change. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • PSY 5500 Organizational Leadership: Strategy and Execution

    Credit Hours: 3
    Integrates and synthesizes leadership theories, practices and concepts. Presents key components of the transformational leadership model. Teaches the leadership processes and techniques used to train leaders by reading the literature, analyzing case studies and preparing a personal leadership development plan. 
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: PSY 5497   Corequisite: PSY 5497  
  
  • PSY 5501 Personality and Psychotherapy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys and evaluates the major theories of personality and psychotherapy with a didactic introduction to the basic principles of case conceptualization and psychological treatment.
  
  • PSY 5502 Psychopathology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the classification and diagnosis of the major forms of behavioral and mental pathology and their relationship to models of psychotherapy.
    Prerequisite: PSY 5501 
  
  • PSY 5511 Clinical Psychopharmacology

    Credit Hours: 3
    The role of drugs in the modification of behavior. Examines sites of drug action, the systems affected and the rationale for drug therapy.
    Prerequisite: PSY 5105  and PSY 5502  
 

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