Curriculum

The MHB degree program includes five learning domains:

• Foundation courses
• Concentration courses
• Practical skills based workshops and professional seminars
• Internships in your areas of interest
• A treatise demonstrating your learning experiences

When you scroll beyond the following list of MHB Courses, you’ll find a more detailed description of each of the learning domains.

 

MHB Courses***

 

Foundation Courses

505  PSYC                 Research Methods in Applied Social Psychology (4)

513  PSYC                 Attitudes and Social Influence (4)               

517  PSYC                 Group Dynamics and Leadership (4)

 

Organizational Psychology

542  PSYC                 Organizational  Psychology (4)

544 PSYC                  Applications of Psychological Influence (4)                       

546  PSYC                 Individual and Organizational Change (4)

 

Consumer Psychology

552 PSYC                  Principles of Consumer Psychology (4)

554 PSYC                  Neuroscience of  Decision Making (4)                  

556  PSYC                 Psychology of Interactive Media (4)                       

 

 Professional Seminars

550 a,                         Proseminar in Human Behavior (4)

550 b                          Proseminar in Human Behavior (4)

 

Practicum

591  PSYC                 Internship  (2,4,6,8 units)                                         

592  PSYC                 Treatise (2)   

 

*** Under some circumstances, students can enroll in a course outside the MHB curriculum, if the course is uniquely relevant to their career goals. Students considering such a course, should first contact the Director of the MHB program to gain permission to enroll in a course outside MHB.

 

 Foundation Courses

These courses focus on the most current psychological research and theories. Instructors use real world examples and projects to help students understand how psychological principles can be used to illuminate and solve business problems. This course content is relevant to both the Organizational and Consumer Psychology concentrations.

You can select any of the foundation courses that are pertinent to your personal interests. The content of these courses is applicable to a wide range of careers. Topics include: interpersonal relations; social influence; group dynamics; leadership; decision making; and applied research methods

Concentration Courses

There are two clusters of courses that are centered around specific areas of interest. Again, you can choose the courses that are best aligned with your educational and career goals.

The first concentration is on Organizational Psychology.  These courses directly apply to the fields of Human Resources, Employee Relations and Organizational Development. Course topics include: organizational behavior; individual and organizational change; recruiting; succession planning and talent management.

The second concentration centers on Consumer Psychology.  These courses are applicable to careers in marketing, advertising, market research and strategic communications. The course topics include: consumer behavior; market research; the neuro-science of decision making; and the psychology of social and interactive media.

 

 

Professional Seminars

One professional seminar is offered in the fall and in the spring semester. Each seminar is designed to teach the kind of practical knowledge and skills sought by employers.  You’ll learn these marketable skills through a learning-by-doing educational process.

Using a workshop model, you’ll develop business competencies that will increase your value as a future employee. You’ll develop talents in domains such as:

Coaching

Change management           

Power dynamics in relationships and organizations          

Managing Up                         

How to use personality assessment instruments               

Team assessment instruments and development 

Project management             

Event planning                               

Delivering bad news

Negotiation & Mediation

Data based decision making      

SPSS    

Presentation techniques                    

Handling difficult conversations      

Job search skills

 

Internships

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Treatise

You’ll learn many new ideas and practical skills in this intense year of study. Plus, you’ll gain valuable business experience. The treatise gives you an opportunity to create a written summary of all you’ve learned and to consolidate these ideas.

You’ll begin taking notes and keeping a journal in the fall semester. By mid-spring, patterns will emerge in your “lessons learned” and your real world insights. You can then give structure and order to the psychological principles you have learned.

Some students demonstrate their new understanding by applying these principles to concrete business problems. Other students prefer to use more creative ways to consolidate the key concepts they gained while earning their MHB degree.

To learn more about specific course click COURSES.