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This program educates students in applying psychological principles in public and private agencies providing human services to southern Indiana and the Louisville metropolitan area. Graduates are trained in areas including: interpersonal dynamics, group dynamics, communication (persuasion, marketing, advertising, organizational communication), organizational crisis resolution, organizational and human management techniques, educational and training program coordination, grant writing and program assessment procedures, as well as more general psychological principles of learning and human behavior that can be applied in any human service setting.

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

M.I.S. Requirements
13 credit hours

  • IDIS-D 501 - Humanities Seminar (3-4 credit hours)
  • IDIS-D 502 - Social Sciences Seminar (3-4 credit hours)
  • IDIS-D 503 - Natural Sciences Seminar (3-4 credit hours)
  • IDIS-D 510 - Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies (4 credit hours)

Applied Behavioral Sciences Courses
15 credit hours

Required

  • PSY-P 505 - Organizational Psychology
  • PSY-P 511 - Seminar in Professional Skills
  • PSY-P 541 - Methods of Survey Research

Select one of the following

  • PSY-P 502 - Developmental Psychology
  • PSY-P 509 - Group Behavior and Processes
  • PSY-P 512 - Seminar in Grant Writing
  • PSY-P 624 - Principles of Psychopathology
  • EDUC-G 532 - Introduction to Group Counseling

Select one of the following

  • IDIS-D 511 / SPCH-S 324 - Persuasion
  • IDIS-D 511 / SPCH-S 333 - Public Relations
  • IDIS-D 511 / SPCH-S 427 - Cross-Cultural Communication
  • IDIS-D 511 / SPCH-S 440 - Organizational Communication
  • IDIS-D 511 / SPCH-S 450 - Gender and Communciation
  • EDUC-G 504 - Counseling Theory and Techniques

Thesis Requirement
6 credit hours

  • IDIS-D 601 - Graduate Project/Thesis
  • IDIS-D 602 - Graduate Project/Thesis

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Indiana University Southeast

4201 Grant Line Rd.
New Albany, IN 47150
(812) 941-2333

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