ALM Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Harvard University

Optimize organizations and empower employees through a social science lens. Industrial-organizational psychology professionals play a critical role in the workplace. They help foster healthy, productive, and engaged organizational cultures. Credential: Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Extension Studies in the field of Industrial-Organizational Psychology.

Faculty: Harvard Extension School (Division of Continuing Education)  |  Duration: 12 courses (11 online) taken part-time  |  Study mode: online  |  Intake: Spring 2027  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

Example courses: Industrial-Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior; Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences and Humanities; Motivation; Human Resource Management; Managing Yourself and Leading Others.

Career pathways

Our industrial-organizational psychology graduates have gone on to work in banking, consumer goods, financial services, energy, nonprofit management, and management consulting. They have also pursued further studies at renowned institutions such as Columbia University, Georgetown University, the University of Paris, and Brandeis University.

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