Prepare to Lead Organizations in an AI-Driven World
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how organizations operate, compete, and grow. From workforce planning and employee development to decision-making and efficiency improvement, AI is becoming part of nearly every aspect of business. Organizations need professionals who understand how AI affects people, teams, leadership, and workplace culture.
The Artificial Intelligence Integration Concentration within the Master of Arts in Industrial and Organization Psychology (MAIOP) at Touro University Worldwide provides students with an in-depth understanding of how organizations can leverage AI while maintaining a focus on human performance, employee engagement, ethics, and organizational effectiveness. Students explore the relationship between emerging technologies and workplace behavior, gaining practical insights into how people and AI can work together to achieve organizational goals.
Why Choose an Artificial Intelligence Integration Concentration?
Artificial intelligence is creating new opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and organizational growth. At the same time, leaders face important questions about implementation, employee adoption, ethics, and long-term workforce impact.
This concentration helps students develop an understanding of how organizations can:
- Integrate AI technologies into workplace environments
- Support employees through technology-driven change
- Improve organizational performance and efficiency
- Promote responsible and ethical use of AI
- Strengthen decision-making with data-informed insights
- Build effective partnerships between employees and intelligent systems
- Navigate the evolving future of work
The knowledge and skills gained through Artificial Intelligence Integration Concentration can be applied across a wide range of industries, including business, healthcare, education, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and military-affiliated workplaces.
Why Study AI Through Industrial & Organizational Psychology?
Technology alone does not determine organizational success. The way people respond to technology often has a greater impact on outcomes than the technology itself.
As organizations adopt AI-powered tools, they must address issues such as workforce readiness, employee trust, organizational culture, leadership communication, and change management. Industrial and Organizational Psychology provides a framework for understanding and addressing these challenges.
Students examine how AI influences:
- Employee engagement and workplace experiences
- Team dynamics and collaboration
- Leadership effectiveness
- Organizational culture
- Workforce development
- Decision-making processes
- Employee adaptation to technological change
By studying AI through an I/O Psychology perspective, students gain a unique understanding of both organizational performance and human behavior.
What You will Learn
Through the Artificial Intelligence Integration Concentration, students will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming organizations and develop the knowledge needed to support effective, ethical, and people-centered AI adoption in the workplace. Students will learn to:
- Understand the role of artificial intelligence in organizational effectiveness and workplace performance.
- Evaluate how AI technologies influence employee behavior, engagement, adaptation, and workplace experiences.
- Apply Industrial and Organizational Psychology principles to support successful AI implementation and organizational change initiatives.
- Analyze the opportunities and challenges associated with AI-driven automation and workplace transformation.
- Assess ethical considerations related to AI adoption, including fairness, transparency, workforce impact, and responsible decision-making.
- Examine strategies for strengthening collaboration between employees and AI technologies.
- Interpret organizational data and AI-generated insights to support business decisions and performance improvement efforts.
- Explore predictive analytics, data-informed decision-making, and emerging AI applications in organizational settings.
- Identify best practices for leading workforce transformation and helping employees adapt to technological change.
- Communicate recommendations that balance organizational goals, employee well-being, and responsible AI utilization.
Skills You Will Develop
Graduates of the Artificial Intelligence Integration Concentration develop highly transferable skills that can be applied across industries and organizational settings, including:
- Evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence on employee behavior, workplace performance, and organizational effectiveness.
- Supporting organizational change and technology adoption initiatives.
- Analyzing workplace challenges through an Industrial and Organizational Psychology lens.
- Applying ethical decision-making principles to AI implementation and organizational practices.
- Assessing opportunities and risks associated with AI-enabled workplace transformation.
- Interpreting organizational data and AI-generated insights to support decision-making.
- Developing strategies to enhance human-AI collaboration and employee engagement.
- Identifying process improvement opportunities through automation, analytics, and emerging technologies.
- Evaluating AI workforce implications related to talent management, leadership, and organizational culture.
- Communicating recommendations that balance innovation, employee well-being, and organizational goals.
Career Opportunities
As organizations continue investing in artificial intelligence initiatives, professionals who understand both workplace psychology and AI integration are becoming increasingly valuable.
Graduates may pursue opportunities in areas such as:
- Organizational Development
- Human Resources Leadership
- Workforce Transformation
- Employee Experience
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Change Management
- Talent Strategy
- Leadership Development
- Business Process Improvement
- Organizational Consulting
Career outcomes vary based on professional experience, industry, geographic location, and employer requirements.
Benefits Include:
- 100% Online Coursework
- Flexible Scheduling
- Small Class Sizes
- Experienced Psychology Faculty
- Six starts throughout the year
- Student-Centered Learning Environment
Students engage with faculty and students in a supportive online classroom designed to foster academic success and professional growth.
Ready to Explore the Future of Work?
The Artificial Intelligence Integration Concentration equips students with the psychological knowledge, critical thinking skills, and professional competencies needed to understand complex relationship between AI, employees, leadership, and organizational effectiveness to address real-world business challenges. Whether your goal is career advancement or graduate study, this concentration provides a strong foundation for success in today’s growing industrial and organizational psychology.
Core Requirements
27 Semester Credits
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Students explore classical and contemporary theories of organizations and how the psychology of individuals and groups, shapes the behaviors of people in organizations, including the formation of attitudes and work motivation and the impact of organizational structure, functions, and processes, on organizational performance.
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3
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Students study the concepts, methods, and tools used to manage change, improve processes, and stimulate innovation, and how to apply that knowledge to improve the functioning of any organization.
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3
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Students examine the measurement of individual differences, job analysis, performance appraisal and feedback, employee selection and placement, and the design and evaluation of training and other organizational intervention programs.
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3
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Students learn key elements of effective leadership and how to apply that knowledge in leadership and management to make a positive difference in organizations, communities, and societies.
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3
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Students explore the best practices of team dynamics including team leadership, collaboration, conflict resolution, and productivity, and how to apply that knowledge to improve teamwork in organizations.
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3
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Students gain an understanding of the overall processes involved in building and maintaining positive customer relationships by delivering customer value and increasing customer satisfaction.
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3
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Students explore methods, procedures, techniques, and tools useful in the conduct of IOP research designed to help organizations function, including various research designs and strategies, the use of criteria in determining reliability and validity, quantitative and qualitative data analyses, interpretive skills, and, an understanding of the ethical standards governing the conduct of all research involving human participants.
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3
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Students will examine various statistical techniques that are used in the analysis of data generated by empirical research, including descriptive and inferential statistical methods, parametric and nonparametric analyses, sampling distributions, and the generalizations, inferences, and interpretations that can legitimately be made on the basis of statistical evidence.
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3
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Students apply what they have learned throughout the program by conducting a culminating project or assignment that contributes to their workplace, career, and/or industry.
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3
Artificial Intelligence Integration Concentration
9 Semester Credits
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3
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3
Credits
36 semester credits
Format
100% online (8-week courses)
Start dates
Six per year
Next start
October 26, 2026
Apply by
October 23, 2026
Accreditation
WSCUC
GRE or GMAT
Not required
Tuition
$500 per credit
Transfer credits
Up to nine
Entry requirement
Accredited bachelor’s degree with a minimum 2.5 GPA, or graduate transfer status in good standing with a minimum 2.75 GPA
No residency is required.
Application deadlines are generally the Friday before the term begins. Confirm the date with an enrollment counselor.
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Accreditation & Employer Recognition
Touro University Worldwide is a private nonprofit university within the Touro University system and is institutionally accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). This accreditation applies to the university as a whole and reflects WSCUC standards for academic quality, student learning, institutional effectiveness, and integrity.
Students in the online MA in Industrial and Organizational Psychology complete the program’s curriculum, learn from TUW faculty, and earn a Master of Arts awarded by the university. The online MA is offered under the same institutional accreditation that applies across TUW. Employers set their own hiring requirements.
TUW is headquartered in Los Alamitos, California, and WSCUC is also based in California.
Why TUW: Faculty, Proof & Credibility
TUW combines a focused industrial and organizational psychology curriculum with faculty guidance and an online format designed for working professionals. Students learn from faculty associated with the program and can select coursework in coaching and consulting, human resource management, or occupational health psychology.
Faculty expertise
Gemma George, PhD
Facilitating Organizational Change
Howard Fero, PhD
Organizational Theory and Behavior
Student & alumni outcomes / testimonials
TUW Alumna and active-duty service member Krystal Matlock discusses how her newly earned Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational (IOP) degree builds upon her leadership experience—and equips her to develop, coach, and build more productive organizations and staff. Congrats to our new graduate, Krystal!!
Proud TUW Alumna Kasia Dydynska reflects on her journey through the Master Industrial and Organizational Psychology at TUW
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