Program Overview
Learn more about our online M.S. in Psychology – Organizational Development
Add knowledge of interpersonal relationships, human behavior, and organizational dynamics to your toolkit with the 100% online Master of Science in Psychology with a concentration in Organizational Development. Build on your relational skills in the context of business settings, elevating your ability to listen, evaluate, and effect change with this organizational development psychology master’s. Think: the human element of business.
Our supportive faculty values relationships with students, ensuring quality, individualized feedback. Implement your growth in a faculty-guided capstone project that addresses a nonprofit's needs through service and the application of psychological science. This online psychology master’s can be an ideal steppingstone toward doctoral study if you choose to seek a Ph.D.
Career opportunities:
- Human Resources Manager
- Workforce Insights Analyst
- Strategy Development Professional
- Organizational Consultant
- Human Resources Manager
- Workforce Insights Analyst
- Strategy Development Professional
- Organizational Consultant
Tuition
You can pay by the course for our online M.S. psychology degree
The online M.S. in Psychology – Organizational Development program tuition is the same, affordable pay-by-the-course rate for all U.S. residents. Fees are included in the total tuition, and financial aid may be available. Choosing Avila University means choosing a top 10 affordable online master's program, according to Forbes (2024).
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Total Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSP – Organizational Development | $600 | $1,800 | $21,600 |
Tuition breakdown:
Calendar
A start date for your online degree is coming up
Ideal for working professionals, the online M.S. in Psychology – Organizational Development program features 8-week courses and multiple start dates per year so you can begin when you're ready. View the full calendar for all upcoming start dates and corresponding deadlines.
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 1 2025 | 1/6/25 | 1/2/25 | 1/2/25 | 1/3/25 | 1/6/25 | 3/2/25 | 8 weeks |
| Spring 2 2025 | 3/3/25 | 2/26/25 | 2/26/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/3/25 | 5/4/25 | 8 weeks |
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Admissions
We have streamlined our application process
We’ve simplified the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. You can find all requirements for admission to the Avila online M.S. in Psychology – Organizational Development below.**
Admission Requirements:
- No GRE required
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution**
- Minimum 2.5 GPA
In order to be eligible to receive a psychology master’s degree from Avila University, you must have the following:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- GPA requirements for unconditional admission: 2.75 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
- GPA requirements for conditional admission: 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
- Official transcripts from all institutions previously attended
Submit all official transcripts to:
Email: [email protected]
Mail: Avila University
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO 64145
**Undergraduate degree in psychology not required, but some students may need a leveling course if they have not had courses in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, abnormal psychology, and social psychology.
Courses
Check out what you will learn in this organizational development psychology master’s
In order to earn the M.S. Psychology – Organizational Development online degree, you will complete 12 courses for a total of 36 credit hours. Students who are provisionally admitted or do not have a bachelor’s degree related to psychology will need to complete an additional leveling course (3 credit hours).
Learning Outcomes:
- Apply a variety of theorists’ concepts to the workplace
- Glean an appreciation of one’s own affective and cognitive mechanisms in psychological thought and development
- Understand the impact of having multiple generations in the workplace and the need to ensure solutions/interventions meet the needs of these groups
- Apply the psychological theories to themselves for assessment to strengthen their competencies as an OD practitioner or Coach
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate the impact of Organizational Development from both a historical perspective and future-oriented application
- Apply concepts, theories, models of the behavioral sciences that facilitate organizational change
- Understand the importance of data gathering and diagnosis in developing effective interventions
- Promote effective and ethical problem solving and decision-making for interventions from a systems perspective
- Recognize and understand the difference between individual, team, and organizational interventions
- Advance generative dialog and collaborative skills Gain skills that can be applied as functioning OD practitioners
Learning Outcomes:
- Generate the capacity to think strategically about moving an organization towards a defined possible future
- Generate the capacity to think creatively (innovation) about implementing a strategic plan
- Develop the skills and abilities to integrate a wide range of considerations in formulating an organizational wide assessment and course of action
- Build the ability to adapt to different organizational strategic requirements in the application of strategic management
- Develop the skills required to lead teams in the application of planning and implementation tools
- Create connections between strategic management and ethical principles, personal and company values, and social and environmental responsibilities
Learning Outcomes:
- Assess one’s own skills and abilities as a process consultant: identifying strengths and areas for future professional development
- Effectively meet an improvement need of an organization (or part of an organization) within the confines of process consultation and the time framework of the course
- Work effectively with a team of peers to service the client and to support one’s own learning
- Maintain a community in which learning and professional development takes place for all consulting teams
*Students may need a leveling course if they have not had courses in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, abnormal psychology, and social psychology, increasing the total program credit hours to 39 and total tuition to $23,400.
If you are interested in becoming a licensed professional counselor, you will need to enroll in the Master of Science in Counseling Psychology program.
