OHP Graduate Training at PSU

The OHP Program

The OHP program focuses on the application of psychology to protect and promote workers’ safety, health, and well being, and to improve workers quality of worklife. The program prepares students for careers as consultants, educators, and staff for business, labor, public, academic, community, and health organizations. The OHP specialization consists of a survey course that provides students with an introduction to the field of OHP. Students also choose from a variety of elective courses consistent with their OHP interests.

OHP Electives

3 Required OHP Seminars

 

 

PSY 516/616

Advanced Applied Organizational Psychology1

PSY 510/610

Occupational Safety & Health

PSY 550/650

 

Occupational Health Psychology

2 OHP-related Electives2

 

 

Psychology Electives

 

PSY 510

Diversity in the Workplace

PSY 510

Cross Cultural Issues in Organizational Psychology

PSY 510/6104

Work and Well-Being

PSY 571

Health Psychology

PSY 554/654

Social Psychology of Mental Health

PSY 600

Stress and Coping

PSY 567

Work and Family

PSY 548

Psychology of Work Motivation

PSY 545

Employee Development

PSY 578

Leadership and Group Effectiveness

PSY 579

Women and Organizational Psychology

 

Other OHP Electives3

PSU Sociology Electives

 

SOC 595/695

 

Medical Sociology

PSU School of Community HealthElectives3

 

PHE512

Principles of Health Behavior

PHE550

Health Promotion Program Planning

PHE580

Concepts of Environmental Health

PHE511

Foundations of Public Health

PHE535

 

Epidemiology Survey

PSU School of Business Electives3

 

MNGM 510

 

Creating and Sustaining Healthy Organizations

Electives at Oregon Health and Sciences University3

 

PHPM 512

Epidemiology5

PHPM 525

Biometry6

Notes:
All courses listed are 4 credit hours, unless otherwise noted
1Required for all psychology Ph.D. students; prerequisite for other core OHP Seminars.
2OHP students must complete at least one elective in an area outside of psychology.
3Other courses may be designed as OHP electives on the review and approval of the OHP Program Director or Associate Program Director. These could include new psychology seminars related to OHP or courses in other disciplines.
4510/610 is a generic seminar number used until a course has been officially assigned a number by the University. Courses must be taught twice before s course numbers are assigned.
5 Students who complete Epidemiology I also may take PHPM 513 (Epidemiology II) and PHPM 514 (Epidemiology III)
6Students who complete Biometry I also may take PHPM 526 (Biometry II) and PHPM 527 (Biometry III)

For specific Ph. D. and Master's Degree requirements, see the listing on our Psychology Department Homepage: http://www.psy.pdx.edu/