Eventually I want a career in the business world. Can taking courses in psychology or minoring in psychology be useful to me in this career?
One of the most quickly growing areas of psychology is industrial/organizational psychology, which involves the application of psychological principles to the workplace. I/O psychology, as it is often called, deals with issues such as employee-employer relations, personnel selection, job testing and job training, task analyses and job assessment, employee motivation and performance, training of managers, and a wide variety of other important matters. Many undergraduate programs offer introductory courses in I/O psychology, and you should seek out and enroll in these courses. In addition, minoring in psychology and taking courses in I/O psychology, research methods, statistics, and social psychology would be helpful to you working in the business world. Most I/O psychologists have extensive training in each of these areas.
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