Practical Experience

Practical experience applying I/O psychology to real issues in real organizations is an important part of the program. This involves applied practical experience is accomplished through a yearlong practicum course, internships and occasional consulting opportunities with faculty.

Practicum
Practicum is a yearlong, skill-building activity in which students apply what they have learned in the classroom to business settings. These are structured as consulting projects that are supervised by faculty. Some of the recent practicum placements include:

Alto Dairy
Badger Mining
Christian Family Radio
Evergreen Retirement Community
Harley Davidson
Kimberly Clark
Outagamie County
Right Management Associates

Internships
Although internships are optional, they are strongly encouraged. A few places that students have completed internships include:

J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Secura Insurance Companies
Schneider National