The Master of Arts in Applied Psychology offers a solid education in the theories, philosophies, and practices of this dynamic and growing field through three distinct programs of study. A dedicated faculty from each program challenges you intellectually, while giving individual guidance, providing you a strong foundation on which to build a successful career, no matter which field you pursue. Industrial/Organizational Psychology - designed to educate students to apply psychological principles and techniques in the work environment, to increase individual and organizational productivity. For candidates in the industrial/organizational program, Fairfield's location in a region with many non-profit and for-profit corporate organizations provides a wide range of opportunities for fieldwork, such as employee recruitment and selection, performance management/appraisal, training and development, motivations and job satisfaction, organization development, job analysis, and research and program evaluation. Foundations of Advanced Psychology - designed to provide students with foundational knowledge of psychology, while educating them in basic research and program evaluation skills. Students who pursue this program do so to prepare themselves for advanced study in psychology or other fields, to satisfy their curiosity about psychology, or to enhance their endeavors in their current work.

Fairfield's Master of Arts in Applied Psychology provides: Knowledge to enhance human services work in community agencies and services Knowledge and skills for professional work iin corporate organizations Foundational knowledge and skills in psychology Graduates of Fairfield's Applied Psychology programs are much in demand, finding advantageous field work placements and meaningful employment with some of the country's top organizations: Bayer Corporation Cendant Mobility Cendant International Deloitte IBM Jones Retail Corporation MasterCard Worldwide Merrill Lynch Oxford Health Plans Pepperidge Farm Sara Lee Corporation Shell Oil Company The College Board Toyota Financial U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Surgical.