Practicum Overview
Completing a practicum as part of your degree should be an extremely valuable experience towards both your academic and professional growth. As with most things, you will get from it as much as you invest. If you devote focused time, effort, and thoughtfully choose both your topic and professional contacts you have the potential to truly exercise the knowledge you have gained throughout the program in addition to seeing the value that you add in an applied setting.
What is a practicum?
The practicum course in the MIOP program at Bellevue University is designed to facilitate the application of Industrial/Organizational Psychology theories in a strategic and real-world setting. We seek to push students to understand how their degree can be utilized in a powerful and meaningful way by creating an opportunity for them to apply their value in a professional setting before graduation. Closing the gap between academics and application will offer our students a major advantage over other I/O graduates.
Key Tasks to Plan For?
1. Reflect on a topic area that is of interest and how it relates to a career path that you hope to pursue.
This practicum can be a launchpad to display your skills as an expert inIndustrial/Organizational Psychology. Seize the opportunity to add this to your portfolio.
2. Identify a professional mentor that you will meet with throughout your practicum. You will need to connect and meet with this person right away to make progress in this course.
It is recommended this person works either at a company or in a department that speaks to your topic/career of interest.
Complete and submit the Participating Professional Form found in the course content.
3. Determine if completing a SHRM, HRCI, or other relevant certification would be beneficial as part of your practicum experience.
Download the full Practicum Expectations and Overview worksheet.
