This 40 credit Masters Degree is especially geared to the needs of mid-career adult learners.  Combining classroom instruction and practical application, participants learn the essentials of group dynamics, group facilitation techniques, organizational assessment and skills as a change agent.  The program leads to certification as a Diversity Professional (CDP).

Scholar-Practitioners!

This program is also for young adults interested in an academic career in diversity, inclusion, organizational effectiveness and cultural competence.  Help us advance the field of organizational leadership!

• For a Masters application packet and instructions, click here:

The Diversity Management Program is a 21 month program beginning every Fall semester. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Limited graduate assistantships  are available and applicants should apply early to be considered.

• For a DMP 17 class schedule (Aug 2013), click here

For further information contact: the Diversity Management Program at 216.687.2587 or E-mail: diversityprogram@csuohio.edu.

 Degree Requirements

Students earn 40 credit hours in specially designed courses delivered in a cohort-based learning community. Exit requirements include a field practicum, and one of three exit options (comprehensive exam, action research project or thesis). Program participants also receive leadership coaching in the first year of the program.

Fall 1st Year
PSY 514 (2):  Foundations of Diversity Management
PSY 515 (3):  Group Dynamics and Diversity
PSY 516 (3):  Social Psychological Foundations of Diversity
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Spring 1st Year
PSY 530 (3):  Organizational Psychology for Diversity Professionals
PSY 532 (2):  Diversity and Organizational Change
PSY 533 (2):  Conflict Management Across Differences
PSY 551 (2):  Diagnosing Diversity in Organizations
PSY 685 (1):  Directed Readings for Comprehensive Exam
                   10

Summer 1st Year

PSY 540 (0):  Mid-Program Review
PSY 552 (2):  Assessing, Measuring & Evaluating Diversity Interventions
PSY 553 (2):  Facilitation of Diversity Issues
                   4

Fall 2nd Year
PSY 630 (3):  Diversity Issues in Human Resources
PSY 690 (4):  Field Placement Practicum
PSY 685 (2):  Directed Readings for Comprehensive Exam*
PSY 686 (2):  Action Research* 
PSY 699 (2):  Thesis*
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Spring 2nd Year
PSY 633 (3):  Professional Seminar in Diversity Management
PSY 685 (2):  Directed Readings for Comprehensive Exam*
PSY 686 (2):  Action Research*
PSY 691 (4):  Field Placement Practicum
PSY 699 (2):  Thesis*
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Total credits:  40                               * Students fulfill one of these three exit options

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Looking for a program in consumer and industrial psychology? Visit: Consumer/Industrial Research Program

Looking for a more general Human Resources program? Try the Master of Labor Relations and Human Resources, offered by the MLR Department in the Nance College of Business Administration.