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Anne Brodsky, Ph.D., Chair
Elliot D. Lasson, Ph.D., Graduate Program Director
Greg Williams, Ed.D., Director and Clinical Associate Professor

Degree Offered

P.B.C. (Degree Types )

Faculty

Training and Talent Development Faculty

Program Description

The Training and Talent Development Certificate program at UMBC-Shady Grove offers a unique opportunity for HR professionals who want to specialize in talent management through a hybrid of in person and online courses.
Designed to address the increasing role of HR in performance improvement, our curriculum was developed as a partnership between UMBC’s Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Learning and Performance Technology graduate programs.
Through this 12-credit program, you will learn the key principles relevant to training and development, including adult learning theory, needs assessment, training methodology, and analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training. The credits you earn as part of the Training and Talent Development graduate certificate can also be applied towards the M.P.S. in I/O Psychology, or the M.A. in Learning and Performance Technology.

Program Admission Requirements

We have found that the most successful applicants to our program will have elements of the following profile:

• A Grade Point Average of 3.0 or above with:
  • Introduction to (General) Psychology in addition to an undergraduate course in Research Methods or Statistics.
• A focused Goal Statement demonstrating a basic understanding of the field of I/O and career aspirations with some application of I/O or HR.
• For those applicants who have not taken these prerequisite courses yet, a competitive application would include a plan to take these classes at an accredited institution (in-person or online) prior to starting the program and be addressed in the Goal Statement.
• GRE scores are not required for admission.

Please note that the above are guidelines used by the Selection Committee and that reviews and final decisions are made at its discretion on a holistic basis taking into account the entire application.

Fall Application Deadline: August 1

Programs

• Training and Talent Development, P.B.C.

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