Applied Educational Psychology

Master Degree Course Work

The Applied Educational Psychology Core course (3 hrs.) helps students explore the field of educational psychology including its culture, history, important leaders, current and past trends and issues.

EP 507 – Survey of Educational Psychology (3 hrs.)

Human Development (6 hrs.) courses related to human development help students explore the role of development in learning for more and less successful learners. Students choose two courses from the following list:

EP 510 - Psychological Theories of Human Development Applied to Ed (3 hrs.)
EP 522 - Adult Development (3 hrs.)
PSY 511 - Developmental Psychology (3 hrs.)

Learning Principles courses (9 hrs.) provide an opportunity to compare behavioral and cognitive learning theories in-depth and other theories in comparison. Students may study learning as it relates to adults as well as children.

Required:
EP 671 - Mediated Learning Theory (3 hrs.)

Choice of two of the following:
EP 515 - Educational Applications of Behavioral Learning Theories (3 hrs.)
EP 516 - Educational Applications of Cognitive Learning Theories (3 hrs.)
EP 525 - Adult Learning (3 hrs.)

The Research (3 hrs.) course provides students the opportunity to explore statistics and research from a conceptual perspective. Non-theses students take EP 550. Thesis students take EP 577.

EP 550 - Statistics and Research Design: Conceptual (3 hrs.)
EP 577 - Educational Statistics (3 hrs.)

The Assessment course (3 hrs.) provides an overview of assessment concepts, approaches, and issues. Students take CE 525.

CE 525 - Formal Measurement in Education and Counseling (3 hrs.)

The Intervention (6 hrs.) courses include exploration of cognitive education, approaches for meeting the needs of nontraditional and underachieving students, and facilitation of group change. Students choose two courses from the following list:

EP 572 - Cognitive Education Models and Approaches (3 hrs)
EP 573 - Meeting the Needs of Nontrad. & Underachieving Learners (3 hrs.)
EP 574 - Facilitating Group Change (3 hrs.)

Thesis students take 6 hours of thesis toward the 36-hour program in lieu of electives. The thesis involves an original research project. A written document of the research is presented to the student’s graduate committee members and discussed in an oral examination regarding the research.

The vast majority of students opt for the Non-thesis option. They complete 6 hours of additional Electives coursework and take a comprehensive examination. This examination typically involves the writing of scholarly papers in response to questions from each of the student’s graduate committee members. Electives may be selected from the following list:

EP 460 - Self-Management in the Helping Professions (3 hrs.)
EP 513 - Reflective Practice in Education and Psychology (3 hrs.)
EP 522 - Adult Development 3 hrs)
EP 525 - Adult Learning (3 hrs.)
EP 529 - Facilitating Adult Learning (3 hrs.)

Updated 11/11/2008

 

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