Course Requirements
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M.S. Required Coursework (40 Hours):
Cognition (9 Hours Required)
EDPS 6510/7510 (3) Cognition, Learning, and Behavior
EDPS 6451/7451 (3) Foundations of Learning
EDPS 6050 (3) Lifespan Development (Childhood & Adolescence)
Courses that can substitute for EDPS 6050:
- EDPS 6051 (3) Lifespan Development (Early to Late Adulthood)
- PSY 6220 (3) Cognitive Development
Methodology (15 Hours Required)
EDPS 7010 (3) Quantitative Methods I: Foundations of Inferential Statistics
EDPS 7020 (6) Quantitative Methods II: ANOVA and Multiple Regression
EDPS 7300 (3) Psychometric Theory
EDPS 7400 (3) Advanced Research Design
Specialty Area and Thesis Research (16 Hours Required)
EDPS 7440 (4) Foundations Seminar
Minimum of 2 elective courses (6 hours required) approved by student's committee.
EDPS 6970 (6) Graduate Thesis: Masters
Note: A Program of Study within this framework must be approved by each student's supervisory committee.
Ph.D. Required Courses (M.S. Requirements + 48 hours):
Basic Psychological Processes (12 Hours Required)
EDPS 6050 (3) Lifespan Development (Childhood & Adolescence)
EDPS 6051 (3) Lifespan Development (Early to Late-Adulthood)
EDPS 7160 (3) Neuropsychological Bases of Behavior
EDPS 7415 (3) Human Memory
EDPS 7520 (3) Psychology of Reading
EDPS 7850 (3) Seminar in Human Intelligence
EDPS 7880 (3) Advanced Seminar on Theory and Methods of Psychophysiology
EDPS 7950 (3) Metacognition
Advanced Methodology (9 Hours Required)
EDPS 7570 (3) Multivariate Statistics
EDPS 7870 (3) Seminar in Methodology
EDPS 7320 (3) Scale Development
EDPS 7460 (3) Program Evaluation
EDPS 7790 (3) Practicum in College/University Teaching
EDPS 6969 (3) Special Topic in Statistics
Specialty Area and Dissertation Research (27 Hours Required):
EDPS 7440 (4) Foundations Seminar
Minimum of 3 elective courses (9 hours required) approved by student's committee.
EDPS 7970 (14) Thesis Research: Dissertation
Note: A Program of Study within this framework must be approved by each student's supervisory committee. Prior graduate coursework from other institutions will be evaluated as to whether it satisfies requirements. Students entering the Ph.D. program with a Master's Degree from another institution may be required to take some M.S. Coursework in route to the Ph.D.