Program Requirements
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The Learning Sciences master's degree requires 40 credit hours.
Course Requirements
Foundations of Learning and Cognition (Minimum of 9 Hours) (Take all 3)
Cognitive & Affective Bases of Behavior (3)
Research and Methodological Perspectives (3)
Basic Statistics & Methodology (Minimum of 12 Hours) (Take all 3)
Quantitative Methods I: Foundations of Inferential Statistics (3)
Quantitative Methods II: ANOVA and Multiple Regression (6)
Psychometric Theory (3)
Electives (Minimum of 9 Hours) (Choose any one course from each category, 3 total)
Advanced Methodology & Statistics (Select 1)
Hierarchical Linear Modeling (3)
Advanced Research Design (3)
Qualitative Research in Psychology (4)
Special Topics in Statistics (3)
Survey of Statistical Computer Packages (3)
Diversity Learning (Select 1)
Social Psychology of Human Diversity (3)
Introduction to Critical and Cultural Studies in Education (3)
STEM Education and Society (3)
Specialty Topics in Learning and Cognition (Select 1)
Psychology of Reading (3)
Knowing and Learning in STEM (3)
Human Computer Interaction (3)
Multimedia Learning (3)
Human Memory (3)
Advanced Seminar on Theory and Methods of Psychophysiology (3)
Learning Sciences Seminar (Minimum of 3 Hours, repeat for 3 semesters)
Learning Sciences Seminar (1) - repeat for at least 4 semesters
Thesis (Minimum of 6 Hours)
Graduate Thesis: Masters (variable)
Sample Course Sequencing
The Learning Sciences Program does not currently enforce strict course sequencing throughout the program of study. A noteable exception to this is that students start out taking:
First Year:
Fall: EDPS 7010
Spring: EDPS 7020
Second Year:
Fall: EDPS 7300
Spring: EDPS 7400
Although this is a sample program of study, individual student needs should be addressed in regular meetings with the student’s advisor.
Student entering with Bachelor’s degree or non-thesis MS degree:
Year 1 Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDPS 7010 | Quantitative Methods I - Foundations of Inferential Statistics | 3 |
| EDPS 7451 | Foundations of Learning | 3 |
| EDPS 7440 | Learning Sciences Seminar | 1 |
| #### #### | Elective - see course list in handbook | # |
Year 1 Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDPS 7020 | Quantitative Methods II | 6 |
| EDPS 7440 | Learning Sciences Seminar | 1 |
| EDPS 7860 | Learning Sciences; Research and Methological Perspective | 3 |
Year 2 Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDPS 7300 | Psychometric Theory | 3 |
| EDPS 7440 | Learning Sciences Seminar | 1 |
| EDPS 7863 | Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior | 3 |
| EDPS 6970 | Graduate Thesis: Master's | 1-9 |
| Form supervisory committee; file forms for program of study and application for admission to candidacy | ||
Year 2 Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDPS 7440 | Learning Sciences Seminar | 1 |
| EDPS 6970 | Graduate Thesis: Master's | 1-9 |
| #### #### | Elective - see course list in handbook | # |
Language Requirements
If you choose to pursue an M.A. instead of M.S., there is an additional language requirement.
- Candidates for the M.A. degree must be certified by the Department of World Languages
& Cultures as having demonstrated “standard proficiency” in at least one foreign language.
- Departments may establish additional language requirements for the M.A. degree.
- There is no University-wide foreign-language requirement for the M.S. degree.
- Departments may establish their own language requirement.
- The major department determines the foreign language in which each candidate is required
to demonstrate competence.
- The Language Verification form for certification is available in the Department of World Languages & Cultures.