Learning and cognition – Ph.D. curriculum

1. Learning and cognition core requirements (min. 6 credits)
   You must take the following courses:
   
   EPSY 8117—Writing Empirical Papers and Research/Grant Proposals in Education and Psychology, 3 cr.
   
   Choice of either (not both):
   EPSY 5114—Psychology of Student Learning, 3 cr.
   Or
   EPSY 5115—Psychology of Adult Learning, 3 cr.
    
2. Required learning and cognition courses (min. 12 credits)
   You must take some combination of the following courses:
   
   EPSY 5101—Intelligence and Creativity, 3 cr.
   
   EPSY 5112—Knowing, Learning, and Thinking, 4 cr.
   
   EPSY 5113—Psychology of Instruction and Technology, 3 cr.
   
   EPSY 5118 – Language: Psycholinguistic Research and Educational Application, 3 cr.
   
   EPSY 5191—Education of the Gifted and Talented, 3 cr.
    
3. Specialization courses in learning and cognition (min. 6 credits)
   You must take some combination of the following courses:
   
   EPSY 8111—Seminar: Human Expertise and its Development, 3 cr.
   
   EPSY 8114—Seminar: Cognition and Learning, 3 cr.
   
   EPSY 8115—Psychology of Instruction and Technology, 3 cr.
   
   EPSY 8116—Reading for Meaning: Cognitive Processes in the Comprehension of Texts, 3 cr.
    
4. Departmental core course requirements
   
   3 credits of issues in educational psychology:
   You must take the following course:
   EPSY 8905—History and Systems of Psychology: Landmark Issues in Educational Psychology, 3 cr.
   
   6 credits of research methods:
   You must take the following courses:
   EPSY 5216—Introduction to Research in Educational Psychology, 3 cr.
   EPSY 8216—Seminar: Research Processes in Psychological Foundations of Education, 3 cr.
   
   3 credits of social psychology or personality courses:
   You must take one of the following courses:
   EPSY 5151—Cooperative Learning, 3 cr.
   EPSY 5155—Group Dynamics and Social Influence, 3 cr.
   PSY 5135—Psychology of Individual Differences, 3 cr.
   PSY 5202—Attitudes and Social Behavior, 3 cr.
   PSY 5205—Applied Social Psychology, 3 cr.
   PSY 5207—Personality and Social Behavior, 3 cr.
   PSY 8201—Social Cognition, 3 cr.
   CPSY 8302—Developmental Psychology: Social and Emotional Processes, 4 cr.
   
   12 credits of statistics AND measurement courses:
   You must take at least four of the following courses: (6 credits must be at 8XXX level; 3 credits must be in measurement area)
   
   Statistics:
   EPSY 8261—Statistical Methods I: Probability and Inference, 3 cr.
   EPSY 8262—Statistical Methods II: Regression and the General Linear Model, 3 cr.
   Specialized:
   EPSY 8263—Design and Analysis of Experiments, 3 cr.
   EPSY 8264—Advanced Multiple Regression Analysis, 3 cr.
   EPSY 8266—Statistical Analysis Using Structural Equation Methods, 3 cr.
   
   Measurement:
   EPSY 5221—Basic Principles of Educational Measurement, 4 cr.
   PSY 5862—Psychological Measurement: Theory and Methods, 3 cr.
   Specialized:
   EPSY 5614—Foundations of Special Education II, 3 cr.
   EPSY 8221—Psychological Scaling, 3 cr.
   EPSY 8222—Advanced Measurement: Theory and Application, 4 cr.
   PSY 5865—Advanced Psychological and Educational Measurement, 3 cr.
    
5. Graduate School requirements
   
   Minor or supporting/related fields (minimum 12 credits – check with your adviser for consultation/permission concerning this requirement):
   You must complete a minimum of 12 credits of coursework outside the Educational Psychology department (if selecting a minor, check with intended minor department for credit and course requirements).

PLUS:
Dissertation

EPSY 8888—Thesis Credits: Doctoral, 24 credits (check with advisor)

Total minimum credits required for Ph.D.: 84 credits

Revised April 2008