| EDP 304 | Educational Psychology | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Sophomore standing |
| Psychological principles applied to education, including cognitive and personality development, individual differences, learning and behavior theory, cognitive strategies for learning and remembering, critical thinking and problem-solving strategies, student motivation, classroom management techniques, components of teacher effectiveness, measurement and student evaluation procedures, characteristics of exceptional children, mainstreaming in the classroom, and multicultural education. |
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| EDP 370 | Applied Child Development | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: Sophomore standing |
| Students will explore how biological, cognitive, and social/emotional development affects children's learning and behavior. The course will focus on applying important theories and current findings in development to issues in education such as lesson planning, curriculum design, behavior management, motivation, an appropriate assessment. Students will also apply knowledge of development to issues such as creating actively engaging individuated experiences to deal with gifted students, students with diverse ethnic or cultural backgrounds, and students with exceptionalities or disabilities. |
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| EDP (PSY) 476 | Psychology of Adolescent Development | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: PSY 200 or EDP 304 |
| Theories, principles, and issues of human psychological development emphasizing adolescence. Cognitive, social, and physical changes; their interaction. Implications for teaching and parenting adolescents. |
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| EDP 504 | Advanced Educational Psychology | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing |
| A critical appraisal of current psychological findings relevant to educational practice and theory. |
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| EDP 560 | Educational Testing and Measurement | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing |
| The study of principles of educational testing and measurement, particularly classroom assessment, including norm and criterion referenced assessment, classroom testing methods and principles,standardized testing and measurement, item analysis, and an introduction to basic descriptive statistics. A brief introduction to innovative assessment is also included. |
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| EDP (PSY) 582 | Adolescent Development | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Spring and Summer |
| Prerequisite: 6 hours in PSY |
| Current theories and research on development during adolescence. Topics include: physical growth, cognitive changes, relationships with peers, parents and teachers, quest for identity and independence, morality and sexuality. |
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| EDP 696 | Summer Thesis Res | UNITS: 1 |
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| EDP 760 | Quantitative Analysis in Education | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: ST 507 and ST 508 |
| Students will apply and enhance their quantitative skills through analysis of existing datasets. Course goals include practicing and extending Multiple Regression knowledge and skills, generating and testing hypotheses in a multiple regression framework, and appropriately disseminating results. |
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| EDP 896 | Summer Dissert Res | UNITS: 1 |
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