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Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

Educational Psychology M.A. – Teaching Applications Concentration

Program Overview

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

General Master's Degree Admission Requirements

View delivery options, start terms and admission requirements.

Director: Carl E. Granrud, Ph.D.

Location: McKee 0014

Telephone: 970.351.2957

Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/psychological-sciences/

 

The Educational Psychology: Teaching Applications Concentration is designed specifically for teachers. The strategically-designed online program will help teachers optimize teaching and learning processes in the classroom.

 

The master's and doctoral programs are designed to prepare individuals for educational activities such as instruction, evaluation, test construction, educational research, educational consulting to business and public schools, and university teaching. All students must abide by the codes of ethics of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

 

Educational Psychology offers programs and service courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The program faculty provide courses on psychological principles and theories and research methodologies as applied to the educational process. These applications range from everyday concerns in the public school classroom to basic research on learning and cognition, and the development of children, adolescents, and adults. Faculty and students have access to computers, a complete set of data analysis software packages and laboratory facilities available for both teaching and research purposes. Service courses are offered to support other university programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Degree Requirements — 30 Credits

Required Major Credits — 30 credit hours

PSY 533Social Emotional Learning in Education

3

PSY 561Hot Topics in Education

3

PSY 562Science of Creativity for Teaching

3

PSY 575Educational Assessment

3

PSY 581Brain and Education

3

PSY 600Graduate Research Methodology

3

PSY 640Cultural Issues in Education Psychology

3

PSY 644Motivation in Education

3

PSY 681Learning and Instruction

3

PSY 697Master's Project in Psychology

3- 6

PSY 697: take 3 credits

Program Notes

This program is offered according to a cohort model in which all students take the courses in the same sequence. The required comprehensive examination will be satisfied by successful completion of the MA Project, as set forth in program guidelines.

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