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  • 3.00 Credits

    Variable subject matter or experimental format. Topics offered on an occasional and non-repeated basis. Students enrolled in 6950 will be expected to meet a higher standard of performances and may be assigned additional work.
  • 2.00 - 6.00 Credits

    Independent study involving library based reading and other research.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction to Educational Psychology is a foundational course that will examine how people learn and retain knowledge from multiple perspectives ' developmental, cognitive, behavioral, social-cognitive, and constructivist/socio-cultural. Students will be introduced to a broad range of conditions that impact learning in addition to assessment and intervention strategies in the field. Students will further learn about the history of educational psychology, major theorists and researchers in the field, and meet faculty in the department who will talk about their specialty area within the field in order to introduce students to possible career paths.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides the foundation for many other courses in the educational psychology major by introducing students to the principles of conditioning and learning, and behavior analysis concepts that can be applied to a variety of careers including school psychology, school counseling, special education, child and family counseling, addiction treatment, parenting, coaching, managing and supervising complex organizations in the business world, marketing, sports psychology, industrial psychology, speech pathology, social work, behavioral medicine, animal training, juvenile corrections, and more! Further, you will be encouraged to apply principles of conditioning and learning to your everyday life to help you reach personal, academic, and career goals. Each week you will meet to discuss the assigned readings, review homework, and present original examples of your attempts to use behavioral concepts and principles to change behavior.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The goals of this course are to engage students in studying and understanding research in education, and how research can be used to inform and improve educational practice. Students will be instructed in basic methodological concepts, and will learn about both quantitative and qualitative research designs used in educational research through the reading of primary research documents.
    General Education Course
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course provides opportunities and resources for students to examine their career-related interests, values, skills, and personality with respect to the field of behavioral mental health. In addition to gaining self-knowledge, students will learn how to gather occupational information including job duties, responsibilities, work environment, pay, and outlook. Students will learn how to use self-knowledge and occupational information to make sound career decisions. The goal of this course is to help students explore career paths in the field of behavioral mental health, get them connected to resources, and remove barriers to their career development.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Overview of current theories and practices in learning and human development with a focus on application to real-world contexts, including analysis of instruction in today's schools. Topics include research on motivation, cognition, the social and cultural context of learning, learner differences and assessment. Prerequisite to early childhood, elementary and secondary teacher certification programs.
  • 2.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Provides the fundamental concepts, knowledge, skills, and attitudes that all teacher candidates need for technology integration in the elementary classroom. This is an introductory technology-in-education course in which theories of human learning and cognition are applied to the analysis and development of technology-supported instruction and multimedia materials for student learning.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to encourage academic success. Students are given the opportunity to learn different techniques to develop a personalized system of learning. In addition to academic skills (including time-management, note-taking, test-taking), instructors focus on helping students clarify goals and values, increase their skills as critical and active thinkers, and become familiar with the many aspects of University culture and resources.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Explores students' interests, aptitudes, personal characteristics, values, and world of work as these affect career decision making. Small-group format.