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At the department of Educational Psychology, we believe that education is both an art and a science. Our focus: preparing the next generation of researchers and scientist-practitioners with degrees in psychological foundations of education, quantitative methods in education, counseling psychology, school psychology, and special education.
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The Department of Educational Psychology provides training in the cognitive, emotional, and social learning processes that underlie education and human development across the lifespan, including: the psychological foundations of education, quantitative methods in education, the practice and science of counseling psychology, school psychology, and special education.
Faculty and students provide leadership and consultation to the state, nation, and international community. The department's scholarship and teaching enhance professional practice in schools and universities, community mental health agencies, business and industrial organizations, early childhood programs, and government agencies.
-Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in: psychological foundations of education (learning, cognition & educational technologies and social psychological and developmental processes emphases), quantitative methods in education, school psychology (M.A./specialist certificate), and special education
-M.Ed. in special education (specializations in: autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Deaf Hard of Hearing (DHH), developmental disabilities (DD), emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), early childhood special education (ECSE), and learning disabilities (LD)
-B.S./ABS licensure in special education
-American Sign Language (ASL) classes
-Educational Psychology graduate minor
-Applied Psychology in Undergraduate and Community Settings (APECS) undergraduate minor
-Professional certificates in gifted and talented education and autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
