Learning and Cognition Program of Study
Learning and Cognition Program Handbook - 2024-2025
| Degree | Category | Minumum # of Credits |
Pre-Approved Courses: Number, Title, (Credits) |
| MS, MA PhD |
Foundations of Learning and Cognition |
9 | Take all 3: • EDPS 7863: Cognitive & Affective Bases of Behavior (3) • EDPS 6451/7451: Foundations of Learning (3) • EDPS 7860 Learning Sciences: Research and Methodological Perspectives (3) |
| MS, MA PhD |
Basic Statistics & Methodology |
12 | Take all 3: • EDPS 7010 Quantitative Methods I: Foundations of Inferential Statistics (3) • EDPS 7020 Quantitative Methods II: ANOVA and Multiple Regression (6) • EDPS 7300 Psychometric Theory (3) |
| MS, MA only |
Electives | 9 | Choose 3: • Any course in Advanced Methodology & Statistics section below. • Any course in Diversity Learning below. • Any course in the Specialty Topics in Learning and Cognition below. |
| MS, MA only |
LS Seminar | 3 | • EDPS 7440 Learning Sciences Seminar (1) – repeat for 3 semesters |
| MS, MA only |
Thesis | 6 | • EDPS 6970 Graduate Thesis: Masters (variable) |
MS & MA students stop here (minimum of 39 credits). Ph.D. program continues below.
| PhD | Advanced Methodology & Statistics |
12 | Choose 4*: • EDPS 6969: Hierarchical Linear Modeling (3) • EDPS 7400 Advanced Research Design (3) • EDPS 7420 Qualitative Research in Psychology (4) • STAT 6969 Special Topics in Statistics (3) • STAT 6003 Survey of Statistical Computer Packages (3) |
| PhD | Diversity Learning |
3 | Choose 1: • EDPS 7550: Social Psychology of Human Diversity (3) • ECS 6600: Introduction to Critical and Cultural Studies in Education (3) • ECS 7858: STEM Education and Society (3) |
| PhD | Specialty Topics in Learning and Cognition |
12 | Choose 4*: • EDPS 7520: Psychology of Reading (3) • EDPS 7854: Knowing and Learning in STEM (3) • EDPS 6440: Human Computer Interaction (3) • EDPS 6560: Multimedia Learning (3) • EDPS 7415: Human Memory (3) • EDPS 7880: Advanced Seminar on Theory and Methods of Psychophysiology |
| PhD | Applied Skills & Development |
3 | Choose 1: • EDPS 7790: Practicum in College/University Teaching (1-3) • EDPS 7960: Special Topics Seminar (Grant Writing Seminar) (3) |
| PhD | Learning Sciences Seminar |
4 | • EDPS 7440 (1) – repeat for at least 4 semesters |
| PhD | Dissertation Research |
14 | • Course # specific to your dissertation advisor • Note: You must be registered for a minimum of 3 dissertation credits in the semester that you propose your dissertation and in the semester you defend your dissertation. |
*Alternatives to the courses listed here may be considered upon consultation with your advisor