M.S. - Educational Psychology - Concentration: Teacher Preparation (30 credit hours)

Educational Psychology Core Courses (9 Hours)

All students are required to take a set of core educational psychology courses that will provide grounding in learning, motivation, and development.

EDEP 550: Theories of Learning and Cognition (3 credit hours)
EDEP 551: Principles of Learner Motivation (3 credit hours) (Prerequisite: EDEP 550 )

And one of the following:

EDUC 539: Human Development and Learning, PK-12 (3 credit hours)
PSYC 666: Cognitive and Perceptual Development (3 credit hours)
EDUC 672: Human Development and Learning: Secondary Education (3 credit hours)
EDUC 597: Special Topics in Education (3 credit hours) (Focus on human development)

Research Methodology Core Courses (9 Hours)

All students are required to take courses, which will enable them to conduct research intended to answer a question within an educational or organizational setting.

EDRS 620: Quantitative Inquiry in Education (3 credit hours) (Prerequisite of EDRS 590 (Educational Research) or appropriate prior experience or coursework)
EDRS 621: Qualitative Inquiry in Education (3 credit hours) (Prerequisite of EDRS 590 (Educational Research) or appropriate prior experience or coursework)
EDRS 531: Educational and Psychological Measurement (3 credit hours)

Concentration 3: Teacher Preparation (12 Hours)

The Teacher Preparation concentration is for individuals who want to earn a MS in Educational Psychology while completing the requirements to become licensed to teach in a public school classroom. The Teacher Preparation concentration requires admission and concurrent enrollment one of the following teacher licensure certificate programs, administered by other programs in the College of Education and Human Development: Secondary Education, Special Education, Foreign Language, and English as a Second Language (ESL). Certificate programs typically involve 15 or more course credit hours and a 6 credit internship experience. For the Teacher Preparation concentration, students apply 3 courses (i.e., 9 credits) from within one teacher licensure certificate program toward their MS degree in Educational Psychology with the expectation that they will complete the teacher certification program.

The coursework for the Teacher Preparation Concentration for the MS in Educational Psychology includes:

Three approved teacher licensure certificate program courses (9) and

EDUC 598: Directed Reading, Research, and Individual Projects (3 credit hours) (or)
EDUC 599: Thesis (3 credit hours)