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Educational Psychology
Human Development & Cognition: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Courses in this specialty are designed for the study of human cognitive-intellectual and personal-social development. Graduates will have the necessary competencies for academic research, teaching positions and for leadership roles in agencies and institutions established for the developmental welfare of children and adolescents. Specific program planning is designed by the candidate and the supervisory committee, and therefore no one standard program applies to all students.
For a full explanation of the different possible paths of admission into and completion of the HDC Ph.D., please see the descriptions in the "Degree Options" section at the bottom of this page:
http://depts.washington.edu/coe/programs/ep/deg_programs/hum_dev/hdoverview.html
Examples of courses in Educational Psychology include:
| EDPSY 501 |
Human Learning & Educational Practice |
(3) |
| EDPSY 502 |
Developmental Foundations of Early Learning |
(3) |
| EDPSY 503 |
Theories of Intelligence |
(3) |
| EDPSY 506 |
Instructional Theory |
(3) |
| EDPSY 509 |
Educational Issues in Human Development |
(5) |
| EDPSY 510 |
Educational Issues in Human Learning |
(3) |
| EDPSY 525 |
Creativity in Education |
(3) |
| EDPSY 528 |
Achievement Motivation in Education |
(3) |
| EDPSY 531 |
Socialization of School-Age Children |
(3) |
| EDPSY 532 |
Adolescence & Youth |
(3) |
| EDPSY 533 |
Current Research in Adolescence |
(3) |
| EDPSY 534 |
School Problems of Adolescence |
(3) |
| EDPSY 535 |
Education of the Highly Capable |
(3) |
| EDPSY 536 |
Learning Variables of Minority Children |
(3) |
| EDPSY 548 |
Educational Implications of Personality Theory |
(5) |
| EDPSY 580 |
Seminar in Emergence of Educational Psychology |
(3) |
| EDPSY 582 |
Seminar in Development & Socialization |
(3) |
| EDPSY 590 |
Computers in Educational Research |
(3) |
| EDPSY 595 |
Item Response Theory Models of Testing |
(3) |
| EDPSY 596 |
Program Evaluation |
(3) |
| EDPSY 597 |
Technical Requirements of Large Scale Tests |
(3) |
Examples of courses within Education but outside Educational Psychology include:
| EDC+I 569 |
Educating Ethnic Minority Youths |
(4)
|
| EDC+I 580 |
Seminar in Educational Communication & Technology |
(3)
|
| EDC+I 588 |
Seminar: Computers in Education |
(3) |
| EDC+I 594 |
Seminar in Curriculum: Issues Systems, Models |
(3) |
| EDC+I 595 |
Seminar in Analysis of Teaching |
(3) |
| EDSPE 541 |
Education of Children with Behavior Disorders |
(3) |
| EDSPE 542 |
Introduction to Mental Retardation |
(3) |
| EDSPE 545 |
Instructional Modifications for the Education
of Children with Mild Disabilities
|
(3) |
| EDSPE 548 |
Special Topics in the Education of the Learning Disabled |
(3) |
| EDSPE 565 |
Seminar: Early Childhood Education for Children
with Disabilities
|
(3-9) |
| EDSPE 566 |
Current Research in Early Childhood Special Education |
(2-6) |
Examples of courses in departments outside Education include:
| ANTH 440 |
Child Rearing, Culture & Health |
(3)
|
| ANTH 441 |
Psychological Anthropology |
(5) |
| BSTR 431 |
Introduction to Neuroanatomy |
(4) |
| CHCS 495 |
Child Rearing, Culture & Health |
(3) |
| PBSCI 451 |
Principles of Personality Development |
(2) |
| PCN 530 |
Conceptual Frameworks for Parent-Child Nursing |
(3) |
| PSYCH 405 |
Advance Personality: Theory & Research |
(5) |
| PSYCH 415 |
Personality Development of the Child |
(5) |
| PSYCH 421 |
Neural Basis of Behavior |
(5) |
| PSYCH 465 |
Intelligence |
(3) |
| PSYCH 503 |
Advanced Social Psychology |
(4) |
| PSYCH 504 |
Biological Basis of Developement |
(4) |
| PSYCH 505 |
Early Cognitive & Linguistic Development |
(4) |
| PSYCH 506 |
Personality & Social Development |
(4) |
| PSYCH 511 |
Personality: Motivation & Psychodynamics |
(3) |
| PSYCH 528 |
Emotional Development |
(4)
|
As a particular example of a subspecialty within the Human Development
and Cognitive specialty, it is possible to focus on Literacy, Language
and Thinking Processes. The courses relevant for such a subspecialty
would examine the relationship of auditory and visual language to learning,
symbolic thinking, cognitive processing of complex text, and language
expression. Other subspecialties may be developed, but a subspecialty
in Literacy, Language, and Thinking Processes might include coursework
sampled from the following lists:
Examples of courses in Educational Psychology include:
| EDPSY 506 |
Instructional Theory |
(3)
|
| EDPSY 507 |
Reading, Writing & Arithmetic: Educational
Assessment & Consultation
|
(5)
|
| EDPSY 510 |
Educational Issues in Human Learning |
(3) |
| EDPSY 520 |
Psychology of Reading |
(3) |
| EDPSY 521 |
Psychology of Writing |
(3) |
| EDPSY 524 |
Problem Solving & Critical Thinking in Education |
(3) |
| EDPSY 526 |
Seminar on Metacognition |
(3) |
Examples of courses within Education but outside Educational Psychology include:
| EDC+I 530 |
Seminar in Analysis of Approaches for Teaching
Reading |
(3)
|
| EDC+I 533 |
Seminar: Conducting Research in Reading |
(3-6) |
| EDC+I 569 |
Educating Ethnic Minority Youths |
(4) |
| EDSPE 514 |
Fundamentals of Reading for Children with Disabilities |
(3) |
Examples of courses in departments outside Education:
| ANTH 441 |
Psychological Anthropology |
(5)
|
| ANTH 530 |
Dialectology |
(3) |
| ANTH 559 |
Seminar in Language & Culture |
(3) |
| CMU 400 |
Communications Theory |
(3) |
| ENGL 472 |
Language Learning |
(5) |
| LING 476 |
Philosophy of Language |
(5) |
| LING 519 |
Mathematical Models of Grammar |
(3) |
| LING 553 |
Analysis of Linguistic Structures |
(3) |
| PSYCH 447 |
Psychology of Language |
(5)
|
| PSYCH 457 |
Language Development |
(5)
|
| PSYCH 462 |
Human Memory |
(5)
|
| PSYCH 505 |
Early Cognitive & Linguistic Development |
(4)
|
| PSYCH 523 |
Cognition |
(5)
|
| PSYCH 534 |
Foundations of Psychological Research |
(3)
|
| PSYCH 546 |
Seminar in Learning |
(2)
|
Research Preparation
Ph.D. students should take the following
required courses during their first year:
| EDLPS 525 |
Educational Inquiry |
(3 credits; credit/no credit; offered Autumn
Quarter)
|
| EDLPS 526 |
Educational Inquiry |
(3 credits; credit/no credit;
offered Autumn Quarter)
|
Ph.D. students must also take two additional research courses and demonstrate
competence in two methodological approaches.
Methodological Core
Because methodological techniques form much of the disciplinary framework
of Educational Psychology, Ph.D. students are expected to complete a
methodological core, which will consist of a minimum of three courses
(11 credits minimum). These may overlap with methodological courses
taken to fulfill the College Research Preparation requirement; or, they
may complement courses taken to fulfill the College requirement and
form the basis of a cognate in methodology. Two of the following
three courses are required as part of the methodological core, plus
at least one additional course (see options listed below):
| EDPSY 592 |
Advanced Educational Measurements |
(3)
|
| EDPSY 593 |
Experimental Design & Analysis |
(5) |
| EDPSY 594 |
Advanced Correlational Techniques |
(5) |
(Students who have not completed the prerequisites for the above courses
(or their equivalent) will take those as well, before taking the methodological
core courses.)
Examples of courses within Education that may complete the methodological core:
|
EDPSY 586-87
|
Qualitative Methods of Educational Research
(Cross-listed as EDC & I 578-79)
|
(2-qtr course) (5-5)
|
| EDPSY 588 |
Survey Reseach Methodology & Theory |
(3) |
| EDPSY 595 |
Item Response Theory Models of Testing |
(3) |
| EDPSY 597 |
Technical Requirements of Large Scale Tests |
(3) |
| EDSPE 511 |
Methods of Applied Behavior Analysis Research |
(3) |
| EDSPE 517 |
Practicum in Research Design &
Analysis in Special Education
|
(1-3) |
Examples of courses outside Education that may complete the methodological core:
| PSYCH 514 |
Linear Models & Data Analysis |
(4) |
| PSYCH 518 |
Single Subject Design & Research |
(3) |
| PSYCH 519 |
Statistical Methods in Longitudinal Research |
(3) |
| SOC 419-420 |
Fieldwork: Observation & Interviewing |
(5-5) |
| SOC 525 |
Experimental Methods in Social Research |
(3) |
| ANTH 550 |
Field Techniques in Ethnography |
(3) |
| PB AF 527 |
Quantitative Analysis |
(3) |
| PB AF 528 |
Quantitative Analysis for Public Managers |
(3)
|
| SOCWL 580-81 |
Introduction to Advanced Research Methods & Design |
(3)
|
| BIOST 529 |
Sample Survey Techniques |
(3)
|
In addition, courses of potential value to the student are offered
in the Deparment of Statistics; Center for Quantitative Science in Forestry,
Fisheries, and Wildlife; and Quantitative Methods and Business Administrative
Research Methods.
NOTE: The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal
opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or status as
a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran in accordance with University
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