Academic programs
Graduate programs
Counseling
and student personnel psychology (CSPP)
Prepares counselors and counseling psychologists for work in a
variety of settings, including education, business, community, and agency
environments.
School
psychology
Prepares psychologists who have a strong and broad-based
knowledge of psychology, educational psychology, and child development to apply
that knowledge to school settings.
Special
education
Offers teacher licensure opportunities in the areas of:
developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral
disorders, early childhood special education, and deaf/hard of hearing. Our
program also produces
national leaders through graduate training, research of critical issues in
special education, and promotion of best practices in the development of
student and professional teachers.
Psychological
foundations of education
Prepares graduates to take leadership positions in research and
teaching in colleges and universities, schools, private industry, human service
organizations, health care units, government agencies, and other research and
development centers. This program has the two specialty areas listed below:
Quantitative methods in
education (QME)
QME is a new track within the Department of
Educational Psychology and is affiliated with the psychological
foundations track. QME provides students with broad but rigorous
methodological skills so they may conduct research on methodologies,
may help to train others in methodology, or have the skills
necessary to conduct research in related fields.
Certificate program (graduate-level)
A certificate program in talent
development and gifted education is also available.
Undergraduate minor
The applied psychology in educational and community settings (APECS)
minor engages students with the various fields in educational
psychology and prepares them for graduate work.
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