Program Requirement:
The M.A. in Educational Psychology; Learning Sciences focuses on educational research and its application to practice. Exploration and application of contemporary psychological and educational theories and empirical studies in (a) cognition, learning, and instruction; (b) self-regulation, motivation, and emotion; (c) technology-rich learning environments; and (d) social, cultural, and historical foundations of learning. Training in research design and data analytic techniques through coursework and thesis supervision.
Thesis Courses (24 credits)
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EDPE 604
Thesis 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Literature survey and thesis planning.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 607
Thesis 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Preparation of a thesis proposal.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 693
Thesis 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Thesis research under supervision of a research director.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 694
Thesis 4
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Thesis research under supervision of a research director.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 695
Thesis 5
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Thesis research under supervision of a research director.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 696
Thesis 6
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Thesis research under supervision of a research director.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Required Courses (15 credits)
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EDPE 605
Research Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Research methods and designs, planning and evaluating research, relations between research and statistical designs, interdisciplinary and nonquantitative approaches, meta-analysis, and the use of computers beyond computation. Ethics, scholarly writing.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 656
Appl Theory/Methods in the LS
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Foundational and current theories and methodologies applied to understanding human
cognition and learning. An overview of experimental, observational, and physiological
research designs, methods, and analyses.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 666
Fndns of Learning Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): An introduction to theory and research pertaining to the interdisciplinary study of the learning sciences. Focuses on cognitive-psychological and social-psychological foundations of human leaning, as well as on the design of learning environments.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 676
Intermediate Statistics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Concepts and procedures of conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of variance, correlation, and regression models. Provides experience with data-analysis tools.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 682
Univariate/Multivariate Anal
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): General linear model as a unified data analytic system for estimation and hypothesis testing that subsumes regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance for single dependent variables. Introduction to generalizations involving multiple dependent (criterion) variables. Applications oriented toward education, educational psychology and counselling psychology. Experience with data-analysis tools.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
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EDPE 555
Socio-Cultural Fndns of LS
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Examination of foundational theories of the Learning Sciences including contributions by social constructivist theories. Implications of theory on methodologies for the Learning Sciences in general, and for educational and instructional contexts in particular.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 636
Motivation and Instruction
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Instructional effects on motivation and emotions and their implications for educational practice, with particular emphasis on socio-cultural and constructivist practices, classroom interaction, and teacher impact.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 640
Emrgng Technos for Educl Chnge
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Interdisciplinary learning theories; working with and evaluating emerging digital technologies and interfaces that impact teaching and learning.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 663
Learning Environments
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Research on digital environments and tools (e.g., online, mobile) that support learning and developing expertise. Evaluation and application of theory and research on technology-rich educational environments focusing on underlying cognitive and social processes.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 664
Expertise, Reasng&Prblm Solvng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Current research on the development of expertise, problem solving, and reasoning in formal and informal educational settings, exploring cognitive, interpersonal, and socio-cultural dimensions. Introduction to methodologies for analyzing data related to cognitive processes.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 687
Qualitative Methods in Ed Psyc
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): The logics of design and selection of phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, case study and mixed design methods with emphasis on data analysis in light of issues of research purpose, epistemology, reliability and validity.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
or other 500-, or 600-level courses offered by the Department and with the approval of the supervisor and the Program Director.