NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Educational Psychology

Location: 3145 EPASW; Phone: (312) 996-5641.

EPSY     429            Constructivist Approaches to Development: Piaget and Vygotsky
         3 OR 4 hours.
        Same as PSCH 429. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ED 422 or PSCH 422 or the equivalent and graduate standing in education or graduate standing in psychology or consent of the instructor.    

EPSY     446            Characteristics of Early Adolescence
         3 hours.
        Same as PSCH 423. Prerequisite(s): ED 210 or ED 421 or ED 422 or PSCH 422 or the equivalent, and approval of the College of Education or admission to the Ph.D. in Psychology program or consent of the instructor.   Instructor Approval Required 

EPSY     465            Cognitive Development and Disabilities
         3 hours.
        Same as SPED 465. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): SPED 461 or ED 461 or the equivalent or consent of the instructor.    

EPSY     466            Language Development, Diversity, and Disabilities
         3 hours.
        Same as SPED 466. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): SPED 461 or ED 461 or the equivalent or consent of the instructor.    

EPSY     467            Social and Emotional Development and Disabilities
         3 hours.
        Same as SPED 467. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): SPED 461 or ED 461 or the equivalent or consent of the instructor.    

EPSY     502            Social Psychology of Education
         4 hours.
        Same as PSCH 517. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Education program or the Ph.D. in Psychology program; or consent of the instructor.    

EPSY     503            Essentials of Quantitative Inquiry in Education
         4 hours.
        Same as ED 503. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Education program or consent of the instructor.    

EPSY     506            Item Response Theory/Rasch Measurement
         4 hours.
         Same as PSCH 506. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): ED 501 and EPSY 503 and EPSY 546 or the equivalent. Appropriate score on the department placement test. Graduate or professional standing required or consent of the instructor.   

EPSY     520            Curriculum and Practice in Early Childhood Education I
         5 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): EPSY 429 and ED 422; and consent of the instructor.    To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion and one Practice. 

EPSY     521            Early Childhood Education Student Teaching
         10 hours.
        Meets Illinois State requirement for Type 04 Certification by providing supervised student teaching experience. Prerequisite(s): EPSY 519 and EPSY 520; and consent of the instructor.    To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion and one Practice. 

EPSY     527            Seminar in Moral Development, Character Formation, and Education
         4 hours.
        Same as PSCH 527. Prerequisite(s): ED 422 or PSCH 422 or the equivalent, or admission to the Ph.D. in Education program, Ph.D. in Psychology program, or Ph.D. in Social Work program, or consent of the instructor.    

EPSY     547            Multiple Regression in Educational Research
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): EPSY 503.    

EPSY     593            Ph.D. Research Project
         1 TO 8 hours.
        May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Ph.D. in Education program.    

EPSY     594            Special Topics in Educational Psychology
         1 TO 4 hours.
        May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite(s): ED 421 and ED 422, or consent of the instructor.    

EPSY     596            Independent Study
         1 TO 4 hours.
        May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): ED 490 or the equivalent, and consent of the advisor and instructor.    

EPSY     599            Thesis Research
         0 TO 16 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the dissertation advisor.