NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Educational Psychology

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

EPSY            360
         Learning, Cognition and Student Assessment
       2 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or above and admission to the Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education Program. Successful completion of EPSY 255. Restricted to Education.  

EPSY            415
         Urban Youth Fieldwork
       3 hours.  May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Previously listed as CIE 415. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above; and consent of the instructor. Requires interview and placement. Instructor Approval Required To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion and one Practice.

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            494
         Topics in Educational Psychology
       1 TO 4 hours.  May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite(s): 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            504
         Rating Scale and Questionnaire Design and Analysis
       4 hours.  Same as PSCH 504. Previously listed as EPSY 550. Prerequisite(s): ED 501, and ED 503 or EPSY 503 or the equivalents 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            522
         Student Teaching in the Primary Grades
       6 hours.  Field work required. Meets 8 weeks of the semester. Prerequisite(s): EPSY 519; and consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required 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            553
         Assessment for Teachers
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): EPSY 421 and EPSY 422; or consent of the instructor.  

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.