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            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.  

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            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            510
         Theory of Statistics
       4 hours.  EPSY 546 or EPSY 547 or EPSY 563; and graduate or professional standing; or consent of the instructor or equivalent.  

EPSY            512
         Hierarchical Linear Models
       4 hours.  Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): EPSY 546 or EPSY 547 or EPSY 563; and graduate or professional standing; or consent of the instructor or equivalent.  

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
         Internship in Early Childhood
       6 hours.  May be repeated. Full-time fieldwork required in early childhood education classroom. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion and one Practice.

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.