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Explore perspectives on human flourishing from sciences and humanities, investigating themes like resilience and compassion to sustain meaningful engagement.
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The final is easy, but weekly quizzes and journals can be annoying or frequent.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Covers HCI principles, research methods, data analysis, and a semester-long research project in critical domains.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Introduction to qualitative inquiry covering assumptions, standards, and methods for generating and communicating interpretations.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026This course teaches data analysis, coding techniques, and strategies for sharing qualitative research findings.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025 · limited sampleRegistration for Ph.D. students who have defended their dissertation and are completing the required predoctoral internship.
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Introduces statistical thinking, analysis tools, and literacy for real-world decision-making.
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Spring 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sampleIntroduces theories of learning, covering memory, intelligence, cognitive and social aspects, context, and individual differences.
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Historical reviews of Fangli Xia, Xuesong Cang: Workload includes weekly homework, three exams, and short to long papers, with exams described as fair and not overly difficult.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026EDPSYCH 320 covers normative processes and individual differences in physical, mental, social, and emotional development from infancy through late childhood.
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Historical reviews of Alexandra Puk, Ferrine Spector, Hilary Runion, Rhadhika Gosavi: Workload involves mandatory attendance for participation points and reading textbooks for vocabulary. Assessments vary, ranging from tests covering obscure reading details to short quizzes, research participation, and final papers.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026EDPSYCH 321 examines the physiological, social, and cognitive changes characterizing the transition from childhood to adult life.
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Historical reviews of Amy Bellmore: The course relies on multiple exams and heavy textbook reading. While one student succeeded with minimal reading, others emphasize that completing all assigned readings is essential for an A.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Provides an overview of methods and findings at the interface between education and neuroscience.
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The course features a group project, three exams, and smaller assignments like quizzes and discussion posts. Workload is described as low-stress with fair tests, though exams require studying for those without a neuroscience background.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Examines social and psychological human development from early childhood through adolescence and its implications for education.
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The course offers many extra credit opportunities and features low difficulty ratings, suggesting a manageable workload.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026EDPSYCH 470 provides supervised research experience in Educational Psychology, involving reading published studies and presenting or writing a paper on team-based research.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026EDPSYCH 501 explores psychological principles relevant to learning, knowing, and teaching through reflection and contextual application.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleExamines the influence of educational psychology on current issues and innovations in education.
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Workload involves reading three research papers weekly and posting to discussion boards, with assignments described as easy and fun.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Covers the cognitive and emotional foundations of behavior, focusing on learning, change, and the interplay between automatic and deliberate processes.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleIntroduction to professional school psychology roles, history, ethics, assessment, intervention, and applied research for at-risk youth.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleEDPSYCH 541 teaches the application of behavioral analysis to educational situations for children and adolescents.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleEDPSYCH 542 covers neuroscience foundations, neuroanatomy, and psychopharmacology for clinical mental health practice.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleEDPSYCH 560 introduces foundational research procedures in social sciences, focusing on quantitative and qualitative data analysis and their application in learning analytics.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleEDPSYCH 575 teaches the theoretical and practical use of learning analytics for instructional design to predict success and retention.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleEDPSYCH 615 teaches communication methods for learning analytics data through conversations and visualizations.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleEDPSYCH 621 provides an overview of adolescent physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development within educational contexts.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Foundations of Instructional Coaching explores strategies for building school team capacity through coaching models, collaboration, and professional learning.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sampleA graduate seminar in educational psychology focusing on research logic and investigation strategies.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025 · limited sampleEDPSYCH 711 covers current issues in educational psychology.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026EDPSYCH 720 examines individual development in infancy and childhood, focusing on physical, cognitive, social, and personality changes and their contextual influences.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleCovers theories of intelligence, test construction, administration, interpretation, and report writing for children in schools.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025EDPSYCH 760 teaches introductory descriptive statistics, statistical inference, and correlation techniques applied to education.
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Historical reviews of Edward Hubbard: Edward Hubbard's course was rated low difficulty, but the first day consumed an hour with student introductions.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Introduction to the design of educational experiments, covering classical designs, factorial arrangements, confounding, and repeated measures.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleNo released grades for this term.
Offering snapshots currently cover Fall 2026. Earlier grade records do not provide a complete offering history.