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Courses: Educational Psychology (EPSY)

6197:6397: Selected Topics
Cr. 1-3 per semester. (1-0; 3-0). Prerequisite: approval of chair. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

6198:6298:6398: Special Problems
Cr. 1-3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of chair.

6300: Introduction to Educational and Psychological Measurement
Cr. 3. (3-0). Construction, usage, and interpretation of teacher-made and standardized testing instruments; consideration of reliability, validity, and processes of educational evaluation.

6310: Introduction to Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). The scientific method applied to educational problems; systematic applications of hypothesis formation and decision making through elementary research design principles, survey procedures, and historical analysis.

6315: Career Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: admission to the program or consent of instructor. Introduction to theoretical models, research, assessment, and techniques of career counseling.

6320: Sexual Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: admission to the master's program in counseling or consent of instructor. Overview of sexuality, including assessment and counseling techniques for dealing with sex-related issues encountered throughout the life cycle.

6325: Theories of Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). A survey of the psychological theories and techniques utilized in counseling relationships.

6330: Human Growth and Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). An introductory survey of current developmental theories and research with emphasis on the affective, social, and intellectual areas.

6335: Introduction to Group Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325 and admission to the master's program in counseling. Theory and research relevant to understanding, working with, and providing leadership as a counselor for groups.

6340: Principles of Human Learning
Cr. 3. (3-0). An introduction to the learning process; principles considered include acquisition and transfer, retention, motivation and mediation and their relation to the school environment.

6342: Basic Principles of Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Introduction to the philosophical and psychological foundations of counseling. Consideration of present and future professional issues as they affect the role and function of the counselor.

6343: Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling
Cr. 3.(3-0). Prerequisite: admission to the counseling program or consent of instructor. In-depth examination of ethical and legal issues in the counseling profession.

6345: Atypical Growth and Behavior
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: EPSY 6330 or consent of instructor. Description and analysis of the development of atypical dysfunctional humans.

6352: Assessment in Educational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: EPSY 6300. Psychological principles and techniques of assessment relevant to counseling, special education, and educational psychology.

6360: The Education of Exceptional Learners
Cr. 3. (3-0). Overview of field of special education including definitions, history, legal issues, models of service delivery, state plan, and categories of exceptionality.

6361: Behavior Management Strategies in Special Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Various approaches to managing behavior in special education settings.

6362: Applied Behavioral Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: admission to the master's degree program or the graduate certification program. Principles of behavior modification and techniques of behavior analysis and management.

6363: Individualizing Special Education Curriculum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Procedures for adapting curriculum to meet the needs of students with disabilities.

6365: Diagnostic Teaching in Special Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: admission to the master's degree program or the graduate certification program. Techniques for diagnostic and prescriptive remediation in special education.

6370: Introduction to Cross-Cultural Counseling
Cr.3. (3-0). Examination of the application of counseling theories and practice to culturally different persons to increase the knowledge and competencies of counselors who work in culturally diverse social environments.

6390: Supervised Experience in Special Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: admission to the master's degree program or the graduate certification program and consent of instructor. Internship experience using a case study approach to assessment, programming and delivery of services students with disabilities.

6391: Introductory Laboratory in Counseling Processes
Cr. 3. (1-6). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Simulation and laboratory experience with techniques and processes of interviewing and counseling.

6392: Advanced Laboratory in Counseling Processes
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325, EPSY 6391 and admission to the master's program in counseling. Supervised laboratory and field experience in personal counseling.

6393: Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Supervised teaching in specialized area designed to provide professional development for teachers in service. Seminar meetings to evaluate work in progress.

6399-7399: Master's Thesis
Cr. (0-3). Graduate standing within EPSY Master's program and consent of instructor.

7193:7293:7393: Internship and Practicum
Cr. 1-3 per semester. (0-3; 0-6; 0-9). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Supervised professional experience.

7305: Advanced Theories in Group Counseling Processes
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: EPSY 6335. Extensive investigation of the psychological models relevant to group counseling.

7310: Advanced Assessment in Educational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6352 and consent of instructor. Administration, scoring, and interpretation of cognitive, personality, and vocational tests.

7315: Seminar: The Severely Handicapped
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: generic endorsement. Review of research on severely and multiple handicapping conditions: focus upon both neurological and sensory handicaps, especially the impact of these conditions on school-age learners.

7316: Autistic Child Workshop
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: generic endorsement. Investigates developmental and cognitive characteristics of autistic children. Emphasis on diagnostic/prescriptive processes effective with this unique population.

7321: Seminar in Educational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate status or consent of instructor. Advanced study, problems, and discussion of issues in educational psychology.

7322: Descriptive Statistics in Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status or consent of instructor. EUnivariate and bivariate descriptive statistics for summarizing and analyzing empirical data. Includes alternative indices of correlation, multiple correlation, multiple and logistic regression. SPSS applications emphasized.

7326: Counseling in the Schools
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325 or equivalent and admission to the master's program in counseling or consent of instructor. Examination of the role of the school counselor in problem intervention, prevention, enhancement of learning, and using the school environment as a medium for change.

7327: Counseling Children
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325 or equivalent and admission to the master's program in counseling or consent of instructor. Theory, research, and applied methods related to counseling children. Issues include divorce, loss, developmental crisis, friendship formation, and enhancement of positive identity.

7328: Counseling Adolescents
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325 or equivalent and admission to the master's program in counseling or consent of instructor. Theory, research, and applied methods associated with counseling adolescents. Issues include sexuality, relational problems, suicide, and divorce.

7329: Counseling Women
Cr. 3. (3-0). Theory methods related to counseling women. Issues include identity formation, power, relationships, health, and achievement.

7330: Advanced Theories of Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: EPSY 6325 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Intensive study of selected psychological models of counseling and personality development.

7335: Intervention Strategies in Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325 and consent of instructor. Study of models used by counselors and psychologists to intervene with clients. Includes the interrelated processes of theory, research, assessment, and evaluation.

7340: Assessment of Academic Achievement
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and admission to the Department of Educational Psychology. Administration, scoring and interpretation of academic achievement tests.

7341: Assessment of Learning Difficulties
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: EPSY 6300. Characteristics of learning difficulties. Assessment and remediation.

7342: Developmental Psycholinguistics and Educational Applications
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status or consent of instructor. How children develop language and communication competence. A psycholinguistic approach to language development and language delay.

7343: Psychological Processes of Reading
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6330, EPSY 6340, or equivalent or graduate status or consent of instructor. An overview of psychological processes in learning to read; relationships among language processes, intellectual processes, and reading processes in the beginning and skilled reader.

7350: Achievement Motivation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status; EPSY 6330 or EPSY 6340 or consent of instructor. Theory, research, and application of achievement motivation. Topics include attribution theory, goal theory, interests and self-efficacy.

7370: Seminar: Learning Disabilities
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of advisor. Advanced study of the educational problems of students with learning disabilities.

7371: Behavioral Adjustment of Exceptional Children and Youth
Cr. 3. (3-0). Understanding the behavior of the exceptional school child; school and community services in educational, personal, social, and occupational adjustment.

7372: Seminar: The Emotionally Disturbed
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Advanced study and discussion of students with behavior disorders.

7374: Seminar: Mental Retardation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Advanced study of the educational and psychological aspects of mental retardation.

7375: Introduction to Family Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325 and EPSY 7393. Survey of theoretical and applied approaches to family counseling.

7379: Special Education Law
Cr. 3. (3-0). A study of legal issues affecting children with disabilities in public education, including mainstreaming, procedural protections, related services, and institutional and individual liability for failure to provide appropriate special education.

7391: Consultation Theory and Practice
Cr. 3. (1-6). Prerequisites: admission to the master's degree program or the graduate certification program and EPSY 6365. Theory and practice of collaborative working relationships among the central disciplines and supporting services in the educational community. Focus on disciplines and services that support the primary mission of the teacher.

7392: Psychological Assessment of Intelligence
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite: EPSY 7340 and EPSY 7341 or consent of instructor. Administration, scoring, and interpretation of Individual Intelligence tests.

7398: Candidacy Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing in EPSY doctoral program and consent of instructor. Candidacy Research Project.

8131: Professional Issues: Educational Psychology
Cr. 1. (1-0). Prerequisite: admission to EPSY doctoral program or consent of instructor. Required of EPSY doctoral students. May be repeated for credit. Current professional and research issues in Educational Psychology.

8194:8294:8394: University Teaching Practicum in EPSY
Cr. (0-3). Prerequisites: Graduate standing in an EPSY doctoral program and consent of instructor. Supervised professional experience in university/college teaching.

8197:8297:8397: Selected Topics
Cr. 1-3 per semester. (1-0; 2-0; 3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

8198:8298:8398: Special Problems
Cr. (0-3). Prerequisites: Graduate status, approval of instructor and chair. Individual study of areas; requirements jointly established by staff and student.

8233: Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior-I
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: admission to EPSY doctoral program. Required of all first year EPSY doctoral students. Advanced study of theories of human development, learning, and instruction.

8234: Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior-II
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: EPSY 8233. Application of theories from EPSY 8233 to counseling and special education.

8300: Advanced Educational and Psychological Measurement
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status; EPSY 6330 and EPSY 8322; or consent of instructor. Application of test theories to test construction. Tests exemplifying the major theories are constructed and analyzed.

8301: Measurement of Attitudes in Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status; EPSY 6300 and EPSY 8322; or consent of instructor. Theory and methods of construction, evaluation, and interpretation of interview, scaling, and observation techniques for measuring attitudes.

8302: Advanced Assessment II
Cr. 3. (3-0). This course is oriented towards identifying deficits in academic skills through curriculum based assessment. Students will learn how to link assessment data to eveidence-based interventions in a Response-to-Intervention model.

8305: Supervision in Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Introduction to theory and practice of supervision in the counseling process.

8319: Inferential Statistics in Psychological and Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 7322 or equivalent; or consent of instructor. Statistical inference, including probability, sampling, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, power, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, contingency tables, correlation, simple linear regression.

8321: Structural Equation Modeling in Psychological and Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status; EPSY 8319, EPSY 8322, and EPSY 8324; or consent of instructor. The application of structural equation models to educational research. Topics include path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, structural regression models, and latent growth curve models, and related topics.

8322: Intermediate Statistical Analysis in Psychological and Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 8319; or consent of instructor. The application of basic and more advanced analysis of variance designs as well as multiple linear regression to educational research.

8323: Factor Analysis Methods in Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 8322; or consent of instructor. Survey of factor analysis literature in education with emphasis on appropriate application.

8324: Multivariate Analysis in Psychological and Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 8319 and EPSY 8322; or consent of instructor. Understanding multivariate procedures and their applications to educational research; includes canonical correlation, discriminant analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, and related topics.

8325: Design and Analysis of Educational Experiments
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 8322; or consent of instructor. Special requirements of educational research for statistical designs, advanced topics in analysis of variance, incomplete comparisons, hierarchical models, and subject attrition.

8326: Nonparametric and Distribution-Free Statistics in Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 8322; or consent of instructor. Introduction of suitable alternatives to classical statistical procedures when distribution properties, scaling level, or both, of dependent variables prohibits application of continuous sampling distributions.

8327: Measuring Change and Analyzing Repeated-Measures Experimental Designs in Educational Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 8322; or consent of instructor. Alternative techniques for measuring change and analyzing data associated with repeated-measures experiments are examined; special emphasis given to defining change across multiple occasions.

8331: Issues in Human Personality Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: EPSY 6330 or equivalent. Consideration of issues related to biological, social, and cultural aspects of the formation of personality.

8333: Theories of Human Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 6330 or equivalent; or consent of instructor. Examination of theory and research in human development in the cognitive, social, and affective domains.

8334: Research in Counseling Psychology
Cr. 3.(3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325 or equivalent and doctoral standing in counseling psychology. Corequisite: EDRS 8381. Overview of research findings in counseling psychology including current emphases in content areas of interest, summary of strategies utilized, and identification of persisting dilemmas and issues.

8335: Seminar on Advanced Topics in Human Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 8333; or consent of instructor. Analysis of major developmental theories; emphasis on developing testing skills and investigating current trends.

8336: Current Issues in Counseling Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325 and doctoral standing in counseling psychology. Seminar addressing current issues in research and practice in counseling psychology.

8337: Multicultural Issues in Counseling Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6325 and doctoral standing in counseling psychology, or consent of instructor. Multicultural issues in counseling psychology theory, research, and practice.

8339: Seminar in Career Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 6315 and doctoral standing in counseling psychology, or consent of instructor. Review of theory and research in career counseling.

8340: Basic Learning Theories
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate status or EPSY 6340 or consent of instructor. A systematic study of classical and contemporary theories of learning with emphasis on human behavior within the educational environment.

8341: Professional Seminar
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing in EPSY doctoral program and consent of instructor. Relevant professional issues, research, and ethical considerations in educational psychology.

8342: Seminar in Learning Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: EPSY 8340. Current status of the theoretical approaches to learning.

8343: Learning and Cognitive Development in Children
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status; EPSY 6340; or consent of instructor. Theoretical approaches to cognitive learning processes and their development in the school-aged child..

8344: Biological Basis of Behavior-Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: doctoral standing in Educational Psychology or consent of instructor. Evolution of intelligence, structure and function of the central nervous system and behavioral correlates of emotion.

8345: Adult Cognition and Learning
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate status and EPSY 6330 or EPSY 6340; or consent of instructor. Research on theory of adult cognitive learning processes and their development over the adult life-span.

8346: Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 8344.Current developments, issues and controversies related to the prescription of psychoactive medications to children and adolescents will be reviewed, with an emphasis on balanced assessment of risks and benefits.

8347: Assessment of Cognitive Abilities
Cr. 3.(3-0). Prerequisites:Admission to Counseling or School Ph.D. Program, consent of instructor. This course is designed to provide entry level competence in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of assessment instruments used to measure cognitive abilities.

8348:Evidence-Based Practice with Children and Adolescents
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. This course offers training in evidence-based pediatric psychological assessment and intervention practices for internalizing, externalizing and autism-spectrum disorders.

8349: Advanced Psychological Assessment II
Cr. 3.(3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 8347 and doctoral standing in counseling psychology or consent of instructor. Advanced study of the theoretical, administrative, scoring, and interpretative issues related to projection personality testing. The development of conceptualization and report-writing skills are emphasized.

8350: Educational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate status or consent of instructor.Principles of educational psychology with topics such as socialization, creativity, and motivation; previous work in educational psychology strongly recommended.

8351: History and Philosophy of Psychological Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate standing in EPSY doctoral program and consent of instructor. Analysis of major themes in history and systems of psychology, including epistemological and psychological theory.

8352: Social Psychological Processes
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate status or consent of instructor. Analysis of theoretical, conceptual, research, and applied aspects of social psychology in educational contexts.

8354: Social Understanding of Human Problems
Cr. 3.(3-0). Prerequisites: doctoral standing in Counseling Psychology or consent of instructor. Survey of the ways in which understanding, assessment, diagnosis, and remediation of psychological and behavioral problems are strengthened by placing them in larger social and cultural contexts. Implications for prevention.

8356: Environmental Interventions
Cr. 3.(3-0). Prerequisite: doctoral standing in counseling psychology or consent of instructor. Theoretical and empirical approaches to environmental planning and design whose objective is to solve human problems. Implications for appraisal, diagnosis, and intervention in counseling psychology.

8360: Instructional Problems in Special Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate status or consent of instructor. Analysis and evaluation of educational problems related to improvement of instruction in special education.

8361: Ecological-Behavioral and Counseling Interventions
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Admission to School Psychology Ph.D. or consent of instructor. Reviews principles of interventions and counseling strategies from an applied behavior analytic perspective for children, adolescents, and adults within an ecological-behavioral framework. Emphasis on functional assessment, functional analysis, and Positive Behavior Support (PBS).

8362: Innovative Academic Assessment and Intervention: RTI
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Admission to School Psychology Ph.D. or consent of instructor. Focuses on assessment and direct intervention of academic skills utilizing a data-driven problem-solving orientation. Includes a review of a Response-to-Intervnetion model as well as Curriculum-Based measurement.

8363: Research in School Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Admission to School Psychology Ph.D. or consent of instructor. This course is designed to increase student's competence in designing, conductin, evaluating, and publishing research in the area of school psychology.

8364: Professional Practice in Psychology: Ethics, Law, and Professional Issues
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Admission to School Psychology Ph.D. or consent of instructor. Reviews ethical, legal, and professional issues relevant to the professional practice of psychology, research, and teaching. Reviews licensure/credentialing exams, government/professional organizations, and managed care issues.

8365: Administration and Supervision of Special Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Philosophy and nature of special education. Program organization, administration, and supervision. The state plan, surveying local needs, program evaluation, and improvement.

8369: Seminar in Sexual Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: doctoral standing, EPSY 6320, and consent of instructor. Extensive review of research literature on selected topics in sexual counseling.

8370: Seminar in Special Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate status or consent of instructor. Advanced study in the psychology and education of exceptional persons.

8375: Research in Special Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate status and EPSY 8360; or consent of instructor. A seminar in which research in special education is evaluated critically. Offers opportunity for completion of a major research project.

8376: Research Methods for Low Incidence Populations
Cr. 3.(3-0). Prerequisite: EDRS 8380, EDRS 8381 or graduate status. Describes and applies idiographic research procedures for use in clinical and educational settings with low incidence populations. Emphasis on various design options, assessment procedures, data evaluation procedures, and social validity issues.

8382: Residency Research Seminar in Educational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate standing in EPSY doctoral program and consent of instructor. Focuses on current research issues in educational psychology. Required for all first-year EPSY doctoral students.

8389: Seminar in Educational Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Graduate status or consent of instructor. May be repeated with approval of chair. Advanced study, problems, and discussion of issues in educational psychology.

8391: Advanced Family Counseling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: EPSY 7375 and consent of instructor. Closely supervised laboratory-type experiences in research and application of family counseling theories and methods.

8393: Advanced Internship and Practicum in Educational Psychology
Cr. 1. (0-3). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Supervised advanced field experiences in educational psychology.

8399:8699:8999: Doctoral Dissertation
Cr. 0-9. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in an EPSY doctoral program and consent of instructor.