Cultural Perspectives on Schooling
The master's specialization in Human Development, Culture, and Learning Sciences (formerly called Academic Educational Psycholgoy) has four areas of concentration: College Teaching, Cultural Perspectives on Schooling, Individualized Studies, and Psychology for Teachers.
The Cultural Perspectives on Schooling is intended for individuals who are interested in broadening and strengthening their appreciation of the research on cultural psychology, a multicultural society, and diversity issues as these impact well-being and schooling. Any student already pursuing other master’s or doctoral degree programs could obtain a master’s degree with this specialization, as well as students interested in these cultural issues who wish to stop with a master’s degree.
This concentration would add credentials to those planning to teach at all levels, K-12 teachers as well as those planning to teach at the postsecondary level. We envision attracting individuals from the helping professions (social work, psychology, human ecology) as well as humanities (anthropology, English) who are interested in the psychological perspective our faculty takes on multicultural issues.
Required Courses
A. Foundation Courses
Students are required to take 18 hours of Foundation Courses selected from the following:
- EDP 380E Fundamental Statistics
or
EDP 371 Introduction to Statistics - EDP 380P Measurement & Evaluation
- EDP 381M Individual in Society
or
EDP 381M Seminar in Social Psychology - EDP 382L Psychology of Learning
- EDP 382L Motivation and Emotion
- EDP 385 Individual through the Life Cycle
or
EDP 385 Child and Adolescent Social and Cognitive Development
B. Electives
Students take 9 hours of elective courses chosen from the following:
- EDP 380P Educational Assessment of Minority Students
- EDP 381 Multicultural Counseling
- EDP 381M Psychology of Race, Prejudice and Stereotypes
- EDP 382L Psycholinguistics
- EDP 384 Issues in Multicultural Research
- EDP 386N Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Self
- EDP 386N Seminar in Personality
- EDP 391 Culture, Child Development, and Education
- EDP ___ Multicultural Issues in Schooling (To be developed)
C. Out-of-department Courses
Students take 6 hours of out-of-department courses chosen to reflect cultural issues.
D. MA Option
Students opting for the MA as opposed to the MEd degree are required to take two additional courses (7 hours)
- EDP 382K Correlation and
Regression
or
An approved research design course (3 hours) - EDP 482K Experimental Design and Statistical Inference
E. MEd Option or MA with Portfolio
Students opting for an MEd or an MA with portfolio will complete the appropriate coursework (above), produce a portfolio, and graduate with no report/thesis.
F. MEd Option or MA with Report
Students opting for an MEd or an MA with report will complete 3 hours of Master’s Report. Students opting for an MA with thesis will complete 6 hours of Master’s Thesis (taken as 3 hours in two semesters)
Total hours:
MA with thesis: 46
MA with report: 43
MA with portfolio: 40
MEd with report: 36
MEd with portfolio: 33