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The online catalog includes the most recent changes to courses and degree requirements that have been approved by the Faculty Senate, including changes that are not yet effective. Courses showing two entries of the same number indicate that the course information is changing. The most recently approved version is shown first, followed by the older version, in gray, with its last-effective term preceding the course title. Courses shown in gray with only one entry of the course number are being discontinued. Course offerings by term can be accessed by clicking on the term links when viewing a specific campus catalog.
Educational Psychology (ED_PSYCH)
400 Quantitative Reasoning in Education 3 Course Prerequisite: MATH 220 or STAT 360. Introductory course for data-driven decisions using quantitative reasoning. Typically offered Fall.
401 Classroom Assessment, Elementary V 2-3 Course Prerequisite: TCH LRN 301. Principles and practice of high-quality classroom assessment in the elementary schools. Typically offered Fall and Spring.
404 Large-Scale Synthesis of Social Science Data 3 Practical and methodological understandings of and ability to analyze and synthesize large-scale data; presentation and communication of results from synthesized large-scale data. Typically offered Spring.
468 Classroom Assessment, Secondary 3 Course Prerequisite: TCH LRN 317; TCH LRN 464; TCH LRN 465; for candidates admitted to teacher education (secondary education). Principles and practice of high-quality classroom assessment in secondary schools. Typically offered Fall and Spring.
502 Theoretical Foundations of Learning and Instruction 3 Historical and contemporary theories of learning and instruction: application of theory in counseling and teaching settings. Typically offered Fall and Summer.
503 Advanced Educational Psychology 3 Contemporary theories, models, and empirical research in educational psychology. Typically offered Spring and Summer.
504 Classroom-focused Research Methods 3 Methods, design, implementation, and application of results in classroom context. Typically offered Fall.
505 Research Methods I 3 Research methods; literature review; design, implementation, and interpretation of results. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.
507 Introduction to Qualitative Research 3 Introductory qualitative course for graduate students in behavioral sciences interested in diverse social and cultural contexts; prepares students for advanced qualitative track, ED PSYCH 564/ED RES 564. Recommended preparation: ED PSYCH 505. Typically offered Spring.
508 Educational Statistics 3 Introductory course for graduate students in applied statistics for the behavioral sciences. Recommended preparation: ED PSYCH 505. Typically offered Fall and Summer. Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
509 Educational Measurements: Test Development and Assessment V 2-3 Theory and use of standardized educational measurement instruments; intelligence, aptitude, and achievement tests; measurement of outcomes. Typically offered Spring.
510 Assessment of Learning 3 Assessment of student learning, school and district evaluation; particularly appropriate for school administrators.
511 Classical and Modern Test Theory 3 Course Prerequisite: ED PSYCH 508; ED PSYCH 509. Large-scale educational assessment and test development and evaluation; history and policy uses of achievement tests. Typically offered Spring.
512 Data Management and Visualization 2 The art and science of displaying and summarizing relationships, identifying patterns, trends, and distributions in datasets. Typically offered Summer Session.
519 Teaching in Higher Education 3 Overview of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to become an effective college teacher. Typically offered Spring.
521 Topics in Educational Psychology V 1-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 credits. Recent research, developments, issues, and/or applications in selected areas of educational psychology. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.
522 Embodied and Embedded Cognition 3 History, theory, and empirical research related to a framework in which behaviors, thoughts, and perceptions are grounded in bodily states (embodied) and shaped by environmental context (embedded). Typically offered Fall.
523 Multimedia Learning 3 Course Prerequisite: ED PSYCH 502. Metacognitive and motivational factors of learning; design principles for multimedia learning from the theories and research in cognitive psychology and the learning sciences. Typically offered Spring.
524 Conceptual Change 3 Examination of the theoretical, psychological, conceptual, and pedagogical means by which students come to think differently about conceptual knowledge. Typically offered Fall.
542 Cross-cultural Research in Counseling and Assessment 3 Cross-cultural research methods, concepts, and findings in counseling and assessment. Typically offered Spring.
568 Quasi-Experimental Design 3 Course Prerequisite: ED PSYCH 505 or ED RES 563; ED RES 565. Integration and application of research skills in writing proposals, dissertations, papers for publication; interpreting, critiquing, and synthesizing research studies. Typically offered Fall and Spring.
569 Seminar in Quantitative Techniques in Education V 2-3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 credits. Course Prerequisite: ED RES 565. Application of parametric and nonparametric statistics, data processing using computer packages in educational research. Typically offered Spring.
570 Introduction to Program Evaluation 3 Course Prerequisite: ED PSYCH 505 or ED RES 563. Introduction to strategies and techniques for evaluation of educational and social programs. Typically offered Fall and Summer.
571 Theoretical Foundations and Fundamental Issues in Program Evaluation 3 Course Prerequisite: ED PSYCH 570. Examine the history of the field, the ideas and practices of theorists who formed the field and how their work has influenced program evaluation. Typically offered Spring.
572 Introduction to Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses 3 Course Prerequisite: ED PSYCH 505 or 508. Introduction to the steps involved in conduction systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Typically offered Fall.
573 Motivation Theories 3 Antecedents, consequences, and processes of motivated behavior examined from theoretical, empirical, and applied perspectives. (Crosslisted course offered as ED PSYCH 573, KINES 514.) Typically offered Fall.
574 Seminar in Educational Psychology 1 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 8 credits. Course Prerequisite: Graduate student in Educational Psychology. Reading and discussion of papers in the educational psychology literature and the presentation of student's work. Typically offered Fall and Spring.
575 Multilevel Modeling 3 Course Prerequisite: ED RES 565. Introduction to multilevel modeling techniques; examines the use of these techniques in the social sciences. Recommended preparation: ED PSYCH 569. Typically offered Odd Years - Spring.
576 Factor Analytic Procedures 3 Course Prerequisite: ED RES 565. Introduction to factor analytic techniques; examines the use of factor analysis in the social sciences. Recommended preparation: ED PSYCH 569. Typically offered Odd Years - Spring.
577 Item Response Theory 3 Course Prerequisite: ED PSYCH 511. Introduction to item response theory and its use in the social sciences. Typically offered Fall.
578 Advanced Item Response Theory 3 Course Prerequisite: ED PSYCH 577. Introduction to advanced topics in item response theory, including missing responses in IRT, Bayesian estimation, nonparametric IRT models, multi-dimensional IRT models and related topics, measurement invariance, and cognitive diagnostic models.
579 Large-Scale Surveys in Education 3 Course Prerequisite: ED RES 565. Introduction to topics in large-scale surveys, including complex sampling designs; survey operations and data collection; achievement calibration and scaling; procedures and construct validation of context variables; data accessibility and management; data analysis approaches, etc. Recommended preparation: ED PSYCH 569 - Seminar in Quantitative Techniques in Education.
597 Educational Psychology Internship 3 Development and application of structured strategies of investigative research for professional presentations and publications; capstone course for the Applied Educational Research Methods Certificate. Typically offered Fall and Spring.
600 Special Projects or Independent Study V 1-18 May be repeated for credit. Independent study, special projects, and/or internships. Students must have graduate degree-seeking status and should check with their major advisor before enrolling in 600 credit, which cannot be used toward the core graded credits required for a graduate degree. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer. S, F grading.
700 Master's Research, Thesis, and/or Examination V 1-18 May be repeated for credit. Independent research and advanced study for students working on their master's research, thesis and/or final examination. Students must have graduate degree-seeking status and should check with their major advisor/committee chair before enrolling for 700 credit. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer. S, U grading.
702 Master's Special Problems, Directed Study, and/or Examination V 1-18 May be repeated for credit. Independent research in special problems, directed study, and/or examination credit for students in a non-thesis master's degree program. Students must have graduate degree-seeking status and should check with their major advisor/committee chair before enrolling for 702 credit. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer. S, U grading.
800 Doctoral Research, Dissertation, and/or Examination V 1-18 May be repeated for credit. Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the Educational Psychology PhD program. Independent research and advanced study for students working on their doctoral research, dissertation and/or final examination. Students must have graduate degree-seeking status and should check with their major advisor/committee chair before enrolling for 800 credit. Typically offered Fall, Spring, and Summer. S, U grading.