Course Requirements - Year One: 12 Credits

Fall Semester

• 1 ED 230 Seminar in Psychological Studies in Education
• 1 ED 237 Theory and Process of Psychotherapeutic Intervention: Psychodynamic and Humanistic
• 1 ED 241 Principles of Psychoeducational Assessment
• 1 ED 253 Biological Bases of Behavior or CD 156 Applied Aspects of Physiological Development
• 1 ED 142 Education of the Exceptional Child (see Note 1)

Spring Semester

• 1 ED 243 Assessment and Diagnosis of Cognitive Abilities
• 1 ED 245 Life-span Development
• 1 ED 249 Multicultural Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy
• 1 ED 270 Intermediate Statistics in Educational Research (see Note 2)
• 1 Course in Social and Cultural Foundations of Education:

ED 161 Sociology of the School
ED 162 Class, Race and Gender in the History of U.S. Education
ED 167 Critical Race Theory Seminar: Issues in Urban Education
CD 164 Cultural Diversity in Child/Family Services
CD 177 Bilingual Children in U.S. Schools
PS 187 Politics in Public Education
CD 182 Social Policies for Children and Families (waiver required)
CD 143 Youth Violence in America (waiver required)

Summer Semester

• 1 ED 252 Group Dynamics
• 1 ED 255 Issues in School Psychology

M.A. awarded following completion of 12 courses and pre-practicum.

Related Information:
    Course Requirements - Year Two
    Course Requirements - Year Three

NOTE 1: Students entering with teaching experience, experience with children with disabilities, or an undergraduate major in special education or related field, may, with advisor permission, take one course from the approved list of courses in Exceptionalities in Learning in lieu of ED142.

NOTE 2: Students entering with extensive undergraduate coursework in statistics may, with advisor permission, take a course in qualitative statistics in lieu of ED270.