Office: Lawrence Street Center, 701
Telephone: 303-315-6300
Fax: 303-315-6311
E-mail: education@ucdenver.edu
Website: www.ucdenver.edu/education

Faculty

Information about educational psychology faculty is available online at www.ucdenver.edu/education.

Master’s Degree

The MA program in educational psychology prepares students to facilitate the teaching/learning process. Thus, many students pursue the degree to enhance their skills as professional classroom teachers. The degree also provides skills necessary for a variety of roles where knowledge of learning, development, motivation, and research is essential such as teaching at the community college level, teaching adults, consulting, developing assessments, and conducting program evaluation. Other students seek the MA as preparation for advanced study in educational psychology or research.

Note, too, that many students in the school’s urban community teacher education program—as well as interns in the alternative teacher licensure programs conducted by the Stanley British Primary School, the Boulder Journey School and Friends’ School—also seek the MA degree in educational psychology.

Areas of Study

Four major areas of concentration are available—human learning, human development, research and evaluation, and assessment. Regardless of the concentration area selected, all students must:

• demonstrate competence in educational psychology by successfully completing 36 semester hours of relevant course work
• complete either a practicum/field experience, a master’s thesis, or an independent study project, the latter involving the collection of data bearing on a given problem and its analysis and interpretation in writing
• perform satisfactorily on a written comprehensive examination (typically during the last term enrolled in regular courses)
• complete the degree on a timely basis, usually within three years

Research and Evaluation Methods

Office: Lawrence Street Center, 701
Telephone: 303-315-6300
Fax:303-315-6311
E-mail: education@ucdenver.edu
Web site: www.ucdenver.edu/education

Faculty

To find information about faculty in this program visit www.ucdenver.edu/education.

Emphasis Track

There is a research and evaluations methods (RSEM) emphasis track within the educational psychology master’s degree program: students can select a focus on evaluation or on assessment. RSEM students will acquire skills necessary for a variety of roles that involve data driven decisions. Students who complete the MA will be better prepared to facilitate decision making based on evidence. Some students pursue the degree to enhance their skills as classroom teachers; others move out of the classroom and work in environments where information and data from different sources can be used to make informed decisions.

The RSEM area also provides classes to all education graduate programs, offering courses in research methods, evaluation, statistics, analysis, assessment, and measurement.

Areas of Study

Two major areas of concentration are available—research and evaluation, and assessment. Regardless of the concentration area selected, all students must:

• demonstrate competence in educational psychology by successfully completing 36 semester hours of relevant course work
• complete either a practicum/field experience, a master’s thesis, or an independent study project, the latter involving the collection of data bearing on a given problem and its analysis and interpretation in writing
• perform satisfactorily on a written comprehensive examination (typically during the last term enrolled in regular courses)
• complete the degree on a timely basis, usually within three years