Lynch School of Education Program of Study / 2014 M.A. / Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology CLASS ENTERING 2014 TO BE SUBMITTED DURING THE SECOND TERM OF ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM, PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF REGISTRATION FOR THE THIRD TERM OF ENROLLMENT BC ID Please choose one of the following areas of focus: ANTICIPATED COMPLETION COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS SEMESTER/YEAR MONTH/YEAR Education Focus Prevention & Promotion Focus Community Psychology/Social Justice Focus Research Focus Early Childhood Focus Individualized Focus Core Course Requirements Students in the community psychology focus are required to take one of these courses, depending on their specific age-level interests. Students in the early childhood focus are required to take only APSY 7418. Students in all other focus areas are required to take both APSY 7418 and APSY 7419. APSY 7418 Applied Child Development APSY 7419 Applied Adolescent Development APSY 7460 Interpretation and Evaluation of Educational Research APSY 7468 Introductory Statistics APSY 8115 Social and Affective Processes APSY 7617 Learning and Cognition APSY 8100 Master s Comprehensive Exam All students, except those in the research focus, will complete a Critical Literature Review as part of the university s comprehensive exam requirement. Students in the research focus will complete an empirical study in lieu of the Critical Literature Review to fulfill the university s comprehensive exam requirement. Please print the first page of this document and the specific page corresponding to your focus area.
Requirements for Education Focus Educational Context/Policy Courses: EDUC 745 Social Contexts of Education APSY 7561 Evaluation and Public Policy APSY 8620 Educational and Social Issues and Social Policy Assessment Courses: APSY 7465 Psychological Testing EDUC 7579 Educational Assessment of Learning Problems EDUC 6595 Assessment and Instruction for Students with Reading Difficulty ERME 7466 Program Evaluation I ERME 7467 Program Evaluation II (ED 466-pre-requisite) Electives: Choose two graduate-level courses. Educational/ Developmental Practice Course: Choose one graduate-level course with appropriate disciplinary and developmental focus. EDUC 746 Curriculum Theories and Practice APSY 7611 Learning and Development among Early Learners EDUC 7666 Developmental Disabilities: Values, Policy, & Change EDUC 6628 Computer Applications for Educators EDUC 9729 Controversies in Curriculum and Instruction EDUC 977 Contemporary Issues: Curriculum and Instruction EDUC 9819 Educational Change Total credits 0 STUDENT ADVISOR
Requirements for Prevention and Promotion Focus Mental Health Promotion Course: APSY 7465 Psychological Testing APSY 7518 Issues in Life-Span Development APSY 7446 Child Psychopathology APSY 768 Issues in Short-Term Counseling APSY 7448 Career Development APSY 7549 Psychology of Trauma: Cross-Cultural and Social Justice Community Outreach/Evaluation Courses: APSY 8620 Educational and Social Issues and Social Policy APSY 76 Impact of Psychosocial Issues on Learning Internship Course: APSY 7470 Advanced Practicum: Human Development APSY 8912 Participatory Action Research: Gender, Race, and Power Electives: Choose two graduate-level courses. Total credits 0 STUDENT ADVISOR
Requirements for Community Psychology and Social Justice Psychosocial Interventions, Program Evaluation or Community Outreach Course: APSY 7511 Alternative Strategies of Children Affected by Organized Violence: Community-based Resources for Mental Health and Human Rights APSY 7549 Psychology of Trauma: Cross-cultural and Social Justice Perspectives APSY 7561 Evaluation and Public Policy APSY 8620 Educational and Social Issues and Social Policy APSY 76 Impact of Psychosocial Issues on Learning Community Psychology, Social Justice, or Human Rights and International Justice Courses: APSY 648 Culture, Community, and Change APSY 7461 Human Rights Interdisciplinary Seminar APSY 7471 Psychological Responses to Humanitarian Crises: Human Rights, Gender Violence, and International Justice SCWK 7728 Global Perspective on Gender Inequalities APSY 7740 Topics in the Psychology of Women SCWK 8829 Sustainable Development and Responses in Global Social Work Internship Course: APSY 7470 Advanced Practicum: Human Development APSY 8912 Electives: Choose three graduate-level courses. Total credits 0 STUDENT ADVISOR
Requirements for Research Focus** Advanced Developmental Seminars: APSY 881 Sociocultural Contexts of Development APSY 8919 Advanced Topics in Cognition and Learning Statistics/Methods Courses: Choose APSY 7468 as a core course in addition to one of the following: ERME 7466 Program Evaluation I ERME 7467 Program Evaluation II (ERME 7466-pre-requisite) APSY 7469 Intermediate Statistics APSY 8851 Qualitative Research Methods APSY 8912 Participatory Action Research: Gender, Race, and Power Electives: Choose two graduate-level courses. Research Internship APSY 8714 Advanced Research Methods in Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Total credits 0 ** Please note that admission to the Research Focus is contingent upon (a) the successful completion of 1 semester of volunteer work as a research assistant with a faculty mentor from ADEP and (b) the faculty mentor's agreement to supervise the student's independent research (PY 714). This focus area generally requires -4 semesters to complete the degree. STUDENT ADVISOR
Requirements for Early Childhood focus APSY 7611 Learning and Development among Early Learners Social Context Course: EDUC 745 Social Context of Education APSY 7528 Multicultural Issues (summer section) Special Needs: EDUC 748 Instruction of Students with Special Needs and Diverse Learners APSY 7666 Developmental Disabilities: Evaluation, Assessment, Family, & Systems APSY 7665 Developmental Disabilities: Values, Policy, & Change (Special Education Elective) Electives: Choose three graduate-level courses. Total credits 0 STUDENT ADVISOR
Requirements for Individualized Focus Electives: Choose three electives in individually-designated area. Electives: Choose two open electives. Total credits 0 STUDENT ADVISOR