Program Requirements
The Ph.D. Educational Psychology: Human Development focuses on core areas of human development such as cognitive, language, social, personality, and gender development among children and adolescents with diverse trajectories and from various family, educational and community contexts. The program is unique in examining developmental trajectories from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. The student's dissertation should focus on an issue in the field of human development related to educational psychology.
A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.
Required Courses (9 credits)
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EDPE 683 Human Development Seminar 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Recent developments of specific topics in human development.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Mettler, Jessica (Fall)
Prerequisite: EDPE 673 (Minimum Grade/Test score(s) needed is B-).
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EDPE 686 Human Development Seminar 4 (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Continuation of recent developments of specific topics in human development.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Burack, Jacob A (Winter)
Prerequisite: EDPE 683 (Minimum Grade/Test score(s) needed is B-).
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EDPE 708 Comprehensive Examination
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : A four-part evaluation which is normally taken at the end of the Ph.D. 2 year. A detailed description of the examination is provided to all students.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EDPH 689 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Collegial) : Students will develop an understanding of teaching and learning as a process in which instruction is based on the learning to be accomplished. Students will design, develop, and evaluate a university course of their choice, and will develop facility and confidence in using teaching methods appropriate to their domains.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Bateman, Dianne (Fall) Bateman, Dianne (Winter)
Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
Complementary Courses (15 credits)
6 credits from the following:
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EDPE 682 Univariate/Multivariate Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : General linear model as a unified data analytic system for estimation and hypothesis testing that subsumes regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance for single dependent variables. Introduction to generalizations involving multiple dependent (criterion) variables. Applications oriented toward education, educational psychology and counselling psychology. Experience with data-analysis tools.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Konishi, Chiaki (Winter)
Prerequisite: EDPE 676
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EDPE 684 Applied Multivariate Statistics (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Principal methods, models, and hypothesis-testing procedures for the prediction and analysis of patterns, structure, and relationships in multivariate data (e.g., factor and path analysis, structural equation modeling, multi-level modeling). Applications oriented toward education and educational and counselling psychology. Provides experience with data analysis tools.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Robinson, Kristy (Fall)
Prerequisite: EDPE 682 or equivalent.
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EDPE 687 Qualitative Methods in Educational Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : The logics of design and selection of phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, case study and mixed design methods with emphasis on data analysis in light of issues of research purpose, epistemology, reliability and validity.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Sinacore, Ada L (Winter)
9 credits from the following:
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EDPE 620 Developmental Psychopathology (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Theory, research, and practice in developmental processes in the study of psychopathology, including aberrant behaviour in childhood, at-risk and resilient children, and mental illness.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Burack, Jacob A (Winter)
Prerequisite: EDPE 615
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EDPI 642 Inclusion: Past, Present and Future (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive) : Provides a critical analysis of the concept of inclusion with a particular focus on disability within historical, political, and educational contexts and equity seeking groups.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Flanagan, Tara; Erten, Ozlem (Fall)
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EDPI 656D1 Community-Based Field Work
(3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive) : Participation in a supervised community-based professional setting. Provides opportunity to expand on experiences working with people being served by the program/site in a variety of settings. Students complete a minimum of 150 hours per term at an approved field work site.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Flanagan, Tara (Fall)
Students must register for both EDPI 656D1 and EDPI 656D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both EDPI 656D1 and EDPI 656D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
EDPI 656D1 and EDPI 656D2 together are equivalent to EDPI 656
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EDPI 656D2 Community-Based Field Work (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive) : See EDPI 656D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Flanagan, Tara (Winter)
Prerequisite: EDPI 656D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both EDPI 656D1 and EDPI 656D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
EDPI 656D1 and EDPI 656D2 together are equivalent to EDPI 656
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EDPI 665 Teaching of Reading (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive) : Reviews contemporary research on reading acquisition and associated language development with a focus on research and theory as the basis for examining current evidence-based practices for supporting learning in diverse classrooms.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Cohen-Gazith, Karen (Fall)
Or other 600- and 700-level courses offered by the Department, which must be approved by the Supervisor and Program Director.
