Courses
BEP 305 Educational Psychology
Prerequisite: PY 101, SS 121, HD 101, or equivalent, and PTEP or higher
status. Course covers the psychological principles basic to an understanding
of the learner, the learning process, and the learning situation.
BEP 500 Advanced Educational Psychology
Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Principles of educational psychology
for teaching and for educational services in schools and colleges.
BEP 505 Development of Self-Regulation
Investigates the development of self-regulatory processes and the match
between those processes and educational practice. Transitions from home
to school, elementary to secondary, and high school to college/work
are considered in depth.
BEP 541 Authentic School Learning and Teaching
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School. Cognitive approaches
to learning/teaching with focus on what constitutes authentic learning
and on role of the intuitive knowledge base. Topics/themes include nature
of preschool learning, sources contributing to learning, constructivism,
and holistic perspectives.
BEP 550 Life-Span Development
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School. A study of principles
and concepts of physical, cognitive, personality, and social development
from conception through death.
BEP 554 Developmental Neuroscience of School-Age Learners
Thorough examination of physical, cognitive, and emotional development
of children from biological and psychological perspectives. Relevant
cutting-edge research in neuroscience and implications for formative
postnatal development of school-age learners are examined.
BEP 561 Social and Cultural Foundations of Behavior
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School. Provides fundamental
knowledge regarding the methods in which social and cultural interactions
and histories influence human behavior. Focuses on application of social
psychology principles and multicultural issues to increase awareness
and improve skills across a variety of social settings, including schools
and human-service agencies.
BEP 565 Personality and Social-Emotional Factors
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School. Examines the major theories
of personality and social-emotional factors as they impact on the learning
process and educational practice.
BEP 598 Nonthesis Research
BEP 599 Thesis Research
BEP 600 Contemporary Educational Problems and Educational Psychology
Thorough exploration of current problem areas in education and the impact
and perspectives of educational psychology.
BEP 640 Behavioral Learning Theories
Examines behavioral theories and research with a focus on their impact
on educational practice.
BEP 641 Authentic School Learning and Teaching
Cognitive approaches to learning/teaching with focus on what constitutes
authentic learning and on role of the intuitive knowledge base. Topics/themes
include nature of preschool learning, sources contributing to learning,
constructivism, and holistic perspectives.
BEP 642 Cognitive Psychology in Education
Examines theory and research in cognitive psychology from the perspective
of educational practice. Topics include remembering, knowledge, representations,
problem solving, language comprehension, development of expertise, and
nature of intelligence.
BEP 661 Psychological Study of Learners
Thorough study of intervention, remediation, and training strategies
in cases of educational and learning problems. Focus on individual differences
in cognitive processing, biological factors, cognitive style, intelligence,
self-regulation, motivation, and psychological processes of reading,
writing, math, and science.
BEP 665 Motivation and Emotion in Education
Exploration into processes of human motivation and emotion with a focus
on educational settings.
BEP 672 Teaching Educational Psychology in College
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Seminar for graduate student
instructors. Students must be GTAs in educational/school psychology.
Designed to help GTAs use reflective decision making and knowledge of
educational psychology to teach undergraduates.
BEP 673 Doctoral Research and Ethics Seminar
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Critical study of current
issues in educational psychology.
BEP 686 Observation of Development, Teaching, and Learning
Discussion of contemporary methods of observing children, teachers,
parents, and learners of all ages for purposes of research and the evaluation/assessment
of teaching and learning. Provides hands-on field experience in observational
techniques.
BEP 688 Internship in Educational Psychology
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Supervised internship experiences,
with educational psychology course content related to the experience.
BEP 689 Practicum in Educational Psychology
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Seminar for graduate students
to support their cooperative faculty-student research projects and their
development as members of the community of educational psychologists.
BEP 690 Readings in Educational Psychology
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. An opportunity for the student
to study intensively a topic in educational psychology, covering a sizable
body of literature (the topic chosen should nevertheless be narrower
than that subsumed under the name of a course).
BEP 698 Nondissertation Research
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Participation in a research
project relating to educational psychology.
BEP 699 Dissertation Research