Program Requirement:
The Master of Arts (M.A.) Educational Psychology (Thesis): Human Development concentration 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鈥檚 thesis should focus on an issue in the field of human development related to educational psychology.
Thesis Courses (24 credits)
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EDPE 604
Thesis 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Literature survey and thesis planning.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 607
Thesis 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Preparation of a thesis proposal.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 693
Thesis 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Thesis research under supervision of a research director.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 694
Thesis 4
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Thesis research under supervision of a research director.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 695
Thesis 5
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Thesis research under supervision of a research director.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 696
Thesis 6
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Thesis research under supervision of a research director.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Required Courses (15 credits)
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EDPE 502
Theories of Human Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Life course developmental theories to form a foundation for policy and for empirical and applied work with diverse groups, including disability and other equity-seeking groups.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 605
Research Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Research methods and designs, planning and evaluating research, relations between research and statistical designs, interdisciplinary and nonquantitative approaches, meta-analysis, and the use of computers beyond computation. Ethics, scholarly writing.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 632D1
Research Seminar
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): A bi-weekly seminar course given by staff, invited speakers and senior graduate students in different areas of research related to Human Development. Students are expected to participate by reading pertinent literature prior to seminars and asking questions at each seminar. Attendance is compulsory, and the course is
graded pass/fail based on participation.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 632D2
Research Seminar
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): For description see EDPE 632D1.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDPE 632D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both EDPE 632D1 and EDPE 632D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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EDPE 672
Human Development Seminar 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Theories and developments in the science of human development within the context of research and practice and the evolution of the field at large.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDPE 502 or permission of the instructor (Minimum Grade/Test score(s) needed is B-).
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EDPE 673
Human Development Seminar 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Continuation of theories and developments in the science of human development within the context of research and practice and evolution of the field at large.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Prerequisite: EDPE 672 (Minimum Grade/Test score(s) needed is B-).
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EDPE 676
Intermediate Statistics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Concepts and procedures of conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of variance, correlation, and regression models. Provides experience with data-analysis tools.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
3 credits from the following:
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EDPE 682
Univariate/Multivariate Anal
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPE 687
Qualitative Methods in Ed Psyc
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
3 credits from the following:
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EDPE 515
Gender Identity Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Theoretical models and empirical findings relevant to the development of gender identity. Special attention is given to the influence of peers in school settings. Psychological, physiological, parental, peer and cultural influences on gender identity.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Offered through Continuing Education.
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EDPE 616
Cognitive Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Assessment of theories of cognitive development including Piagetian, neo-Piagetian, and information-processing approaches. Theoretical models and empirical findings, and their application to educational and other settings.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDPE 623
Social-Emotional Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Social-emotional development including temperament, attachment, gender identity, and peer relations. Biological and environmental influences, continuity and change, and qualitative versus quantitative variables.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
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EDPI 642
Inclusion:Past, Present&Future
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Terms
- Instructors
- Tara Flanagan, Ozlem Erten
or other 500-, 600-, or 700-level courses offered by the Department and with the approval of the supervisor and the Program Director.
