Degree Information & Requirements
Master of Education (EdM)
Master of Education-60 points (Code: COGF)
Core Courses (9 points):
- HUDK 4029 Human cognition and learning (3)
- HUDK 4080 Educational psychology (3)
- HUDK 5023 Cognitive development (3)
Statistics/Research Design (minimum of 12 points):
- HUD 4120 Methods of empirical research (3)
- HUDM 4120 Basic concepts in statistics (3) (if no undergraduate statistics)
- HUDM 4122 Probability and statistical inference (3)
- HUDM 5059 Psychological measurement (3)
- HUDM 5122 Applied regression analysis (3)
Research (6 points):
- HUDK 5324 Research work practicum (2-3) or, by permission, a 6000-level research work practicum, minimum of 2 semesters.
Breadth Requirement (6 points):
To satisfy college requirements, all students must complete a minimum of three Teachers College courses (a course for this purpose is one in which at least 2 points are earned) outside of HUDK. Must select at least two of the following:
- A&HF 4090 Philosophies of education (3)
- A&HL 4000 Introduction to linguistics (3)
- BBS 5068-5069 Brain and behavior I and II (1-2 each)
- BBSQ 4040 Speech and language disorders (2-3)
- ITSF 4010 Cultural and social bases of education (3-4)
- MSTU 4008 Information technology and education (3)
- MSTU 4036 Hypermedia and education (2-3)
- MSTU 4133 Cognition and computers (3)
- ORLJ 4005 Organizational psychology (3)
Specialized Courses (33-36 points):
Selected in consultation with an advisor, and focusing on one of the following concentrations:
Cognition and Learning:
- HUDK 4015 Psychology of thinking (3)
- HUDK 4027 Development of mathematical thinking (3)
- HUDK 5024 Language development (2-3)
- HUDK 5025 Spatial thinking (3)
- HUDK 5030 Visual explanations (3)
- HUDK 5034 Cognitive research methods and applications (3)
- HUDK 6620 Special topics in developmental psychology (1-3)
- HUDM 5058 Choice and decision making (3)
- HBSK 5096 Psychology of memory (3)
Intelligent Technologies:
- HUDK 4035 Technology and human development (3)
- HUDK 5025 Spatial thinking (3)
- HUDK 5030 Visual explanations (3)
- HUDK 5039 Design of intelligent learning environments (3)
- HUDK 5198 Psychology of instructional systems design (2-3)
- HUDK 6620 Special topics in developmental psychology (1-3)
- MSTU 4083 Instructional design of educational technology (3)
Reading Research:
- HUDK 5024 Language development (2-3)
- HUDK 5080 Experimental psychology: Schooling and reading (2-3)
- HUDK 5090 Psychology of language and reading (2-3)
- HUDK 6095 Critical review of current journals in psychology (3)
- HUDK 6620 Special topics in developmental psychology (1-3)
- HBSK 4074 Development of reading comprehension strategies and study skills (3)
Cognitive Studies of Educational Practice:
- HUDF 4021 Sociology of education (3)
- HUDK 4035 Technology and human development (3)
- HUDK 6620 Special topics in developmental psychology (1-3)
- ORL 5522 Evaluation methods I (3)
- HBSK 4074 Development of reading comprehension strategies and study skills (3)
- HBSK 5099 Writing interventions theory and practice (3)
Integrative Project:
Varies according to selected concentration: Cognition and Learning—an empirical cognitive research study; Intelligent Technologies—creation and evaluation of an educational technology program; Reading Research—an empirical reading research paper; Cognitive Studies of Educational Practice—an empirical study of cognition in a classroom setting.
