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Twin Cities Campus
Educational Psychology Specialist Certificate in Education and Special EducationEducational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 250 Educational Science Building, 56 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-6083; fax 612-624-8241).
Email:
epsy-adm@umn.edu
Website: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/edpsych
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The special education track aims to improve outcomes for individuals who require specialized support to experience success across the lifespan. We are committed to engaging in meaningful research—and to bridging research and practice—to improve the lives of children and families in diverse contexts, and to have a lasting impact on teacher education, leadership, and policy. Early involvement in research projects and the development of original research addressing the needs of individuals requiring specialized support is encouraged and may include focused attention to intervention science, implementation science, social and cognitive development, behavioral and psychological management, language and communication skills, and/or the design and use of technology to promote impact.
The special education track focuses on the attainment of core competencies required for special education professionals as well as interdisciplinary skills and goals needed to address diverse challenges in diverse contexts. A complementary emphasis is placed on systematic understanding and problem solving in relation to social and cultural perceptions, care, education, intervention, and support of persons with disabilities.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
Special Application Requirements:
Applicants must apply online submitting a department application, three letters of recommendation, and a statement of goals and interests. Applications are accepted for fall admission only (deadline December 1).
Applications should be accompanied by official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended.
Due to the various impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the GRE will not be required in the application for admissions for fall 2022.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
A minimum GPA of 2.80
is required for students to remain in good standing.
Students take 60 credits distributed as follows: 15 credits EPSY core courses, 6 credits EPSY electives and 45 credits of coursework in special education (6 credits can satisfy EPSY elective requirement).
Ed Psych Core Course Requirements
Students must take 3 credits in statistics, 3 credits in measurement/evaluation, 3 credits learning/cognition, 3 credits social/personality, 3 credits in research methods and 6 credits EPSY electives. Courses taken to satisfy EPSY core requirements must be taken on an A-F grade basis.
Statistics (3 credits)
EPSY 8251 - Statistical Methods in Education I
(3.0 cr)
Measurement/Evaluation (3 credits)
Select one of the following courses from measurement or evaluation.
measurement
EPSY 5221 - Principles of Educational and Psychological Measurement
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 5614W - Assessment and Due Process in Special Education
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8222 - Advanced Measurement: Theory and Application
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8225 - Operational Measurement: Test Score Quality Assurance, Standard Setting, and Equating
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8226 - Applications of Item Response Theory Models
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8265 - Factor Analysis
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5862 - Psychological Measurement: Theory and Methods
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5865 - Advanced Measurement: Theory and Application
(3.0 cr)
or
evaluation
EPSY 5243 - Principles and Methods of Evaluation
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 5244 - Survey Design, Sampling, and Implementation
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 5247 - Qualitative Methods in Educational Psychology
(3.0 cr)
OLPD 5501 - Principles and Methods of Evaluation
(3.0 cr)
Learning/Cognition (3 credits)
Select one of the following courses.
CPSY 8301 - Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Processes
(4.0 cr)
EPSY 5101 - Intelligence and Creativity
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 5114 - Psychology of Student Learning
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 5116 - Education of the Gifted and Talented
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 5119 - Mind, Brain, and Education
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8112 - Mathematical Cognition
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8116 - Reading for Meaning: Cognitive Processes in the Comprehension of Texts
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8118 - Advanced Cognitive Psychology
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8707 - Principles of Behavior Analysis and Learning
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5014 - Psychology of Human Learning and Memory
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5015 - Cognition, Computation, and Brain
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5054 - Psychology of Language
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8042 - Proseminar in Cognition, Brain, and Behavior
(3.0 cr)
Social/Personality (3 credits)
Select one of the following courses.
CPSY 8302 - Developmental Psychology: Social and Emotional Processes
(4.0 cr)
CPSY 8606 - Advanced Developmental Psychopathology
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 5135 - Human Relations Workshop
(4.0 cr)
EPSY 5151 - Cooperative Learning
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 5157 - Social & Developmental Psychology of Education
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8132 - Personality Development and Socialization
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8819 - Emotion & Childhood Psychopathology
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5101H - Honors: Personality: Current Theory and Research
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5135 - Psychology of Individual Differences
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5202 - Attitudes and Social Behavior
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5204 - Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5205 - Applied Social Psychology
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5207 - Personality and Social Behavior
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8201 - Social Cognition
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8202 - Close Relationships
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8208 - Social Psychology: The Self
(3.0 cr)
SOC 8721 - Social Psychology: Micro-Sociological Approaches to Inequalities and Identities
(3.0 cr)
Research Methods (3 credits)
EPSY 8215 - Advanced Research Methodologies in Education
(3.0 cr)
EPSY Electives
6 credits of EPSY electives can be satisfied by special education course requirements.
Special Education Course Requirements
EPSY courses will satisfy 6 credits Ed Psych elective core requirement.
Special Topic/Issues Courses (9 credits)
EDHD 8300 - Special Topics in Education and Human Development: Grant Writing - Behav, Social, and Educ Sciences (3 cr.)
EPSY 8600 Special Topic course or other EPSY 8xxx level course chosen in consultation with advisor (3 cr.)
EPSY 8600 Special Topic course or other EPSY 8xxx level course chosen in consultation with advisor (3 cr.)
Doctoral Core Seminars (6 credits)
EPSY 8701 - Doctoral Core Seminar: Special Education I
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8702 - Doctoral Core Seminar: Special Education II
(3.0 cr)
Special Ed Research Related Courses (6 credits)
EPSY 8694 - Research in Special Education
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8706 - Single Case Designs in Intervention Research
(3.0 cr)
Specialist Project (9 credits)
Select at least 9 credits from the following in consultation with advisor.
EPSY 8993 - Directed Study: Educational Psychology
(1.0-10.0 cr)
EPSY 8994 - Research Problems: Educational Psychology
(1.0-6.0 cr)
Electives (15 credits)
In consultation with their advisor, students take 15 credits of electives to develop focused expertise. Possible courses include, but are in no way limited to the following. Courses taken to satisfy Ed Psych Core Course Requirements cannot be used to satisfy special ed elective requirement credits.
Recommended Advanced Issues Courses
EPSY 8602 - Advanced Topics in Special Education Research
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8707 - Principles of Behavior Analysis and Learning
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8708 - Functional Behavior Assessment
(3.0 cr)
Learning/Cognition
CPSY 8301 - Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Processes
(4.0 cr)
EPSY 8112 - Mathematical Cognition
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8116 - Reading for Meaning: Cognitive Processes in the Comprehension of Texts
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8118 - Advanced Cognitive Psychology
(3.0 cr)
Social/Personality
CPSY 8302 - Developmental Psychology: Social and Emotional Processes
(4.0 cr)
CPSY 8606 - Advanced Developmental Psychopathology
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8201 - Social Cognition
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8202 - Close Relationships
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8208 - Social Psychology: The Self
(3.0 cr)
SOC 8721 - Social Psychology: Micro-Sociological Approaches to Inequalities and Identities
(3.0 cr)
Measurement/Evaluation/Statistics
EPSY 5221 - Principles of Educational and Psychological Measurement
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8222 - Advanced Measurement: Theory and Application
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8225 - Operational Measurement: Test Score Quality Assurance, Standard Setting, and Equating
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8226 - Applications of Item Response Theory Models
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8264 - Advanced Multiple Regression Analysis
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8265 - Factor Analysis
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8266 - Statistical Analysis Using Structural Equation Methods
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8268 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling in Educational Research
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8282 - Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Data
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8283 - Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 8251/EPsy 8261 |
Prerequisites: | [EPSY 5261 or equiv] or undergrad statistics course |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 4614W/EPsy 5614W |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 8222/Psy 5865 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | [8252 or equiv or #] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 8222/Psy 5865 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | OLPD 5501/EPsy 5243 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | OLPD 5501/EPsy 5243 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 3101/EPsy 5101 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 3301/EPsy 5114 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Psy 3135/Psy 5135 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Psy 4207/Psy 5207 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 1.0 -10.0 [max 20.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -6.0 [max 18.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 8222/Psy 5865 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | [8252 or equiv or #] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | 8265, [8252 or equiv] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring & Summer |