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Admission to the Master's
Program
(M.Ed. in Educational Psychology)
Individuals seeking
initial admission to any departmental program must complete both
a
School of Graduate Studies and Research application and a departmental
application.
Once all application materials (including completed application
forms,
two letters of recommendation, transcripts, and GRE scores for
the
aptitude portion of the exam only) have been received, the school
psychology program committee will review applications and select
applicants
for interviews.
Following these
interviews, the committee will forward to the Graduate School and
Research
recommendations regarding admission into the program. The Graduate
School
and Research, in turn, will communicate an admission decision to
the applicant.
Admission to the
program is based upon an evaluation of undergraduate and graduate
transcripts,
recommendations, GRE test scores, work history, professional goals, and
personal characteristics as determined in the admission
interview.
No one criterion dominates in the admission decision, providing
there
is evidence of the basic ability to do graduate work.
Applicants who
have cumulative GPAs below 2.6 will be required to take the Miller
Analogies
Test by the School of Graduate Studies and Research as well.
The progress of
students entering the master's program is reviewed by the faculty
during
the first year of coursework, and a decision is made on whether
to
invite students to apply to the doctoral program or support
continuation
into the specialist certification program. At this point, the
student
must complete a streamlined application process in either case.
If you are admitted into our program, here
is something to be aware of...
The Pennsylvania Department of Education requires that all
those who plan to be certified to work in the public schools have at least six
credits in math and six in English (three in composition/writing and three in
literature). Most students take these courses during their undergraduate
careers. However, if you have not taken any of these courses, you would need to
take them before you receive your Pennsylvania
certification (approximately three years after enrolling at IUP).
Master's Degree Program
Schedule
(Thesis Option, 33 credits; Non-Thesis Option, 36 credits)
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General Requirements -- All
students must complete coursework in the following areas:
Professional
Development (9 credits), Humanistic Studies (3 credits),
Behavioral Studies (3 credits), Subject Area (6 credits),
Research (6 credits), and Electives (9 credits, non-thesis
option). All electives must be approved by the student's departmental
adviser
and may be chosen to enhance the student's interest in school
psychology,
human development and learning, or educational evaluation and research. |
I. Core Courses (21 credits)
EDSP 747 Advanced
Psychology of Adolescent Education
(3 cr.)
EDSP 748 Advanced Studies in Behavior Problems
(3 cr.)
EDSP 746 Learning and
Instruction (3 cr.)
EDSP 704 Advanced Educational Psychology
(3 cr.)
EDSP 745 Crisis
Intervention and
Psychological Counseling of Exceptional
Children (3 cr.)
EDSP 811 Introduction to School Psychology
(3 cr.)
EDSP 755 Practicum I
(3 cr.)
II. Research Requirements (6
credits)
EDSP 717 Applied
Educational Research
Methods (3 cr.)
GSR 615 Elements of Research
(3 cr.)
III. Electives (9 credits) or
Thesis (6 credits)
EDEX 650 Exceptional
Children and Youth
(3 cr.)
PSYC 810 Historical Trends in
Psychology (3 cr.) -- Required for Doctoral Program Approved elective
Total 33 or 36 credits
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