School Psychology - Educational Specialist

Required Coursework

Note: Students are required to maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA throughout the program. If a student receives any grade less than a B- in a course, the student will need to retake the course.

Master of science, psychology (30)

• PSYC 530: Child Development w/in Family System (3)
• PSYC 612: Research Design and Statistics (3)
• PSYC 600: Seminar in School Psychology (3)
• PSYC 631: Psychotherapy/Intervention (3)
• PSYC 536: Applied Biopsychology (3)
• PSYC 547: Applied Social Psychology (3)
• PSYC 540: Applied Behavior Analysis in an MTSS Framework (3)
• SPED 600: Orientation to Special Education (3)
• RDED 621: Foundations of Reading/Writing (3)
• EDUC 671: Curriculum Development in the Schools (3)

Educational specialist, School Psychology (64)

• Master of Science, Psychology, School Psychology (30)
• PSYC 671: Cognitive, Achievement, and Adaptive Assessment (3) *
  
• PSYC 672: Academic Assessment and Intervention in a MTSS (3) *
  
• SYC 674: Assessment of English Language Learners (3) *
  
• PSYC 675: Behavioral Assessment of Children and Youth (3) *
• PSYC 634: Child Psychopathology/Therapy (4) *
  
• PSYC 646: Consultation (3) *
• Elective - choose one, determined with consultation of advisor (3)
  • GFED 670 Psychology of the Gifted
  • ECHD 611 Affective and Psychomotor Emphasis
  • EDUC 561 Second Language Acquisition
  • EDFN 545 Advanced Educational Psychology
  • EDFN 590 Social Foundations of Education
  • EDFN 604 Education and Public Policy
  • PSYC 517 Test and Measurements
  • PSYC 527 Childhood Disorders
  • PSYC 537 Ethics & Professional Practice
  • PSYC 630 Group Processes
  • PSYC 633 Systems of Psychotherapy
  • PSYC 635 Psychopathology
  • PSYC 637 Family Therapy
  • PSYC 638 Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
  • PSYC 699 Thesis Credits
  • SCCN 630 Multicultural Counseling
  • SCCN 657 Brief Counseling
  • SPED 580 Diagnostic & Assessment Strategies
  • Summer Institutes, as appropriate and with advisor approval (e.g., ESL, Trauma, ABA, ASD)
    
    
• PSYC 685: Practicum in School Psychology (3)
• PSYC 686: Internship in School Psychology (9)

*Students are required to take and pass the three core cores (Psyc 530, 612, 600) with a "B-" or better, as well as pass all three CCEs before enrolling in these courses.

Sample full-time course sequence 

 

Sample part-time course sequence