Overview
- The Foundations strand within the Ph.D. provides opportunity for specialization in assessment, learning and cognition, program evaluation, research, and learning in school domains.is designed to enable students to become independent scholars, who are able to make significant contributions to knowledge in the discipline of educational psychology.
- The focus of the Educational Psychology program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas is on the assessment and understanding of learning outcomes and processes in a variety of learning environments and in modifying those environments in ways that promote more effective learning.
Career Possibilities
- University faculty
- Community college faculty
- Educational assessment director
- Educational psychologists
- Human resource education director
- Program evaluators
- Research coordinators for school districts, human services agencies, hospitals, businesses etc.
- School, agency, or private practice psychologist
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Courses include:
- Designing & Critiquing Research In Education
- Qualitative Research Methodologies
- Inferential Statistics and Experimental Design
- Advanced Research Methods
- Motivation Theories and Applications in Education
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Other requirements
General requirements
- An undergraduate grade point average of 3.00 or above.
- If graduate course work has been completed, a graduate grade point average of 3.00 or above.
- Preference given to scores that relate to the 50th percentile or better on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
- A score of 600 or above on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is also required for students who do not speak English as their language.
- Three letters of reference from university faculty or other individuals qualified to judge the applicant's academic potential.
- The applicant's statement of professional interests and goals.
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25934 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 25934 USD per year -
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25644 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 25644 USD per year -
In-State
7502 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7502 USD per year
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