Human Development

Department of Educational Psychology
Human Development

The Department of Educational Psychology offers a Master's (MS) program with a concentration in Human Development. In addition, students may pursue a Doctoral (PhD) program with a Human Development concentration. The program in Human Development prepares professionals to work with children in hospital settings (see Child Life) or in their homes (see Early Childhood Intervention).  The related concentration in Family Studies prepares parent involvement coordinators for school districts, Certified Family Life Educators, parenting coordinators serving as liaisons to the court, Cooperative Extension workers serving family, youth, and communities, and non-profit administrators for groups that serve families.

See Education Psychology Admissions for application procedures.

Faculty Contact: Dr. Becky Glover (Becky.Glover@unt.edu)
Faculty Contact: Dr. Angela Nievar (Angela.Nievar@unt.edu)

Master of Science in Educational Psychology
Concentration in
Human Development
(UNT Graduate Catalog Listing)

Degree Requirements (minimum 36 hours)

1) Educational Psychology Core Courses (9 hours)

EPSY 5000 - Introduction to Educational Psychology (3 hours)
EPSY 5050 - Foundations of Educational Research (3 hours)
EPSY 5350 - Foundations of PsychEducational Measurement (3 hours)

2) Human Development Concentration (18 hours)

DFST 5113 - Developmental and Family Theory (3 hours)
DFST 5123 - Human Development Across the Lifespan (3 hours)
DFST 5133 - Infant and Child Development (3 hours)
DFST 5163 - Diversity in Individuals and Families (3 hours)
DFST 6153 - Social-Emotional Development (3 hours)
DFST 6143 - Cognitive and Language Development (3 hours)

3) Electives (6 hours)

Two courses (6 hours), selected in consultation with your faculty advisor. 

4) Capstone (3 hours)

Supervised research or program evaluation project.

EPSY 5900 - Special Problems (3 hours)

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