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Learning and Cognition

Department of Educational Psychology
Learning and Cognition

The Department of Educational Psychology offers a Master's (MS) program with a concentration in Learning and Cognition. This degree program requires a minimum 36 hours of study.

See Education Psychology Admissions for application procedures.

Faculty Contact: Dr. Wendy Middlemiss (Wendy.Middlemiss@unt.edu)
Faculty Contact: Dr. Jon Young (Jon.Young@unt.edu)

Master of Science in Educational Psychology
Concentration in Learning and Cognition
(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) Learning and Cognition Concentration (18 hours)

DFST 5123 - Human Development Across the Life Span (3 hours)
EPSY 5010 - Human Learning and Motivation (3 hours)
EPSY 5210 - Educational Statistics (3 hours)
EPSY 5550 - Learning Theories in Education (3 hours)

EPSY 6900 - Special Problems (3 hours)
(EPSY 6900 must be taken twice, once when taught as “Human Perception” and once when taught as “Motivation”)

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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