Educational Psychology

Overview

At the heart of the Educational Psychology major are the whys and hows of human learning.

Education doesn鈥檛 occur in a vacuum. We learn in classrooms, in office environments, in parks and museums. How we learn, though鈥攗nder what conditions, under what circumstances鈥攖here鈥檚 the mystery, the research, and the major. It's much more complicated than this, though: there is a whole batch of other issues and questions that surround the Educational Psychology major and the learning process in general.

The practical applications of an educational psychology major are numerous, especially with today's great focus on education. You can expect that your degree will be in high demand, and that the research and the studies you perform have the potential of shaping how the next generation learns.

Selected Schools

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University of Nebraska鈥擫incoln

Lincoln, NE

$27,960 Tuition
1190 Avg SAT
19,787 Enrolled

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University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

1220 Avg SAT
29,335 Enrolled

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

$36,065 Tuition
64,662 Enrolled

Concordia University (WI)

Mequon, WI

1020 Avg SAT
4,419 Enrolled

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

$46,776 Tuition
1240 Avg SAT
14,338 Enrolled

Harvard College

Cambridge, MA

$52,659 Tuition
1500 Avg SAT
6,738 Enrolled

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SAMPLE CURRICULUM

Adolescent Development
Applied Cognition and Learning
Human Sexuality
Individual Learning Skills
Introduction to Statistics
Problems in Educational Psychology
Psychological Foundations of Education

HIGH SCHOOl PREPARATION

The best preparation you can get for any psychology major is to have a solid background in the liberal arts, with a strong focus on those math and science classes, particularly biology, chemistry, physics, and statistics, in addition to having strong reading and writing skills to get you through all of that research you鈥檒l be putting together. We鈥檒l assume that you鈥檒l also take psychology courses if your school offers them.

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