Revised Curriculum Sequence (Cohorts entering Fall 2009 and later)
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | EPSY 6300 – Introduction to School Psychology (3) 1
EPSY 8140 – Developmental Psychopathology and Schooling (3) 1 ERSH 8310 – Applied Analysis of Variance Methods in Education (3) 1 ** EPSY 6010 – Foundations of Human Development for Education (3) or EPSY 7330 [new] – Individual Academic Interventions (3) 1 EPSY 6720 (Master’s Practicum in School Psychology) EPSY 7000 (Master’s Research) or 7300 (Master’s Thesis) (1-3) EPSY 8990 – Doctoral Seminar in Educational Psychology (1-3) (Varied) |
EPSY 6720 (Master’s Practicum in School Psychology)
EPSY 7100 – Individual Assessment of Development (3) 1 EPSY 7200 – Diagnosis of Social/Emotional Behavior in Education (3) 1 ERSH 8320 – Applied Correlation and Regression Methods in Education (3) 1 # Minor coursework / Cognition / Motivation / Biological / History / Education course (3) EPSY 7000 (Master’s Research) or 7300 (Master’s Thesis) (1-3) EPSY 8990 – Doctoral Seminar in Educational Psychology (1-3) (Varied) |
EPSY 6720 (Master’s Practicum in School Psychology)
EPSY 7000 (Master’s Research) or 7300 (Master’s Thesis) (1-3) # Minor coursework / Cognition / Motivation / Biological / History / Education course / Statistics (3) |
| 2nd | EPSY 8720 –Practicum in School Psychology [School Psychology Clinic] 1(6)
ERSH 8610 – Educational Measurement Theory (3) ** EPSY 6010 – Foundations of Human Development for Education (3) or EPSY 7330 [new] – Individual Academic Interventions (3) EPSY 7000 (Master’s Research) or 7300 (Master’s Thesis) (1-3) EPSY 8990 – Doctoral Seminar in Educational Psychology (1-3) (Varied) |
EPSY 8720 –Practicum in School Psychology [School Psychology Clinic] 1(6)
** EPSY 7310 – Consultation Processes in Educational Settings (3) or EPSY 7320 – Individual Psychoeducational Intervention (3) # Minor coursework / Cognition / Motivation / Biological / History / Education course / Statistics (3) EPSY 7000 (Master’s Research) or 7300 (Master’s Thesis) (1-3) EPSY 8990 – Doctoral Seminar in Educational Psychology (1-3) (Varied) |
EPSY 8720 –Practicum in School Psychology [School Psychology Clinic]1 (6)
EPSY 7000 (Master’s Research) or 7300 (Master’s Thesis) (1-3) # Minor coursework / Cognition / Motivation / Biological / History / Education course / Statistics (3) |
| 3rd | EPSY 8720 –Practicum in School Psychology – External practicum (3-6)
# Minor coursework / Cognition / Motivation / Biological / History / Education course / Statistics (3) EPSY 7000 (Master’s Research) or 7300 (Master’s Thesis) or EPSY 9000 (Doctoral Research) or EPSY 9300 (Doctoral Dissertation) (1-3) EPSY 8990 – Doctoral Seminar in Educational Psychology (1-3) (Varied) |
EPSY 8720 –Practicum in School Psychology – External practicum (3-6)
** EPSY 7310 – Consultation Processes in Educational Settings (3) or EPSY 7320 – Individual Psychoeducational Intervention (3) EPSY 7000 (Master’s Research) or 7300 (Master’s Thesis) or EPSY 9000 (Doctoral Research) or EPSY 9300 (Doctoral Dissertation) (1-3) EPSY 8990 – Doctoral Seminar in Educational Psychology (1-3) (Varied) |
Written Comprehensive Exams
# Minor coursework / Cognition / Motivation / Biological / History / Education course / Statistics (3) EPSY 7000 (Master’s Research) or 7300 (Master’s Thesis) or EPSY 9000 (Doctoral Research) or EPSY 9300 (Doctoral Dissertation) (1-9) |
| 4th | EPSY 9000 (Doctoral Research) or EPSY 9300 (Doctoral Dissertation) (1-9)
# Minor coursework / Cognition / Motivation / Biological / History / Education course / Statistics (3) |
EPSY 9000 (Doctoral Research) or EPSY 9300 (Doctoral Dissertation) (1-9)
# Minor coursework / Cognition / Motivation / Biological / History / Education course / Statistics (3) |
EPSY 9000 (Doctoral Research) or EPSY 9300 (Doctoral Dissertation) (1-9)
# Minor coursework / Cognition / Motivation / Biological / History / Education course / Statistics (3) EPSY 9720 Advanced Internship in School Psychology (2) 2 |
| 5th | EPSY 9720 Advanced Internship in School Psychology (2) 2 | EPSY 9720 Advanced Internship in School Psychology (2) 2 | EPSY 9720 Advanced Internship in School Psychology (3) 2 |
Notes:
1 Must be taken in semesters indicated.
2 You must sign up for 9 hrs total of EPSY 9720 during your internship year.
You must take 2 credit hours of 9720 the summer before you start (i.e., most internships will have a start date that falls before the beginning of the Fall semester) as well as 3 credit hours of 9720 during the following summer to ensure that you are a registered student at UGA all terms during which you are on internship. You must also register for 2 hours of 9720 during the Fall term of the internship year and 2 hours the Spring term of the internship year.
** – These are required courses that will be offered every other year. EPSY 7330 and EPSY 6010 should be completed in Year 1 and Year 2. EPSY 7320 and EPSY 7310 should be completed in Year 2 and Year 3.
# – Minor coursework requirement:
Three-course sequence of study in student’s declared minor concentration area. Minor coursework may be aligned with other required courses to satisfy curricular requirements. For example, students interested in an autism minor coursework sequence should take a SPED curricular elective focused on social, communication, or functional skills (e.g., SPED 7210).
# – Additional required courses to be completed prior to internship:
- EPSY 6800 – Foundations of Cognition for Education (3 hrs) or EPSY 6060 – Foundations of Motivation for Education or EPSY 8180 – Psychology of Learning and Instruction (3 hrs) or equivalent.
- PSYC 6180 – History of Psychology or equivalent (3 hrs).
- PSYC 6130 – Biological Foundations of Behavior (3 hrs).
- Two–course sequence in education. These courses are intended to ensure that each student has a basic understanding of the organization of schools and curriculum theory, development, delivery of instruction, and school law:
- A curricular elective (e.g., SPED 7210, 7270; READ 6010, 6020)
- An administrative elective (e.g., EDAP 7040 – School Law)
- A fourth statistics course, such as ERSH 8350 (Multivariate Methods in Education), ERSH 8740 (Exploratory Factor Analysis), ERSH 8750 (Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling)
Note about statistics and measurement coursework:
ERSH courses 8310, 8320, and 8610 are prerequisites for many other ERSH courses. Therefore, students are encouraged to take all 3 courses during their three semesters of study.
For students who desire a strong background in statistics and measurement, the following sequence is recommended for the first two years of study (based on recent course scheduling):
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer |
| 1 | ERSH 8310 | ERSH 8320 | ERSH 8740 |
| 2 | ERSH 8610; ERSH 8350 | ERSH 8750 |