Educational Studies|

Programs

• •  Counselor Education, Certificate (Career Development Facilitator)
• •  Counselor Education, Ed.S.
• •  Counselor Education, Ph.D.
• •  Educational Psychology and Research, M.Ed.
• •  Educational Psychology and Research, Ph.D.
• •  Educational Technology, M.Ed. (Joint degree with USC Aiken)
• •  Foundations of Education, Ph.D.
• •  Play Therapy, Certificate
• •  Qualitative Research, Certificate
• •  Special Education, M.Ed.
• •  Special Education, Ph.D.

Courses

Counselor Education

• •  EDCE 502 - Guidance Techniques for Classroom Teachers| 
• •  EDCE 503 - Family Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 507 - Educators in Industry| 
• •  EDCE 510 - Introduction to Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 555 - Theory and Practice of College Mentoring| 
• •  EDCE 570 - Seminar in Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 600 - Communications Skills in Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 650 - Counseling Student Athletes| 
• •  EDCE 690 - Independent Study| 
• •  EDCE 700 - Cross-Cultural Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 701 - Counseling Parents of Exceptional Children| 
• •  EDCE 702 - Counselor as Consultant| 
• •  EDCE 704 - Theory and Procedures of Group Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 705 - Educational Measurement| 
• •  EDCE 706 - Assessment in Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 707 - Career Development| 
• •  EDCE 708 - Critical Issues in School Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 709 - Counseling Through Play| 
• •  EDCE 710 - Professional, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 711 - Advanced Family Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 712 - Comprehensive Developmental School Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 714 - Clinical Mental Health Counseling|
• •  EDCE 715 - Sexuality Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 716 - Leaders in Counselor Education| 
• •  EDCE 717 - Career Practicum| 
• •  EDCE 720 - Theories of Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 721 - Techniques of Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 722 - Group Procedures in Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 723 - Counseling Supervision Theory| 
• •  EDCE 724 - Techniques of Clinical Mental Health Counseling|
• •  EDCE 730 - Counseling and Spirituality| 
• •  EDCE 769 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Abuse and Neglect| 
• •  EDCE 799 - Thesis Preparation| 
• •  EDCE 800 - Special Topics in Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 801 - Advanced Techniques in School Counseling|
• •  EDCE 802 - Practicum in Human Development and Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 802E - Elementary School Counseling Practicum| 
• •  EDCE 802F - Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling Practicum| 
• •  EDCE 802P - Practicum in Play Therapy| 
• •  EDCE 802S - Secondary School Counseling Practicum| 
• •  EDCE 803 - Practicum in Clinical Mental Health Couseling
• •  EDCE 804 - Internship in Clinical Mental Health Couseling
• •  EDCE 805 - Counseling Internship| 
• •  EDCE 805E - Elementary School Counseling Internship| 
• •  EDCE 805F - Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling Internship| 
• •  EDCE 805S - Secondary School Counseling Internship| 
• •  EDCE 807 - Advanced Career Development| 
• •  EDCE 809 - Advanced Counseling Through Play| 
• •  EDCE 810 - Theory and Practice of Play Therapy| 
• •  EDCE 811 - Creative Arts in Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 812 - Counseling Skills Assessment Lab| 
• •  EDCE 813 - Professional Issues in Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 820 - Advanced Transcultural Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 822 - Advanced Practicum| 
• •  EDCE 823 - Advanced Counseling Theory| 
• •  EDCE 825 - Empirical Basis of Counseling| 
• •  EDCE 830 - Pedagogy in Counselor Education| 
• •  EDCE 832 - Practicum in Counseling Supervision| 
• •  EDCE 855 - Internship in Counselor Education| 
• •  EDCE 856 - Supervised Internship in Counselor Education - Teaching|
• •  EDCE 879 - Group Counseling Practicum| 
• •  EDCE 890 - Independent Study| 
• •  EDCE 899 - Dissertation Preparation| 

Educational Psychology

• •  EDPY 644 - Free-Choice Learning and Informal Learning Environments| 
• •  EDPY 690 - Independent Study| 
• •  EDPY 704 - The Field of Educational Psychology|
• •  EDPY 705 - Human Growth and Development| 
• •  EDPY 706 - Growth and Development: Childhood|
• •  EDPY 707 - Growth and Development: Adolescence|
• •  EDPY 708 - Growth and Development: Adulthood| 
• •  EDPY 741 - Basic Processes: Cognition|
• •  EDPY 751 - Learning and Instruction|
• •  EDPY 752 - Research Methods in Educational Psychology|
• •  EDPY 785 - Motivation and School Learning| 
• •  EDPY 799 - Thesis Preparation| 
• •  EDPY 805 - Contemporary Research in Human Development and Education| 
• •  EDPY 835 - Educational Psychology| 
• •  EDPY 873 - Advanced Problems in Educational Psychology| 
• •  EDPY 890 - Independent Study| 
• •  EDPY 899 - Dissertation Preparation| 

Educational Technology

• •  EDET 603 - Design and Development Tools I| 
• •  EDET 650 - Internship in Educational Technology| 
• •  EDET 652 - Design and Evaluation of Games and Simulations| 
• •  EDET 703 - Design and Development Tools II| 
• •  EDET 709 - Applications of Learning Principles| 
• •  EDET 722 - Instructional Design and Assessment|
• •  EDET 735 - Technological Application for Diverse Populations| 
• •  EDET 746 - Management of Technology Resources| 
• •  EDET 755 - Design and Evaluation of Information Access and Delivery| 
• •  EDET 780 - Research Seminar in Educational Technology| 
• •  EDET 793 - Advanced Instructional Design and Development| 
• •  EDET 799 - Thesis Preparation| 

Educational Foundations and Inquiry

• •  EDFI 592 - Historical Foundations of American Educational Thought.|
• •  EDFI 643 - Southern Educational History|
• •  EDFI 690 - Independent Study|
• •  EDFI 722 - Contemporary Education in Europe|
• •  EDFI 730 - Qualitative Epistemologies, Paradigms, & Theories|
• •  EDFI 731 - Qualitative Inquiry|
• •  EDFI 741 - International and Comparative Education|
• •  EDFI 742 - The School and the Social Order: Western Europe|
• •  EDFI 743 - The School and the Social Order: The United States I|
• •  EDFI 744 - Philosophy and Education|
• •  EDFI 749 - The School in Modern Society|
• •  EDFI 799 - Thesis Preparation|
• •  EDFI 832 - Educational Biography|
• •  EDFI 833 - Narrative Inquiry|
• •  EDFI 834 - Participatory Action Research|
• •  EDFI 836 - Ethnography and Education|
• •  EDFI 843 - The School and the Social Order: the United States II|
• •  EDFI 845 - Seminar for Advanced Students in Foundations of Education|
• •  EDFI 847 - Modern Philosophies of Education|
• •  EDFI 890 - Independent Study|
• •  EDFI 899 - Dissertation Preparation|

Research and Measurement in Education

• •  EDRM 520 - Introduction to Testing and Evaluation| 
• •  EDRM 690 - Independent Study| 
• •  EDRM 700 - Introduction to Research in Education| 
• •  EDRM 710 - Educational Statistics I| 
• •  EDRM 711 - Educational Statistics II| 
• •  EDRM 712 - Nonparametric Statistics| 
• •  EDRM 718 - Research and the Statistical Packages| 
• •  EDRM 720 - Educational Measurement| 
• •  EDRM 721 - Constructing Cognitive Instruments| 
• •  EDRM 722 - Constructing Non-Cognitive Instruments| 
• •  EDRM 723 - Classroom Assessment Methods| 
• •  EDRM 724 - Design and Analysis of Educational Surveys| 
• •  EDRM 728 - Technical Aspects of Tests and Measurements| 
• •  EDRM 736 - Program Evaluation| 
• •  EDRM 737 - Internship in Research| 
• •  EDRM 789 - Principles and Applications of Structural Equation Modeling|
• •  EDRM 799 - Thesis Preparation| 
• •  EDRM 800 - Grants Administration| 
• •  EDRM 810 - Design and Analysis of Experiments| 
• •  EDRM 812 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling| 
• •  EDRM 816 - Correlational and Multivariate Methods| 
• •  EDRM 828 - Item Response Theory| 
• •  EDRM 840 - Advanced Qualitative Inquiry in Education| 
• •  EDRM 878 - Seminar in Research Techniques| 
• •  EDRM 890 - Independent Study| 
• •  EDRM 897 - Dissertation Seminar in Education| 
• •  EDRM 899 - Dissertation Preparation| 

Special Education

• •  EDEX 523 - Introduction to Exceptional Children| 
• •  EDEX 525 - The Nature of Orthopedic and Special Health Problems| 
• •  EDEX 530 - Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 531 - Nature of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 540 - Nature and Needs of the Gifted and Talented| 
• •  EDEX 580 - Direct Instruction in Reading for At-Risk Learners| 
• •  EDEX 582 - Teaching Mathematics to Students at Risk|
• •  EDEX 610 - Instruction of Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 615 - Curriculum and Language Instruction for Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 616 - Instruction of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 619 - Nature of Students with Intellectual Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 630 - Educational Procedures for Early Childhood Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 632 - Nature of Students with Emotional and Behavior Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 640 - Managing Problem Behavior in the Classroom| 
• •  EDEX 682 - Introduction to Braille| 
• •  EDEX 685 - Nature of Students with Visual Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 686 - Introduction to Deafness| 
• •  EDEX 687 - Communication Systems for Students who are Deaf or Hearing Impaired| 
• •  EDEX 690 - Independent Study| 
• •  EDEX 691 - Inclusion: Co-Teaching Students with Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 692 - Partnerships in Early Childhood Special Education|
• •  EDEX 701 - Nature of Students with Autism| 
• •  EDEX 710 - Legal Issues in Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 712 - Instruction of Students with Mild to Moderate Retardation| 
• •  EDEX 713 - Practicum in Instruction of Exceptional Children I| 
• •  EDEX 714B - Practicum in Instruction of Exceptional Children II: B (Behavioral Disorders)| 
• •  EDEX 714E - Practicum in Instruction of Exceptional Children II: E (Early Childhood Special Education)| 
• •  EDEX 714H - Practicum in Instruction of Exceptional Children II: H (Hearing Impairments)| 
• •  EDEX 714L - Practicum in Instruction of Exceptional Children II: L (Learning Disabilities)| 
• •  EDEX 714M - Practicum in Instruction of Exceptional Children II: ID (Intellectual Disabilities)| 
• •  EDEX 714S - Practicum in Instruction of Exceptional Children II: S (Severe/Multiple)| 
• •  EDEX 715 - Applied Behavior Analysis in Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 716 - Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavior Interventions| 
• •  EDEX 717 - Research and Ethics in Behavior Analysis| 
• •  EDEX 726 - Seminar in Special Education for Student Teachers| 
• •  EDEX 740 - Cognitive and Affective Aspects of the Gifted and Talented| 
• •  EDEX 742 - Educational Procedures for the Gifted and Talented| 
• •  EDEX 750 - Technology and Exceptional Populations| 
• •  EDEX 770 - Methods and Materials for Students with Low Vision| 
• •  EDEX 773 - Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology of the Eye| 
• •  EDEX 774 - Educational Procedures for Students with Visual Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 775 - Orientation and Mobility for the Visually Handicapped| 
• •  EDEX 780 - Speech Reading and Auditory Training I| 
• •  EDEX 781 - Speech Reading and Auditory Training II| 
• •  EDEX 784 - Instruction of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 785 - Language Impairment, Disabilities, and Augmentative Communication| 
• •  EDEX 790 - Introduction to Assessment in Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 791 - Procedures in Special Education Assessment and Intervention I| 
• •  EDEX 792 - Issues in Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 793 - Seminar in Aural Rehabilitation| 
• •  EDEX 795 - Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 796 - Directed Teaching in Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 799 - Thesis Preparation| 
• •  EDEX 808 - Procedures in Special Education Assessment and Intervention II| 
• •  EDEX 809 - Single-Case Research Designs in Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 815 - Coordination of Programs for Exceptional Children| 
• •  EDEX 816 - Special Problems in Education of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 817 - Advanced Educational Problems in Learning Disabilities| 
• •  EDEX 890 - Independent Study| 
• •  EDEX 891 - Advanced Educational Procedures for Exceptional Children: B (Behavioral Disorders); L (Learning Disabilities); ID (Intellectual Disabilities); N (Non-Categorical); S (Severe); V (Visual Impairments)| 
• •  EDEX 892 - Internship in Exceptional Children: A (Administration); P (Pedagogy); T (Teaching Internship).| 
• •  EDEX 893 - Advanced Topics in Exceptional Children| 
• •  EDEX 894 - Research Seminar in Special Education| 
• •  EDEX 899 - Dissertation Preparation|