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Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's Degree or equiv. international education

Credit Hours

60 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced)

Courses Offered

10

Courses Offered In MASTERS DEGREE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Personality Psychology

  • This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the key personality theorists by combining biographical information on each theorist with his or her contributions to the field. The unique style of this enables you to easily grasp an understanding of the key people and movements in the field of personality.

  • 6 Credits

  • Developmental Psychology

  • The Course offers an eclectic, interdisciplinary approach to the study of adolescence, presenting both psychological and sociological viewpoints as well as educational, demographic, and economic data. The course takes into consideration current and important topics such as ethnic identity formation, gender issues, the Internet, and the effects of single-parent families.

  • 6 Credits

  • Biological and Cognitive Psychology

  • This course incorporates neuroscience seamlessly into the study of cognitive psychology. This course takes a fresh look at the field, and presents it as it actually is today. By integrating findings about the brain into the usual fare for this topic, it provides the foundation for you to study current research in the field. 

  • 6 Credits

  • Neuropsychology

  • This course will provide an overview of the neural systems supporting our perception of spatial world, and the movements of our bodies within it. This course will draw special emphasis to the study of visual perception, memory and language processing, attention or action, human brain damages and recovery.

  • 6 Credits

  • Psychology

  • Course introduces the field of psychology and its basic concepts, theories, research methods, and contributions to the understanding of human behavior. Topics include the nervous system, perception, motivation, learning and memory, social behavior, personality, developmental, and clinical psychology. The past and current theories and contributions of major psychologists are explored.

  • 6 Credits

  • Educational Psychology

  • This comprehensive and engaging course is an introduction to human learning and its applications. The course details how the mind has a clear design, or architecture, that explains simple acts of memory and complex cognition, to highly creative acts and leaps of scientific or artistic insight.

  • 6 Credits

  • Educational Psychology in Learning and Instruction

  • The course focuses on the big ideas, preferring that you understand a few exemplary ideas deeply. Course is organized around two sides of educational coin, learning in subject areas and instructional methods that foster meaningful learning. Course uses clear definitions, concrete examples, active learning tasks and a conversational writing style.

  • 6 Credits

  • Child Development

  • The course provides the coverage and research found in the best child development texts but also then helps you understand how to use this information as educators. These features of the text help you actually see development, not simply read about it.

  • 6 Credits

  • Culture and Psychology

  • The course emphasizes your understanding and integration of theory and research findings about the relationships between culture and psychology, development of skills to apply the knowledge about the impact of culture on psychology to themselves and helping others, and continuous reflection and documentation on their multi-dimensional cross-cultural experiences.

  • 6 Credits

  • Special Topics in Educational Psychology

  • This course is based on the idea that a behavior management plan can be as effective in preventing problematic classroom behavior as it is in managing it. It offers easy-to-implement, research-based plans for addressing problematic classroom behavior in two key areas: on-task time/assignment completion and disruption/rule violation.

  • 6 Credits
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Personality psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction.
    The psychoanalytic legacy: sigmund freud.
    Personality's ancestral foundation: carl jung.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Overcoming inferiority and striving for superiority: alfred adler.
    Moving toward, away from, and against others: karen horney.
    Personality from the interpersonal perspective: harry stack sullivan.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The seasons of our lives: erik erikson.
    The sociopsychological approach to personality: erich fromm.
    Every person is to be prized: carl rogers.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Becoming all that one can be: abraham maslow.
    Marching to a different drummer: george kelly.
    The social - cognitive approach to personality: walter mischel and julian rotter.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Thinking ahead and learning mastery of one's circumstances: albert bandura.
    It's all a matter of consequences: b. f. skinner.
    Human needs and environmental press: henry a. murray.
    The trait approach to personality: raymond cattell and hans eysenck.
    Personality development and prejudice: gordon allport.
    Where is personality theory going?

Developmental psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adolescents in social
    Adolescents in theoretical
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adolescent diversity: socioeconomic status and ethnicity
    Body issues: sexual maturation and physical growth
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Body issues: health-related behaviors and attitudes
    Traditional approaches to cognitive development: piaget and elkind
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    New approaches to cognitive development: information processing, decision making, and assessment issues
    Self-concept, identity, ethnicity, and gender
    Sexual values and behavior
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adolescents and their families
    Divorced, parent-absent, and blended families
    Social development: the changing nature of friendship and romance
    Adolescent society, culture, and subculture
    The development of moral values
    Education and school
    Work and vocation
    Adolescent alienation
    Substance abuse, addiction, and dependency

Biological and cognitive psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    How the brain gives rise to the mind.
    Perception.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Attention.
    Representation and knowledge in long-term memory.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Encoding and retrieval from long-term memory.
    Working memory.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Executive processes.
    Emotion and cognition.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Decision making.
    Problem solving and reasoning.
    Motor cognition and mental simulation.
    Language.

Neuropsychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to neuropsychology
    Neuroanatomy
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Techniques in neuropsychology
    Laterality
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The sensorimotor system
    Sensation and perception: vision
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Memory
    Hearing and language processing
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Emotion
    Spatial ability
    Attention and consciousness
    Humans, human brains, and evolution
    Neural development and developmental disorders
    Human brain damage
    Neuropsychological assessment
    Recovery of function

Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The science of psychology.
    How psychologists do research.
    Evolution, genes, and behavior.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Neurons, hormones, and the brain.
    Body rhythms and mental states.
    Sensation and perception.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning and conditioning.
    Behavior in social and cultural context.
    Thinking and intelligence.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Memory.
    Emotion.
    Motivation.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Theories of personality.
    Development over the lifespan.
    Health, stress and coping.
    Psychological disorders.
    Approaches to treatment and therapy.

Educational Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    -preschool- the bully
    -k2- learning the ropes
    -k2- the paycheck
    -k2- the goldfish
    -k2- haley and meredith
    -35- houses and boats
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    -35- the art box
    -35- the emergency telephone call
    -68- friends
    -68- alabama
    -912- studying french
    -912- pollution
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    -k2- the reflection in the window
    -k2- the marble jar
    -35- seven chips
    -35- throwing tantrums
    -35- the distracting influence
    -35- a silent world
    -68- topography
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    -68- consequences
    -68- keeping track of business
    -68- solving problems
    -912- first aid
    -912- the respiratory system
    -912- the concept maps
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    -912- coming back to school
    -preschool- animal shelters
    -preschool- i bit my tongue
    -k2- letters
    -k2- the star chart
    -35- the bulletin board
    -35- halloween
    -35- culture shock
    -35- getting a drink
    -35- summer school
    -68- math baseball
    -68- the stand-up comic
    -68- the perfectionist
    -912- the unmotivated student
    -912- proofreading
    -912- cheerleading tryouts
    -k2- the morning routine
    -35- horses and aliens
    -35- endangered species
    -68- climate
    -68- the research paper
    -912- the pearl
    -912- under the bleachers

Educational Psychology in Learning and Instruction

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to learning and instruction
    Learning to read fluently
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Learning to read for comprehension
    Learning to write
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning mathematics
    Learning science
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Teaching by giving productive feedback
    Teaching by providing concreteness, activity, and familiarity
    Teaching by explaining examples
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Teaching by guiding cognitive processing during learning
    Teaching by fostering learning strategies
    Teaching by fostering problem-solving strategies
    Teaching by creating cognitive apprenticeship in classrooms and beyond
    Teaching by priming students' motivation to learn

Child Development

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Making a difference in the lives of infants, children, and adolescents
    Using research to understand children and adolescents
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Biological beginnings
    Physical development
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Family, culture, and community
    Cognitive development: piaget and vygotsky
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cognitive development: cognitive processes
    Intelligence
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Language development
    Development in academic domains
    Emotional development
    Development of self and social understanding
    Morality and motivation
    Peers, media, and society

Culture and Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding cross-cultural psychology.
    Methodology of cross-cultural research.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Critical thinking in cross-cultural psychology.
    Cognition: sensation and perception, and states of consciousness.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Intelligence.
    Emotion.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Motivation and behavior.
    Human development and socialization.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Psychological disorders.
    Social perception and social cognition.
    Social interaction.

Special Topics in Educational Psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Classroom management and evidence-based practice
    The good behavior board game
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Behavioral contracting
    Individual disruptive incident barometer
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Signal time-out for minor disruptive behavior
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Removal time-out for severe disruptive and aggressive behavior
    Positive compliance momentum
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The beeper system
    Task engagement program -tep-
    Grandma's rule for increasing in-seat behavior
    Response cards