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Educational Psychology
 
Dr. Jill Salisbury-Glennon
Educational Psychology Program Coordinator
(334) 844-3064
Thank you for visiting the Ph.D. Educational Psychology program section.  If you need additional information, please contact Dr. Jill Salisbury-Glennon, Educational Psychology Program Coordinator, at salisji@auburn.edu or the EFLT Graduate Program Officer at efltadm@auburn.edu. For information on application procedures, please consult the Application page.
 
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Mission 
The Educational Psychology Ph.D. program at Auburn University is a strong doctoral program that encourages students to combine research and practical application to better understand significant issues in education and psychology.  
 

Research Areas
Educational Psychology encompasses a wide range of research areas. These include: development, learning, individual learner differences, intelligence, learning and study strategies, motivation, measurement, evaluation, assessment, and statistics to name but a few. The Educational Psychology doctoral program prepares individuals for teaching and/or research careers in: colleges and universities, school systems, state and federal agencies, business and industry, private research and development organizations; as well as many other educational and developmental settings. Courses will be available in the Educational Psychology, Educational Research Methodology and Analysis, and Foundations areas.

Faculty
The Educational Psychology doctoral program has many excellent faculty members with doctorates in Educational Psychology from some of the top programs in the country, including: Arizona State University, Indiana University, The Pennsylvania State University, University of Florida, University of Kansas, and The University of Virginia. The Educational Psychology Faculty are active in many professional organizations, as well as various research activities and have secured external funding to help support graduate students in their studies.

Educational Foundations faculty members participate in the FOUN 3000 Diversity of Learners and Settings interdepartmental course.
 
Courses
The courses offered through the Educational Psychology doctoral program represent a wide range of both theoretical and applied courses in such areas as: development, learning, instruction, motivation, research methods, measurement, evaluation and statistics. While there are core courses that are required of all students enrolled in the program, students are also encouraged to develop their own individual Plans of Study so that they may select the elective courses that will best help them to meet their own personal goals. Students in the program are also encouraged to select a minor area of specialization outside of the department.
 

Course Offerings
The Educational Psychology doctoral program enrolls both full-time and part-time students. The majority of our graduate courses are offered in the early evening to accommodate our students with full-time jobs.  Courses are offered during the fall, spring and summer semesters. We have many graduate students from a variety of different majors who enroll in our courses during the summer.

While the majority of the courses required for the doctorate in Educational Psychology are taken in classrooms at Auburn University , the program does offer some of its courses through Distance Education, and some using a Hybrid model which combines both classroom instruction and Distance Education.
 
General Requirements
A minimum of 78 hours beyond the bachelor's degree is required for the Ph.D. in Educational Psychology.  Graduate coursework taken at other accredited institutions will be considered and accepted on an individual basis.  Each student, together with his/her advisor and committee, will develop a Plan of Study to reflect the student's individual career objectives and interests, while meeting the requirements of the Ph.D. program in Educational Psychology.  
 
All students enrolled in this program take general core courses such as learning theories, development, and quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Doctoral students also participate in a series of apprenticeship seminars with a cohort of other students enrolled in the Educational Psychology doctoral program. Through these seminars, faculty help students to participate in teaching and research experiences, as well as to develop a better understanding of the field of Educational Psychology.
 

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