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Overview
The Department of Educational Psychology (EDP) is situated administratively within the College of Education.
How the EDP Department is Structured
As a graduate student, you were admitted to are part of both the EDP Department and to the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin: you are enrolled in . Within the Graduate School, and your field of study within the Graduate School is Educational Psychology. Within your field of study (EDP), you have an area of specialization: is the EDP Department, and within the Department, you belong to a Program Area (also called “Specialization”) (Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, HDCLS, Quantitative Methods, or School/Clinical Child Psychology). Your While your specialization is on record in our office and at the Graduate School, but will it does not appear on your diploma. The general structure is: diplomas.
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Education > Department of Educational
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Psychology > Specialization
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The Graduate School
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The Graduate School provides oversees policies and processes and guidelines for all stages of graduate study. The Graduate School is composed of the Office of Graduate Studies, which includes the graduate programs across the University. It includes:
The Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies
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The Graduate Assembly, a legislative body made up of faculty and graduate students
Department-level Graduate Studies Committees (GSCs), made up of EDP faculty
The EDP Graduate Studies Committee (GSC)
The EDP GSC establishes degree sets Department-level requirements and policies for the department, manages student evaluations, advancement to candidacy, periodic student reviews, and other graduate student matters. It elects a Chair and a Vice-Chair.
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and oversees student progress. It includes:
GSC Chair and Vice-Chair
GSC Executive Committee (GSC EC)
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: A smaller group that reviews time-sensitive student matters. It includes the GSC Chair and Vice
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Department Chair, and
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Graduate Adviser
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EDP Department Administration
EDP Department administration consists of faculty members serving in the roles of Department Chair, Graduate Adviser, and Program Area Chairs, as well as EDP administrative staff.
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Student Representatives: EDP graduate students may volunteer to attend policy-related GSC meetings and serve on standing committees. They do not participate in confidential student reviews or evaluations.
Department Leadership
Department Chair - Faculty member who oversees departmental operations
Graduate Adviser - Faculty member who advises on graduate policies and student progress
Graduate Program Coordinator(s)
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EDP staff also manage administrative matters for the department, including HR, accounting, space management, travel, curriculum, registration, etc.
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- Staff members who supports graduate students and serves as a liaison to the Graduate School
Program Area Chairs - Faculty who lead each specialization area and oversee program advising, curriculum and student matters
For current contacts, see the EDP Contact Directory
EDP Department Program Areas
The Department of Educational Psychology (EDP) is comprised of four distinct includes four areas of specialization , or Program Areas, listed below. Each Program Area has an Area Chair: a faculty member within the program area who represents the program at department leadership meetings and oversees program advising, curriculum and student matters.:
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Our doctoral program in Counseling Psychology is scientist-practitioner based, preparing Ph.D. psychologists to work with problems of human behavior in a range of social processes and systems. The master's program in Counselor Education prepares counselors to work in academic settings, including post-secondary educational institutions (community colleges, colleges, and universities). |
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The master's and doctoral programs in Human Development, Culture, and Learning Science (HDCLS) train graduate students in theories of human cognition, culture, development, language, learning, motivation, social, and personality psychology. Graduates are prepared for teaching and research careers in these areas. |
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The master's and doctoral Quantitative Methods specializations offer training in modern statistical and psychometric methods to prepare graduates to advance methodological research and to apply those methods to address educational and social science research questions. Our graduates are employed in academia, professional testing organizations, educational research and development agencies, industrial psychology agencies, governing agencies of higher education, state departments of education, and research and program evaluation divisions of large school districts. |
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The School/Clinical Child Psychology doctoral program uses a scientist-practitioner model to prepare psychologists to understand and enhance the development of children and adolescents in context. The master's program is designed for students who are interested in a future doctoral training, but first wish to gain experience as a researcher or as a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP). Our graduates are employed in colleges and universities, school systems, mental health and child guidance centers, medical centers, and independent clinical practice. |
Each Program Area is led by a Program Area Chair, a faculty member who represents the area in departmental leadership and supports students in that specialization.
For a list of Program Area Chairs, see the EDP Contact Directory.