Learning and Mind Sciences

The Learning and Mind Sciences emphasis area engages in innovative and interdisciplinary research and training on the foundations of human learning across three strands: Cognition, Design, and Social Context; Assessment, Measurement, and Psychometrics; and Neurodevelopment and Educational Research.

Required Courses

32 units are required, suggested courses include the following:
Courses in Education
• 210 – The Psychology of School Learning (4)
• 211 – Social & Situative Perspectives on Learning & Cognition (4)
• 213 – Individual Assessment (4)
• 215 – Research on Achievement Motivation in Education (4)

Courses in Psychology
• 212A – Developmental Psychology: Cognitive & Perceptual Development (4)
• 212B – Developmental Psychology: Social, Emotional & Personality Development (4)
• 230 – Cognitive Psychology (4)
• 245 – Social Psychology (4)
• 263 – Topics in Cognitive Psychology (4)
• 264 – Topics in Psycholinguistics (4)

Courses in Human Development
• 200B – Middle Childhood and Adolescence (4)
• 217 – Development of Cortical and Perceptual Laterality (3)
• 234 – Children’s Learning and Thinking (3)
• 238 – The Context of Individual Development (3)

*Any course marked with an asterisk is a proposed course with a tentative course number. Proposed courses are offered as sections of EDU 292, Special Topics in Education, until they have completed the approval process.