- The Ph.D. in Educational Psychology is a research-based program in which students learn how to generate new scientific knowledge related to psychological aspects of human development, learning, and performance.
- Students will understand current theory and research in human development, learning, research design, measurement, and statistical analysis and be able to demonstrate that they can read and write critically and analytically about theory, research, and practice.
- Students will learn how to make significant contributions to the field through professional presentations in national and international forums and conferences, and through publications in high-quality peer-reviewed journals and be able to design and carry out rigorous and theoretically well-grounded empirical research that addresses important educational and developmental issues and problems.
- Students will demonstrate effective teaching skills in higher education, or competence in other relevant professional contexts.