The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.
Certificate
Total Units Required: 9-18
Note, in many cases, students would complete some of these courses while meeting the typical requirements for their home program. Thus, although we have listed nine required courses, few students would need take nine additional courses.
Course Requirements
Methods (4 required courses)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| Quantitative Methods I: Probability and Statistics |
| Quantitative Methods I: Probability and Statistics |
| Statistics in Experimental Design |
| Quantitative Methods II: Regression Analysis |
| Quantitative Methods II: Regression Analysis |
| Quantitative Methods III: Empirical Tools for Causal Quantitative Analysis |
| Psychometric Theory |
| Psychological Measurement |
| Hierarchical Linear Models |
| Meta-Analysis |
| Advanced Topics in Statistics |
| Ethnographic Methods and Analysis |
| Field Methods |
| Field Methods |
| Field Methods |
| Advanced Qualitative Methods |
| Advanced Qualitative Methods |
| Field Research and Methods of Data Collection |
Cognition and Student Learning (1 required course)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| Knowledge Representation for the Learning Sciences (Cognition and Learning) |
| Foundations of the Learning Science (Cognitive Science Foundations of the Learning Sciences) |
| Cognitive Development |
| Analogy and Similarity |
| Topics in Learning Sciences |
Human Development (1 required course)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| Child Development and Social Policy |
| Adolescent Development |
| Adult Development and Aging |
| Theories of Human Development |
Policy and Social Contexts of Learning (2 required courses)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| Sociology of Education |
| Education Policy: Design, Implementation and Effects |
| Educational Policy: Design, Implementation and Effects |
| Economics of Social Policy |
| Social Policymaking and Policy Implementation |
| Social Policymaking and Policy Implementation |
| Topics in Human Development & Soc Policy (Change Among Public, Private and Non-Profit Sectors) |
| Topics in Human Development & Soc Policy (Economics of Education Policy) |
| Topics in Human Development & Soc Policy (Intersectionality and Policy) |
Diversity, Disparities and Equity (one required course)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| Topics in Learning Sciences (Race, Inequality and Learning in Chicago) |
| Topics in Learning Sciences (Culture, Learning and Poverty) |
| Topics in Learning and Organizational Change (Identities, Intersections and Organizations) |
| Topics in Human Development & Soc Policy (Culture and Development) |