May 22, 2025  
2024-2025 Course Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Course Catalog

PSYC 2170 - Educational Psychology

This course reviews major theories of human development, trends in individual and group differences, and major theories of learning and motivation with a focus on application into classroom environments. Approaches to planning instruction, strategies for teaching and learning, and classroom management principles are examined.  Methods for evaluating learning and appropriate contexts for assessment are explored. Authentic activities are used to better understand teaching and learning.

Note: Distance Learning Approved

Credits: 3

Prereq: PSYC 1101
Lecture hours: 3
Course/lab fee: $