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School Psychology Requirements

Prerequisite Courses

Need not be completed before applying to the program.

EDP Course Units  Course Title
301/302 3 Child (or Adolescent) development and learning.
405 3 Positive strategies for classroom management
419 3 Educational statistics

School Psychololgy Core Course Work

EDP Course Units Course Title
517* 3 Seminar in school counseling
520 3 Research methods in education
524A 3 Psychoeducational Assessment I - Seminar
524B 2 Psychoeducational Assessment I - Lab
525A* 3 Psychoeducational diagnosis in multicultural settings II - Seminar
525B* 2 Psychoeducational diagnosis in multicultural settings II - Lab
527* 3 Advanced assessment for intervention
528* 3 Orientation to professional school psychology
536 3 Collaborative consultation in the schools
560* 3 Behavioral analysis and positive behavioral interventions
579* 4 Curriculum-based academic assessments and interventions
COUN 601 3 Trauma and grief counseling
605* 3 Learning, motivation, cognition, and social development theories
641A/641 B 2/2 School psychology practicum
642A/642B* 3/3 School psychology fieldwork/internship

Plus 12 units in a related field of study = 60 units.
*Course equivalencies/waivers not accepted.

Additional Courses For Educational Psychology Master’s Degree

Required if a student is entering the program without an earned Master’s degree in a behavioral science.

EDP Course Units Course Title
519 3 Quantitative educational data analysis I (comps requirement only)
541 3 Seminar in educational measurement and assessment (comps requirement/thesis elective)
595 3 Qualitative research methods (thesis elective only)
596 3 Program evaluation (comps requirement/thesis elective)
604 3 Seminar in human development (comps and thesis requirement)
696 3 Directed research (thesis elective only)
698 6 Thesis (thesis requirement)

Note: comps requirement = course requirement for students electing to take comprehensive exams; thesis elective = course option for students electing to complete a thesis. Thesis students must complete 6 units of EDP 698 and a 3-unit elective to fulfill the master’s requirement. 

For a description of EDP courses, please go to http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/07-08/depts/epac/edp_courses.html. For a description of COUN 601, please go to http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/07-08/depts/epac/coun_courses.html.

For information regarding non-course requirements for the School Psychology Credential Program, please go to http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/07-08/depts/epac/epac_cred_programs.html.