Educational Psychology (General)

The Department's doctoral Track in General Educational Psychology is designed to train research scholars who will contribute to the understanding of teaching, learning and development; educational accountability and program evaluation; and individual differences in learning and adjustment in educational settings.

The program features areas of specialization including learning, human development, statistics, measurement and research methods. In addition the General Educational Psychology track affords a unique opportunity to pursue advanced training in gifted studies, educational program evaluation, educational technology, and neuropsychology.

The emphasis of program training is twofold: to develop the requisite research competence to make significant contributions to the knowledge base in cognate areas of specialization; and to develop the skills necessary to address applied problems in educational settings, particularly with respect to data-driven decision-making and research-based educational applications.

This includes the problem of measurement and assessment in educational accountability; determining curricular and educational program effectiveness; and consultation concerning differentiated instruction for developmental and individual differences. Program graduates will be experts in both core areas of the discipline and cognate areas of specialization; they will be skilled researchers with substantive knowledge of measurement, research design, analysis of data.

Degrees Offered

      •  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Applied Opportunities

No internship is required. However students will have the opportunity to do research on applied problems in several lines of research in the Department.

Application

Students must be admitted to both the department and the Graduate School.

Graduate School requirements:

      •  application for graduate admission
      •  official school transcripts to the Graduate School, Ball State University, Muncie IN 47306
      •  GRE scores

Departmental requirements:

      •  departmental application including personal statement and professional
          goals (available online at www.bsu.edu/edpsych)
      •  GRE scores
      •  3 letters of recommendation (forms included in the application materials
          packet available online at www.bsu.edu/edpsych)

Contact Information

Tracy Cross, Ph.D.
Contact for Ph.D. Program
(765) 285-5452
tcross@bsu.edu

Department of Educational Psychology
Teachers College (TC 524)
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306-0595

www.bsu.edu/edpsych