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Our department offers two degrees in school psychology. 的 Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees are approved by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). Ph值.D. program is accredited by the Commission on 认证 of the American Psychological Association.

Because of the program’s unique setting in the College of Education 和 Behavioral Sciences, students have the opportunity to work closely with Counseling Psychology, Counselor Education 和 Supervision, Psychology, Educational Psychology 和 Special Education faculty. 的 University of Northern Colorado is the primary training institution for educators in Colorado, 和 thus houses numerous educational support facilities as well as faculty with a variety of skills.

历史

的 University of Northern Colorado (UNC), founded in 1889, was one of the earlier 和 more prominent teacher training schools. In fact, early on it was the most famous teaching training college in the West, often called the “ Columbia of the West.“ history of graduate education in psychology at UNC dates back to the early 1900s. In 1908, a Psychological Clinic providing physical 和 mental examinations of school children was founded 和 continues to operate today. In 1910, the first graduate courses were offered in psychology. Three years later, in 1913, the first master's degree 提供了. 的 Educational 研究 program was organized in 1924 和 this encouraged further seminal work in education. In 1925 the Teachers College published a prominent 和 influential monthly journal, 的 Teachers College Journal 和 Abstract that disseminated many of the college’s innovative techniques. 的 university had become a beacon of educational change, offering many unique educational activities (e.g.坐着看书 from UNC 和 its Laboratory School).

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Psychology kept growing as more 和 more students received master's degrees. 问题 regarding the feasibility of a doctorate kept arising 和 an informal meeting to discuss its possibility was called. A petition to the Board of Trustees was submitted, asking for permission to offer the Ph.D. in educational psychology. On January 15, 1929, permission was granted. In the Spring of 1938, the Educational Psychology program decided to change the doctoral degree to an Ed.D. in educational psychology. 有两个 decades the degree remained the same. For the first time in 1963, the UNC Bulletin 描述了Ed.D. in Educational Psychology 和 Guidance as offering specialized training in school psychology. 的 Program was now officially training doctoral level school psychologists. 的 knowledge base in school psychology continued to grow, 和 in 1973 the first Ed.D. degree 提供了 in school psychology. In 1984 the degree was changed to a Ph.D. in school psychology to reflect an emphasis on both research 和实践.

Specialist Degree Training

In 1944, the Educational Psychology program felt the need to offer students an advanced diploma over the master's level, called the "Advanced 研究生 Diploma.“这是。 a very specialized diploma for students who wanted to study beyond the MA, but did not want to complete a doctoral degree. In 1953, the Advanced 研究生 Diploma changed to the Specialist Degree in Education. "Testing in Elementary Schools" was noted as one of the sample Ed.S. 项目 listed in 1953 UNC Bulletin. In 1959, "Psychometrics" was added to the list of sample Ed.S. 项目. One year later, in 1960, the UNC Bulletin 描述了Ed.S. program as having an emphasis area in school psychology. In 1964, 现任教育部长.S. degree in school psychology was initiated, making UNC one of the 最早的艾德.S. 项目 in the U.S.