Educational Psychology (M.A.)

The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Educational Psychology (Thesis) offered by the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology in the Faculty of Education is a research-intensive program that emphasizes challenging and thought-provoking learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in original thinking, literature synthesis, and academic writing to either continue their studies or pursue professional opportunities.

The program may be taken as one of the following options:

Health Professions Education option: focuses on the practice of teaching and learning as they happen in the health professions and throughout the lifespan. Student admission and supervision is done jointly with the Institute of Health Sciences Education (IHSE).

Human Development option: focuses on core areas of human development such as cognitive, language, social, personality, and gender development among children and adolescents with diverse trajectories and from various family, educational and community contexts.

Learning Sciences option: focuses on educational research and its application to practice. Exploration and application of contemporary psychological and educational theories and empirical studies in (a) cognition, learning, and instruction; (b) self-regulation, motivation, and emotion; (c) technology-rich learning environments; and (d) social, cultural, and historical foundations of learning.

Keywords: cognitive development, language development, socio-emotional development, social inclusion, health psychology, academic emotions, technology and education, learning environments, human development, health professions education, learning sciences, Institute of Health Sciences Education, IHSE

• An eligible Bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA out of a possible 4.0 GPA
• English-language proficiency

Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents. Please visit the program website for more details.

Visit our Educational credentials and grade equivalencies and English language proficiency webpages for additional information.