Curriculum and Course Schedule
Every student is required to take courses that fulfill specific requirements for breadth and depth in the three strands of the Learning Sciences (cognition, sociocultural context, and design), and in research methods. Students are also expected to take coursework and continue reading beyond these specific requirements. In particular, students should take coursework that is directly relevant to their research.
Core
Foundations (1 unit)
LRN_SCI 403: Foundations of the Learning Sciences
Cognitive and social science theories of how people learn to understand, reason, and solve problems. Implications for the design of classroom learning environments; learning in real scenarios for investigating central issues in cognitive science. Learning in mathematics, science, reading/writing, and informal reasoning.
Cognition (1 unit)
LRN_SCI 401: Knowledge Representation for the Learning Sciences
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Sociocultural Context (1 unit)
LRN_SCI 402: Social Dimensions of Teaching and Learning
Students' relationships with one another and with teachers in school and nonschool settings. Implications for classroom instruction of social learning theory, student diversity, classroom climate, cooperative and competitive goal structures, and processes of attribution and achievement motivation.
Design (1 unit)
LRN_SCI 425: Introduction to Design for the Learning Sciences (required)
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Design (Select 2 units)
LRN_SCI 426: Design of Technological Tools for Thinking and Learning
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LRN_SCI 429: Design of Learning Environments
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EECS 472: Designing and Constructing Models with Multi-Agent Languages (elective)
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Methods
Methods & Epistemologies (2 units)
LRN_SCI 404: Methods and Epistemologies for the Study of Learning 1
This course focuses on the development of research questions and understanding the range of possible methodological approaches to understanding learning based on those questions.
LRN_SCI 405: Methods and Epistemologies for the Study of Learning 2
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Methods (select 3 units)
LRN_SCI 410: Quantitative Methods 1
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LRN_SCI 411: Quantitative Methods 2
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LRN_SCI 415: Field Methods (Qualitative Methods 1)
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the world of qualitative research so that they will be able to read qualitative studies intelligently, and learn to design and conduct qualitatively oriented studies themselves. Beginning with an overview of the epistemological assumptions behind different kinds of research, the course will explore various types of qualitative research approaches and the kinds of topics and queries they support. Students will read and critique examples of published research of various kinds. Next, students will investigate the various methods of collecting qualitative data. The class is designed so that students simultaneously read about and discuss qualitative research, and gather data themselves. Although the course touches on analysis, the main focus is on developing a qualitative research project and collecting data for it.
LRN_SCI 416: Advanced Qualitative Methods (Qualitative Methods 2)
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Alternative Quantitative Sequence*
*Other quantitative stats sequences in other departments may satisfy the quantitative requirement but need to be cleared with the Program Coordinator.
PSYCH_450: Fundamentals of Statistics
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PSYCH_451: Statistics in Experimental Design
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PSYCH_453: Linear Models: Correlation and Regression
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Seminars and other Non-Required Courses
Four seminars are required across years 2 and 3. Any non-required LS course and any graduate-level course in other departments can be used to fulfill the seminar requirement.
Course Schedules
Course schedule table for the Fall quarter of the current academic year.
| Catalog No. |
Course Title |
Instructor |
Days/Time |
| LRN_SCI 403 |
Foundations of the Learning Sciences |
Bang , Megan ; Reiser, Brian |
Tue 6:00PM-8:50PM |
| LRN_SCI 405 |
Methods and Epistemologies for the Study of Learning II |
Sherin, Bruce; Stevens, Reed |
Tue 6:00PM-8:50 PM |
| LRN_SCI 410 |
Quantitative Methods I: Probability and Statistics (Cross-listed with HDSP 410) |
Schwandt, Hannes |
Tue 6:00PM - 7:20PM |
| LRN_SCI 425 |
Introduction to Design of Learning Environments |
Horn, Michael |
Thu 6:00PM-8:50PM |
| LRN_SCI 451 |
Civics Education (Exact title tbd) co-List with LS 351 and MSED |
Easterday, Matthew |
Wed 6:00PM - 8:50PM |
| LRN_SCI 451 |
Identity, Power, and the Historical Imaginary across Social Contexts |
Matthews, Jolie |
Tue 2:00PM - 4:50PM |
| LRN_SCI 451 |
Interaction Analysis |
Stevens, Reed |
Thu 3:30PM - 4:50PM |
| LRN_SCI 451 |
Transformative AI and the Learning Sciences |
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Thu 6:00PM - 8:50PM |
| LRN_SCI 591 |
MPES Pro-Seminar(co-list with HDSP 591) |
Uttal, David |
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| LRN_SCI 301 |
Design of Learning Environments |
O'Rourke, Eleanor |
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Course schedule table for the Winter quarter of the current academic year.
| Catalog No. |
Course Title |
Instructor |
Days/Time |
| LRN_SCI 301 |
Design of Learning Environments |
O'Rourke, Eleanor |
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| LRN_SCI 401 |
Knowledge Representation for Learning Sciences |
Sherin, Bruce |
Thu 2:00PM - 4:50PM |
| LRN_SCI 415 |
Field Methods (co-List with HDSP) |
Ispa-Landa, Simone |
Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 12:20PM |
| LRN_SCI 426 |
Design of Technological Tools for Thinking and Learning |
Wilensky, Uri |
Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM |
| LRN_SCI 451 |
Multimodal Learning Analytics and Interaction Analysis (Cross Listed with CS) |
Worsley, Marcelo |
Tue, Thu 11:00AM - 12:20PM |
| LRN_SCI 451 |
Computer Science Education: Transformative Teaching and Learning with Computational Tools and Ideas |
Horn, Michael; Hooper, Paula |
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