Learning Sciences - LRSC

LRSC 500 Introduction to the Learning Sciences 4 hours. Key principles of learning, development, and language. Cognitive, social, and affective dimensions of learning. Applicability to diverse learners and contexts of learning. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the PhD program in Learning Sciences or consent of the instructor.
LRSC 501 Research Methods in the Learning Sciences 4 hours. Focuses on understanding the components of research design and scientific arguments as they apply to the diverse research issues investigated in the learning sciences. Prerequisite(s): LRSC 500 and admission to the PhD program in the Learning Sciences or consent of the instructor.
LRSC 503 Foundations of Scientific Inquiry 4 hours. Explores different meanings attached to the idea of inquiry teaching and learning, including how this varies by the age of the student and academic discipline. Prerequisite(s): LRSC 500 and admission to the PhD program in the Learning Sciences or consent of the instructor.
LRSC 511 Analysis of Teaching and Learning Interactions 4 hours. Tools and techniques for the capture and analysis of multi-modal interaction among learners, teachers, and environments. Discourse, gesture, media, instrumentation. Prerequisite(s): LRSC 500 and LRSC 501 and admission to the PhD program in Learning Sciences; or consent of the instructor.
LRSC 512 Design of Learning Environments 4 hours. This course explores design and evaluation of formal and informal learning environments, with respect to learners, knowledge, assessment, and community. Prerequisite(s): LRSC 500 and LRSC 501 and LRSC 502 and LRSC 503.
LRSC 513 Change in Individuals and Organizations: Implementing and Institutionalizing Change for Learning 4 hours. This course examines the relationships between processes of learning and the ways in which organizations can be changed to foster learning in individuals or groups. Prerequisite(s): LRSC 500 and LRSC 501.
LRSC 540 Learning Sciences Journal Club 2 hours. Helps students establish guidelines and criteria by which to judge the efficacy of a research effort as presented in published scholarly literature. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the PhD program in the Learning Sciences or consent of the instructor.
LRSC 590 Research Apprenticeship 2 TO 8 hours. Designed as a supervised research course. Students enroll in between 2 and 8 hours per semester dependent upon the time they are spending on research projects, supervised by the faculty member with whom they enroll. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): LRSC 500 and admission to the PhD program in the Learning Sciences and consent of the faculty member with whom the student enrolls.
LRSC 599 Thesis Research 0 TO 16 hours. Designed for students engaged in research that constitutes the dissertation. Hours of enrollment per semester is dependent upon the stage in of dissertation research. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy in the PhD program in the Learning Sciences.