| Learning Sciences | 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 Ph.D. program in Learning Sciences or consent of the instructor. |
| Learning Sciences | 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 Ph.D. program in the Learning Sciences or consent of the instructor. |
| Learning Sciences | 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 Ph.D. program in the Learning Sciences or consent of the instructor. |
| Learning Sciences | 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 Ph.D. program in Learning Sciences; or consent of the instructor. |
| Learning Sciences | 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. |
| Learning Sciences | 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. |
| Learning Sciences | 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 Ph.D. program in the Learning Sciences or consent of the instructor. |
| Learning Sciences | LRSC | 590 | Research Apprenticeship | 0 TO 16 hours. | Designed as a supervised research course. Students enroll in for between 2 and 16 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 Ph.D. program in the Learning Sciences and consent of the faculty member with whom the student enrolls. |
| Learning Sciences | 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 Ph.D. program in the Learning Sciences. |