Educational Neuroscience (MA)
The Master of Arts in Educational Neuroscience develops professionals with training in neuroscience and education, capable of linking scientific research on the brain, cognition, and learning with the most common problems in an educational setting and other scenarios that offer behavior related services.
The graduate of the program has instructional design competencies in brain- based learning, knowledge of learning problems and assessment techniques, and intervention of learning in the classroom and in other scenarios that offer related services. In addition, the student is competent in professional counseling of parents, school officials, and educational agencies, among others.
The Metropolitan Campus is authorized to offer this Program.
Program Mission
The mission of the Master of Arts in Educational Neuroscience is to develop innovative professionals with intellectual depth, research skills and knowledge in the neurosciences.
Program Goals
This multidisciplinary program has the following goals:
- Shape a new class of professional specialists with training in neuroscience and education.
- Integrate scientific research on the brain, cognition and learning to the most common problems in schools and other scenarios that offer related services.
- Promote the transformation of education towards a discipline guided by empirical evidence from the neurosciences.
Competencies Profile of Graduates
The Master of Arts in Educational Neuroscience is designed to develop the competencies that allow the student to:
Knowledge
- Understand the fundamentals of neuroscience and its relationship to cognitive processes in teaching and learning.
- Recognize the various stages of neural development in humans and the effect of potential disorders that influence learning and other behaviors.
Skills
- Design services and educational activities based on brain theories for students or people receiving related services.
- Apply the research process based on neuroscience in the classroom and other settings that provide related services.
- Design evaluation and assessment tools to gather information on the impact of services and educational activities.
Attitudes
- Value human beings and guide their learning processes to achieve optimal development.
- Promote positive changes in society through solutions or alternatives that improve the quality of human life through education based on educational neuroscience.
Admission Requirements
Students who request admission to the Master of Arts in Educational Neuroscience must meet the following requirements in addition to the general requirements established by the Institution for the master's degree programs:
- Hold a Bachelor in Education, Science or related areas.
- Have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in the last 60 credits of academic work.
- Have approved a statistics course.
Graduation Requirements
- Approve course NEUR 6970 Integration Seminar to comply with the section Requirements for Comprehensive Examination and Other Options for master’s programs.
- Have a minimum academic average of 3.00.
Requirements for the Master of Arts in Educational Neuroscience
| Core Course Requirements |
12 credits |
| Specialization Requirements |
21 credits |
| Total |
33 credits |
Core Course Requirements - 12 credits
| EDUC 5047 | Psychosocial Foundations of Education | 3 |
| EDUC 6931 | Research or Application Project in the Area of Specialization I | 3 |
| NEUR 5010 | Educational Neuroscience | 3 |
| PSYC 5100 | Cognitive and Affective Basis of Behavior | 3 |
Specialization Requirements - 21 credits