The Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences encompasses the interlinked fields of Psychology and Teacher Education. Undergraduate coursework in the department leads to a major in psychology or to secondary teacher certification in eleven different fields.
The department also offers a MS degree in Applied Science Education, with specializations in Applied Science and Mathematics, Earth System Science, and Peace Corps Masters International program in Science Education.
A new PhD in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors is now available. The department also offers a number of teacher professional development courses.
Department faculty members are engaged in a wide range of research into cognition and learning, with emphases on applied cognitive psychology, human factors psychology, science education, and mathematics education.
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Michigan Tech Noyce Scholars Program
INFORMATION SESSIONS
Become a science or math teacher with a SCHOLARSHIP from the Michigan Tech Noyce Scholars Program.
Up to $40,000 for students in engineering, mathematics, or science.
Friday, February 3, 2012, 12-1p
Alumni Lounge
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 4-5pm
Alumni Lounge
You are welcome to bring transcripts to expedite the evaluation process.
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Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
STEM undergraduate scholarship is now $20,000.
STEM
graduate scholarship is now $25,000.
The
application deadline for Fall semester is March 15, 2012.
CLS Presentation
Assistant Professor Edward Cokely (CLS) will present a talk, "Measuring Risk Literacy," from 2:05 to 2:35 p.m., Monday, January 23, 2012, in Chem Sci 211. The presentation is hosted by the Interdisciplinary Human Factors Research Group, a part of the CLS doctoral program in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors. All are welcome. For more information, see Risk Literacy.
Proposal in Progress
Assistant Professor Scott Kuhl (CS) and Associate Professor Paul Ward (CLS), "HCC: Small: General Redirected Walking for Virtual Environments," NSF
Proposal in Progress
Robbins Professor David Shonnard (ChE), Assistant Professor Oliver Gailing (SFRES), Professor Brad Baltensperger (CLS), Assistant Professor Audrey Mayer (SFRES), and Professor Ezra Bar Ziv (ME-EM), "Upper Midwest Woody Biomass Sustainable Bioenergy: Ecological and Socioeconomic Potential and Pitfalls," University of Wisconsin-Madison |
