The College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS) is dedicated to enhancing individuals, families, schools and communities and strengthening the relationships among them. The seven CEHS departments include Child, Youth and Family Studies; Educational Administration; Educational Psychology; Nutrition and Health Sciences; Special Education and Communication Disorders; Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education; and Textiles, Clothing and Design.

In addition, CEHS is home to a variety of research and outreach centers and institutes, including the Barkley Memorial Center Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic; the Buros Center for Testing; the Counseling and School Psychology Clinic; the Center for At-Risk Children Services; the Center for Instructional Innovation; the Family Resource Center; the Great Plains Institute for Reading and Writing; the International Quilt Studies Center; the National Center for Information Technology in Education; the Nebraska Career Information System; the Nebraska Evaluation and Research Center; the Nebraska Human Resources Institute; the Nebraska Research Alliance on Children, Youth, Families and Schools; the Robert Hillestad Textile Gallery; and the Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory.

CEHS offers four masters degrees in nine majors, the education specialist degree in three majors, two doctoral degrees in 16 specializations under three majors, and one professional degree. CEHS also offers graduate, non-degree programs leading to certification in areas such as teaching, curriculum leadership and school administration.

[edit] Masters and Specialist Programs

CEHS offers four masters degrees in nine majors and the education specialist degree in three majors. For information on masters and specialist degree programs, consult the relevant department’s listing in this bulletin.

[edit] Doctoral Programs

CEHS offers the AuD, a professional degree, and two doctoral degrees, both the EdD and the PhD, under three majors: Educational Studies, Human Sciences, and Psychological Studies in Education. In addition, CEHS participates in two additional doctoral majors, the inter-institutional educational administration doctoral major and the inter-departmental nutrition doctoral major.

The Educational Studies major includes six specializations. Instructional Technology; Internet-based Education; and Teaching, Curriculum and Learning are hosted by the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education. Special Education and Audiology and Hearing Science (AuD) are sponsored by the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders. The Department of Educational Administration hosts Educational Leadership and Higher Education and co-hosts, with Architecture, Architecture Education.

The Human Sciences major includes six specializations. Communication disorders is housed in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders; Child, Youth and Family Studies and Gerontology are sponsored by the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies; Nutrition and Health Sciences is hosted by the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences; Textiles, Clothing and Design is based in the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design; and Leadership Studies is housed in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication.

The Psychological Studies In Education major includes four specializations, all hosted by the Department of Educational Psychology: Cognition, Learning and Development; Counseling Psychology; Qualitative and Quantitative Psychometric Methods in Education; and School Psychology.

In addition, the Department of Educational Administration--in cooperation with UNO’s Department of Educational Administration--offers a major in Educational Administration, and the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences participates in the Interdepartmental Nutrition major.

Specific program and application information is available under each department’s listing in this bulletin. Up-to-date information is also available on the Web at cehs.unl.edu.