Ellen Skinner, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Psychology Associate Chair, Department of Psychology

Department of Psychology 317 Cramer Hall Portland State University P.O. Box 751 Portland,OR 97207-0751 Phone: (503) 725-3966" fax (503) 725-3904 skinnere@pdx.edu Biography Research Interests Assessments Selected Publications Classes Taught

Psychology 311 Waivers for the Graduate Teacher Education Program and Special Ed

NOTE: If you have already taken one of the pre-approved courses listed below, you do NOT need to apply for a waiver. It will be granted automatically when you apply to GTEP or SPED.

To waive PSY 311 Human Development across the Lifespan:

You are required to have taken an upper level course covering human development from infancy through at least adolescence (and preferably to old age). The course needs to explicitly cover development-- for example, cognitive development, personality development, social development, motivational development, etc.

To sign a waiver form, I need the following materials:

1. A waiver form For the GTEP program at pdf form
   For the SPED program available at pdf form
2. A course description, including a syllabus or catalog description
3. A copy of an OFFICIAL transcript, showing the year of the course and your final grade

You can leave them in my box at Cramer Hall 317 or mail them to me at:

Dr. Ellen A. Skinner
Psychology Department
Portland State University
P. O. Box 751
Portland OR 97207-0751

After I will deal with them, if you give me your email, I can inform you of the results.

To Challenge the course:
If you do not have the current coursework but think you know the material, you can challenge the course. If you decide to do so, let me know and I will send a cumulative final exam for PSY 311 to:

The Testing Center
Center for Student Health and Counseling at
1880 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 310
(phone: 503-725-5301).

I will leave it there for a month. You can go over any time and take it. Bring a green 100-item scantron and the testing costs $10. After you take the exam, they return the exam to me and I grade it. If you pass I will sign the waiver form and notify you.

The challenge exam is a 100-item cumulative multiple choice exam covering the material from the current PSY311 Human Development course. The textbook for the current course can be found in the PSU Bookstore.

Pre-approved Courses that Can be Used to Substitute for PSY 311
Human Development across the Lifespan

Here are local courses (or combinations of courses) that have been pre-approved as substitutes for PSY311. If you have taken these courses, you do NOT need to submit a waiver. It will be granted automatically as part of your GTEP application.