Course work for Ph.D. evaluation concentration

Core EPSY courses

• EPSY 8905—History and Systems of Psychology: Landmark Issues in Educational Psychology
• 3 semester credits in EPSY learning
• 3 semester credits in EPSY social psychology or personality
• 9 semester credits in research methods (plus a pre-dissertation project)
  • EPSY 8215—Advanced Research Methodologies in Education
  • EPsy 5244—Survey Design, Sampling, and Implementation
  • EPsy 5247—Qualitative Methods in Educational Psychology

Core research methodology courses

• EPSY 5221—Principles of Educational and Psychological Measurement
• EPSY 5243—Principles and Methods of Evaluation
• EPSY 8222—Advanced Measurement: Theory and Application
• EPSY 8261—Statistical Methods I: Probability and Inference
• EPSY 8262—Statistical Methods II: Regression and the General Linear Model
• EPSY 8264—Advanced Multiple Regression Analysis

Internship (3 credits – check with adviser)

• EPSY 5272—Statistics Teaching Internship
• EPSY 8296—Evaluation Internship
• EPSY 8993—Directed Study: Educational Psychology

Additional courses (minimum 12 credits – check with adviser)

At least two additional courses in either qualitative or quantitative research methods required

Partial list of courses to select from:

• EPSY 5246—Evaluation Colloquium: Psychological Foundations
• EPSY 8221—Psychological Scaling
• EPSY 8247—Advanced Interviewing and NVIVO
• EPSY 8266—Statistical Analysis Using Structural Equation Methods
• EPSY 8267—Applied Multivariate Analysis
• EPSY 8268—Hierarchical Linear Modeling in Educational Research
• EPSY 8272—Nonparametric Statistics in Education
• EPSY 8281—Advanced Statistical Computing and Data Analysis
• EPSY 8282—Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Data
• EPSY 8295—Evaluation Problems
• CI 8147—Critical Discourse Analysis in Educational Research
• CI 8913—Interpretive Research
• CI 8914—Critical Science Research (previously WHRE 8914)
• EDPA 5056—Case Studies for Policy Research
• EDPA 5061—Ethnographic Research Methods
• EDPA 5521—Cost and Economic Analysis in Educational Evaluation
• EDPA 5528—Focus Group Interviewing Research Methods
• EDPA 8502—Program Evaluation Theory and Models: Qualitative and Quantitative Alternatives
• PSY 5135—Psychology of Individual Differences
• STAT 5101—Theory of Statistics I
• STAT 5102—Theory of Statistics II
• STAT 5421—Analysis of Categorical Data

Graduate School requirements

Minor or supporting/related fields (minimum 12 credits – check with your adviser for consultation/permission concerning this requirement):

You must complete a minimum of 12 credits of coursework outside the Educational Psychology department (if selecting a minor, check with intended minor department for credit and course requirements).

Dissertation

EPSY 8888—Thesis Credits: Doctoral, 24 credits (check with adviser)

Must be taken after successful completion of prelim oral.
 

Listing of all Department of Educational Psychology courses