Required Courses

Students in the Quantitative Methods master's specialization will take courses in the area of statistics, psychometrics, and evaluation.  The listing below indicates the required courses that all students must take as well as other requirements related to course selection.

Note that students are required to maintain a minimum overall GPA of 3.0.  In addition, students must obtain a minimum grade of B- or higher in required area courses.

Note also that the two courses listed under pre-requisites do not count as part of the needed 30 graduate hours of coursework for either Master's degree.  However, these courses are fundamental, and their content must be known in order for students to enroll in subsequent courses.  Students who do not have similar coursework in their background, which is typically the case for one or both of these classes, will be required to take these courses.  Additionally, students may opt to enroll in these classes if similar coursework was taken several years ago, and they wish to refresh their understanding of fundamental concepts. 

Pre-requisites:
EDP 380P     Measurement and Evaluation
EDP 380P     Fundamentals of Statistics

Required:
EDP 482K    Experimental Design and Statistical Inference
EDP 382K    Correlation and Regression
EDP 384      Data Analysis Using SAS
EDP 380P    Psychometric Theory and Methods
EDP 380P    Evaluation Models and Techniques
Research Methods graduate course (approved by Quantitative Methods Chair)

Two courses from the following:
EDP 382K    Survey of Multivariate Methods
EDP 380P    Applied Psychometrics
EDP 380P    Item Response Theory
EDP 380P    Test and Scale Construction
EDP 380P    Survey Design
TBD            Programming in R

Two outside area courses
The two outside area courses must be approved by the Quantitative Methods Chair and can be taken from an area or program in Educational Psychology other than Quantitative Methods or from another department at the University. The Research Methods course cannot be counted as an outside area course even if it is taken in an area or department outside of the QM area or Educational Psychology department.