The student will successfully complete a written and oral comprehensive examination to be arranged by the major advisor. The Department of Educational Research Methodology offers a graduate program of study leading to a 72 hour Ph.D. degree in educational research, measurement, and evaluation. In cases where students have previously satisfied these requirements, course substitutions may be allowed with the agreement of the major advisor. Upon completion of required course work, the student will be eligible to sit for a written qualifying examination. The examination may cover any phase of graduate work completed by the student during the period of graduate study or any area logically related to it and basic to an understanding of the subject of the major and minor areas of study.
Unanimous approval is required for passing the written qualifying examination.
In particular, every student is expected to be proficient in at least one of these statistical packages. Twelve hours of credit typically will be devoted to research that culminates in the preparation of a required doctoral dissertation, completed under the guidance of a faculty mentor. After all course requirements, comprehensive written and oral examination requirements, and the dissertation have been completed, students must successfully complete a final oral examination in defense of the dissertation. General Courses 688. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.