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Sheet: Ph.D. Guidelines

EDRE Doctoral Program of Study GUIDELINES
I. General Information
The Ph.D. program in Educational Research and Evaluation (EDRE) is intended to prepare graduates both for faculty positions and for leadership roles in research organizations. Although the major is intended to allow students the flexibility necessary to develop programs that meet their individual needs and interests, students are encouraged to include both quantitative and qualitative research areas in their programs. Students are required to identify four core areas for their programs, which will serve as areas for comprehensive examination. The Program of Study should be developed in consultation with the student’s advisor and usually will be submitted to the student’s Doctoral Advisory Committee during the third or fourth quarter of coursework.
II. Program Area Expectations
Although students are encouraged to develop programs that will help meet their academic and professional goals, all students majoring in EDRE are typically expected to include at least 60 semester credit hours of courses (i.e., not including dissertation credits) in their Programs of Study. Most of the following courses are expected to be in most students' Programs of Study.
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Semester Course | Qtr |  | Course Name |  | Years Offered |  | Term |  | [NAME] |  | [NAME]
EDRE 7110 | 711 |  | Theory and Techniques of Test Development |  | ODD |  | Spring |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7120 | 712 |  | Theory and Research in Educational Measurement (IRT) |  | EVEN |  | Spring |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7200 | 720 |  | Educational Statistics |  | all |  | Fall |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7210 | 721 |  | Regression Analysis in Education |  | all |  | Spring |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7230 | 723 |  | Questionnaires and Scale Development in Education |  | all |  | Spring |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7330 | 733 |  | Research Design in Education |  | all |  | Spring |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7500 | 750 |  | Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in Education |  | all |  | Fall |  | 4 |  | 4
EDRE 7510 | 751 |  | Qualitative Interviewing Methods in Education |  | all |  | Spring |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7520 | 752 |  | [NAME] in Education |  | ODD |  | Fall |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7600 | 722 |  | Multivariate Statistical Methods in Education |  | ODD |  | Fall |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7610 | 731 |  | Computer Science Applications in EDRE ([NAME] / R) |  | EVEN |  | Fall |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 7620 | 724 |  | Computer Applications in EDRE (HLM) |  | ODD |  | Fall |  | 4 |  | 4
EDRE 7800 |  |  | Program Evaluation in Education |  | EVEN |  | Fall |  | 5 |  | 4
EDRE 8900 | 793 |  | Special Topics in EDRE |  | varies |  | varies |  | variable |  | variable
Note 1: | Students are expected to enroll in the EDRE 6900: Special Topics in in EDRE (Pro-Seminar) course every time it is offered.
Note 2: | Students are encouraged to develop several independent studies (EDRE 7930), special projects (EDRE 7940), and/or practicum/internships/field projects (EDRE 7910) under the supervision of EDRE faculty.
Note 3: | Students are expected to take all EDRE seminars and specialized courses when they are offered: especially any seminars offered as EDRE 8900, but also other special topics courses and opportunities---even if this sometimes requires a student to take the same course number multiple times (permission can be given by faculty for such circumstances).
Note 4: | Students are expected to take both quantitative and qualitative methods courses, particularly as mixed methodology becomes increasingly popular and important in research and evaluation.
III. Scholarly Tools
At least two scholarly tool courses are required.  These tool courses usually are advanced quantitative or qualitative methodological courses necessary to fulfill requirements of a dissertation.
IV. Elective Area(s)
Students, working with their advisors, must develop one or two elective areas for the Ph.D. An elective area should be related to the student’s academic or professional goals and must constitute a coherent set of courses that represents either breadth or depth of study in the area. Typically, at least 3 courses are expected in an elective area. Note that methodology courses in other departments may be considered either as parts of core areas that include EDRE courses (e.g., Statistics) or as separate elective areas of specialization (e.g., Health or Psychological Statistics), as appropriate. Note also that elective areas are not required to contain methodology courses.