DOCTORAL PLAN OF STUDY

School/Department: Educational Research MethodologyDate:

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Degree: Ph.D. Major: Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation

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When the student applies for admission to candidacy, The Graduate School will check his/her academic record against the Plan of Study before presenting the student’s application to the Dean of The Graduate School or the Dean’s Designee for approval.

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MASTER/DOCTORAL PROGRAM of STUDIES

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MS/PhD PROPOSED PLAN OF STUDY:

  1. MS/PhD Core (48 credits)

COURSE / TITLE / Taken During MS? / CREDITS / GRADE / DATE
ERM 600 / Validity and Validation / 3
ERM 604 / Methods of Educational Research / 3
ERM 633 / Second Language Assessment and Testing / 3
ERM 642 / Evaluation of Educational Programs / 3
ERM 643 / Applied Educational Evaluation / 3
ERM 667 / Foundations of Educational Measurement Theory / 3
ERM 668 / Survey Research Methods in Education / 3
ERM 669 / Item Response Theory / 3
ERM 675 / Data Presentation and Reporting / 3
ERM 680 / Intermediate Statistical Analysis / 3
ERM 681 / Design and Analysis of Educational Experiments / 3
ERM 682 / Multivariate Analysis / 3
ERM 727 / Computer-Based Testing: Methods and Applications / 3
ERM 728 / Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analytic Methods for Scale Construction / 3
ERM 729 / Advanced Item Response Theory / 3
ERM 731 / Structural Equation Modeling in Education / 3
Total / 48
Core Substitutes/Transfers:

B. MS/PhD Electives (24 credits)

COURSE / TITLE / Taken During MS? / CREDITS / GRADE / DATE
Total 24

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED COURSE OF STUDY CREDIT HOURS

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Electives

Dissertation

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Completion of dissertation