Research Methodology, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy Degree

Degree Requirements: The PhD degree requires a minimum of 90 credits and a dissertation.

A redesigned Doctor of Philosophy degree starts Fall 2014. For additional degree information, refer to the introductory school section on Doctoral Degree.

• EFOP 2001 - INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• EFOP 2018 - STATISTICS 1: DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
• EFOP 2019 - STATISTICS 2: ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
• EFOP 2030 - EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
• EFOP 2072 - EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT
• EFOP 2410 - APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS
• EFOP 2416 - APPLIED MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
• EFOP 2422 - DATA ANALYSIS USING COMPUTER PACKAGES
• EFOP 3408 - HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING
• EFOP 3417 - STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING
• EFOP 3420 - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TO RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• EFOP 3471 - CONSTRUCTING QUESTIONNAIRES AND CONDUCTING SURVEYS
• EFOP 3491 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN RES METH
• EFOP 3495 - TEACHING INTERNSHIP IN RES METH
• EFOP 3499 - DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

PhD Core Curriculum

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  Methods Courses Credits / Units: 15

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  Preparing students to tackle problems of practice and policy, and create innovative research agendas, requires intentionality in the mentods coursework that supports students’ development of independent projects, meaningful contributions to advisors’ research, and critical analysis of past research. To help ensure that students develop the necessary analytic competencies, students across the areas of concentration (ARCOs) for the PhD in the School of Education are required to complete a minimum of 5 methods courses: Quantitative 1 (EDUC 2100) and 2 (EDUC 3100); Qualitative 1 (EDUC 3104); and 2 seminars in advanced quantitative or qualitative methods, determined by the student and their advisor.

   

• EDUC 3100 - INTRODUCTION TO QUAN METHODS: DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
• EDUC 3103 - QUANTITATIVE METHODS 2
• EDUC 3104 - INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE METHODS

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  First Year Seminar Credits / Units: 3

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  To further support students’ research competencies, PhD students also participate in a school wide first year seminar (EDUC 3102) and EDUC 3105). This seminar meets every other week (1 credit in fall and 2 credits in spring, taken over and above the typical 9 credit course load) and focuses on familiarizing students with practical and ethical issues in research (e.g., necessary clearances for working in schools, resolving questions of authorship and authorship order, human subjects guidelines), and supporting students work on their pre-dissertation proposal (e.g., developing innovative research questions, conducting a literaature review).

   

• EDUC 3102 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR 1
• EDUC 3105 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR 2

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  Additionally, PhD students enroll in writing seminar courses taken over and above the typical 9-credit course load beginning in the second year of study. These credits are above and beyond the 90 credits required for graduation.