M.S.Ed. in Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodology
Residential Program—This program must be completed with a majority of non-online credit hours.
Degree Requirements (31-40 cr.)
Core Courses Requirements (10 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 520 Strategies for Educational Inquiry (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 611 Qualitative Inquiry in Education (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 502 Intermediate Statistics Applied to Education (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 500 Computer Laboratory and Consultation for Educational Inquiry (1 cr.)
Emphases Requirements (15 cr.)
Qualitative (15 cr)
- EDUC-Y 510 Action Research I (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 612 Critical Qualitative Inquiry I (3 cr.)*
- EDUC-Y 613 Critical Qualitative Inquiry II (3 cr.)*
- EDUC-Y 616 Digital Tools for Qualitative Inquiry
- EDUC-Y 624 Discursive Psychology Approaches to Discourse Analysis (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 630 Narrative Theory and Inquiry (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 631 Discourse Theory and Analysis (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 633 Feminist Theory and Methodology (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 640 Analyzing Qualitative Data (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 671 Knowledge, Reflection and Critique in Methodological Theory (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 672 Communicative Action Theory (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 673 Discursive Psychology as Theory (3 cr.)
* Must be taken concurrently with EDUC-Y 500
Or
Quantitative (15 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 527 Educational Assessment and Psychological Measurement (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 603 Statistical Design of Educational Research (3 cr.)*
- EDUC-Y 604 Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research (3 cr.)*
- EDUC-Y 617 Psychometric Theory (3 cr.)*
- EDUC-Y 627 Seminar in Educational and Psychological Measurement I (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 637 Categorical Data Analysis (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 639 Multilevel Modeling (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 645 Covariance Structure Analysis (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 655 Longitudinal Data Analysis (3 cr.)
*Must be taken concurrently with EDUC-Y 500
Or
Elective Y courses from one emphasis above supplemented by a mix of courses common to both emphases.
Courses Common to Both Focuses
- EDUC-Y 500 Computer Laboratory and Consultation for Educational Inquiry (1 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 525 Survey Research Methodology (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 535 Evaluation Models and Techniques (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 641 Mixed Methods Research (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 650 Topics in Inquiry Methodology (3 cr.)
Elective Requirements (6 cr.)
Elective courses in or outside of the major.
Optional Thesis or Capstone Project (0-6 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 590 Independent Study or Research in Inquiry Methodology (1-3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 599 Master’s Thesis in Education (6 cr.)