Program Requirements

General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate:听30

Required Courses:

Core Courses
贰顿鲍颁听5262Introduction to Qualitative Research3
贰顿鲍颁听8401Philosophical Foundations of Educational Research3
辞谤听贰顿鲍颁听8403 Understanding Social Science
贰顿鲍颁听8404Quantitative Analysis, Part I3
贰笔厂驰听8627Introduction to Research Design and Methods3
Advanced Methods Course 13
Select one from the following:
贰顿鲍颁听5244
Class Discourse
贰顿鲍颁听8102
Ethnographic Research Methods
贰顿鲍颁听8405
Quantitative Analysis, Part II
贰笔厂驰听8825
Advanced Data Analysis 2
Concentration Courses 39
Culminating Courses 46
贰顿鲍颁听9185
Applied Research and Evaluation Internship
贰顿鲍颁听9991
Research Apprenticeship
Total Credit Hours30
1

Students may select an alternate advanced methods course with approval from the program advisor.

2

贰笔厂驰听8825 Advanced Data Analysis requires completion of 贰顿鲍颁听8405 Quantitative Analysis, Part II.

3

Three courses are taken. The approved courses are delineated in the concentration grids below.

4

Over two academic terms, 6 credits of 贰顿鲍颁听9185 and/or 贰顿鲍颁听9991 are taken in any of the following iterations:聽 6 credits of 贰顿鲍颁听9185, 6 credits of 贰顿鲍颁听9991, or 3 credits of 贰顿鲍颁听9185 and 3 credits of 贰顿鲍颁听9991.

聽PSM with No Concentration

Select three College of Education courses at the 5000 level or higher 19
Total Credit Hours9
1

Students select their courses in consultation with their academic advisor.

OR PSM with Optional Concentration in Applied Educational Psychology

贰顿鲍颁听8501Motivation in Education3
贰笔厂驰听5551Introduction to Program Evaluation3
辞谤听础翱顿听5535 Organizational Assessment, Design and Strategy
贰笔厂驰听5561Development and Learning Over the Lifespan3
Total Credit Hours9

OR PSM with Optional Concentration in Organizational Research and Development

础翱顿听5404Organizational Development3
Select two from the following:6
础翱顿听5524
Sociocultural Dynamics
础翱顿听5535
Organizational Assessment, Design and Strategy
贰笔厂驰听5529
Tests and Measurements
贰笔厂驰听5551
Introduction to Program Evaluation
Total Credit Hours9

Culminating Event: Students complete coursework to earn the degree, including internship and/or apprenticeship credits taken across two academic terms. Students elect to take:

  • 贰顿鲍颁听9185 Applied Research and Evaluation Internship, which allows for engagement in a supervised work experience in an applied research and evaluation capacity in schools, business or government; and/or
  • 贰顿鲍颁听9991 Research Apprenticeship, which actively engages the student in faculty-mentored research and production of a scholarly product such as a submission to an academic conference, an article or chapter, or a grant proposal.