Required and Recommended Courses for the Ph.D. Program
The list below presents courses often included in a plan of study for the Ph.D. degree program. Links to a few course syllabi are provided as examples of the material typically covered in each course. Students interested in taking a specific course should contact the course instructor to obtain an updated syllabus.
Required Courses (Substitutions Allowed*):
- EPSY 5605 – Quantitative Methods in Research I
- EPSY 5610 – Applied Regression for the Education Sciences
- EPSY 6601 – Methods and Techniques of Educational Research
- EPSY 5510 – Learning: Its Implications for Education
- EPSY 5602 – Educational Tests and Measurement
- EPSY 5220 – Introduction to Educational Technology
- EPSY 5621 – Construction of Evaluation Instruments
- EPSY 5613 – Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research
- EPSY 5515 – Professional Seminar in Cognition & Instruction (2 credits)
- EPSY 5520 – Instructional Design
- EPSY 5530 – Theories of Learning, Cognition, and Instruction
- EPSY 5540 – Research Ethics in Education and Psychology (2 credits)
- EPSY 6560 – Instructional Psychology
- GRAD 6950 – Dissertation Preparation (15 credits)
Recommended Courses (Substitutions Allowed*):
- EPSY 5230 – Web-based Learning
- EPSY 5195 – Distance Learning
- EPSY 5240 – Interactive Learning Environments
- EPSY 6230 – Advanced Educational Technology
- PSYC 5615 – Human Factors
- PSYC 5621 – Simulation and Training
- EPSY 6621 – Program Evaluation
- EDLR 5302 – Program Evaluation for School Improvement
- EPSY 6626 – Sampling and Survey Research Methods
- EPSY 6636 – Measurement Theory and Application
- EPSY 6637 – Item Response Theory 5
- EPSY 6611 – Logistic and Hierarchical Linear Models
- EPSY 6240 – Academic Motivation
- EPSY 6550 – Situated Cognition
- PSYC 5420 – Cognitive Development
- PSYC 5567 – Cognition
- PSYC 5572 – Sensation and Perception II
- PSYC 5575 – Introduction to Cognitive Systems
- EDLR 5203 – Adult and Experiential Learning
- EDLR 5201 – Influences on Adult Learning
- PSYC 5332 – Research Design and Test Construction
- PSYC 5702 – Field Research Methods
- PSYC 5130 – Causal Modeling in Social Psychology
- SOC 5201 – Social Research I
- SOC 5210- Applied Survey Design and Analysis
- SOC 5231 – Qualitative Methodology
- SOC 5753 – Methods of Population Analyses
*Note: Course substitutions are permitted with approval from the student’s primary advisor and advising committee.