M.A. Degree Requirements

• Required Courses (29 s.h.).

  Many incoming students will have previously taken courses that are equivalent to 07P:143, 07P:150, or 07P:200. Equivalent courses may take the place of the required courses, subject to the approval of a student’s academic advisor. Unless students have previously taken a course that is judged by the faculty of educational measurement  and statistics to be equivalent, students will take all the other courses listed. 

  
  

  Course # (New #)	Title	Hours
  07P:143  (PSQF:5143)	Introduction to Statistical Methods (or equivalent)	3
  07P:150  (PSQF:5150)	Introduction to Educational Measurement (or equivalent)	3
  07P:200  (PSQF:6200)	Educational Psychology (or equivalent)	3
  07P:220  (PSQF:6220)	Educational Research Methodology	3
  07P:243  (PSQF:6243)	Intermediate Statistical Methods	4
  07P:244  (PSQF:6244)	Correlation and Regression	4
  07P:246  (PSQF:6246)	Design of Experiments	4
  07P:255  (PSQF:6255)	Construction and Use of Evaluation Instruments	3
  07P:257  (PSQF:6257)	Educational Measurement and Evaluation	3
  07P:265  (PSQF:6265)	Program Evaluation	3

  
  

  *Students are required to take either 07P:244 or 07P:246.

• Electives and/or Thesis

  Students who choose to complete a nonthesis MA degree will take electives. Recommended areas from which electives may be chosen include education, educational psychology, educational measurement, program evaluation, statistical methods, computer programming/data processing, and mathematical statistics.  

  In addition to electives, students who choose the MA with thesis will take two to four semester hours (2-4 s.h.) of thesis credit. The topic must be in the field of educational measurement, evaluation, or statistical methods and is chosen by the student in consultation with his or her advisor.

• Comprehensive Examination

  Option A : 

  Students typically take a 6-hour comprehensive examination in the following two areas:  

  1. Educational Measurement and Evaluation (3 hours) – 7P:255, 7P:257, and one of the following: 7P:150 or 7P:265;
  2. Educational Statistics and Research Design (3 hours) – 7P:143, 7P:243, and one of the following: 7P:220, 7P:244, or 7P:246.

  Option B: 

  With the approval of the MA committee, a student may take the comprehensive examination in three areas.  

  1. Educational Measurement  (2 hours) – 7P:255, 7P:257;  
  2. Educational Statistics  (2 hours) – 7P:143, 7P:243;   
  3. Third area  (2 hours). A third area of the student’s choosing with consent of the student’s academic advisor. Examples of this third area include, but are not limited to  (a) 7P:220 and 7P:265 (b) 7P:150 and 7B:265