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Graduate courses offered at the University

• EDFI 750. Quantitative Research and Statistical Methods in Leadership Studies (3). Practical application and utilization of basic research methods and statistical techniques. Specific emphasis is placed upon the development of a research proposal and data analysis using SPSS. Prerequisite: EDFI 641 or equivalent.
• EDFI 751. Advanced Quantitative Methods in Education I (3). Fall. Theoretical constructs in research, identification and evaluation of research problems, research designs, sampling techniques, data collection instrumentation, and research proposal design. Prerequisite: EDFI 642.
• HIED 752. Issues and Methods of Applied Inquiry in Higher Education (3). Spring. This course involves research and evaluation methods used by higher education administrators and provides a special focus on the application of data or information to the decision-making and policy-formation processes.
• EDFI 641. Statistics in Education (3). Statistics as a tool in education and research, descriptive statistics, transformation of scores, sampling and probability, linear correlation and regression, introduction to statistical inference, basic tests of significance, and effect size. Approved for Distance Ed.
• EDFI 743. Nonparametric Statistics in Education (3). On demand. Theoretical study and practical application of distribution free statistical tests. Prerequisite: EDFI 641 or equivalent.
• COMS 640. Humanistic Research Methods (4). Introduces and examines specific techniques and applications for various qualitative and critical methods for conducting research in communication studies such as: documentary/ bibliographic and legal methods, ethnography, historiography, interviewing, media criticism, participant observation, rhetorical criticism, and feminist approaches.
• COMS 701. Interpretive Research Methods in Communication (4). Spring (alternate years). Introduction to methodological techniques employing the qualitative collection and analysis of data in communication studies. Includes participant observation, interviewing, focus groups, and historical documentation. Research submitted for professional review. Graded S/U.
• EDAS 721. Information Management, Evaluation, and Student Personnel Services (3). Fall. A focus on use of qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision, to plan and assess school programs, to design accountability systems, to plan for school improvement, and to develop and conduct research. Student personnel services will include programs to fulfill student developmental, social, cultural, athletic, leadership, and scholastic needs working with staff, students, families, and community. Prerequisite: EDAS 621 or consent of instructor.
• EDFI 754. Qualitative Research Methods (3). Doctoral-level course that examines the history and theoretical underpinnings of qualitative research in education. Students will review a variety of qualitative studies and apply fundamental methods of data collection and analysis in conducting a small qualitative case study. Prerequisite: EDFI 642 or EDFI 750 or equivalent.
• EDTL 653. Qualitative Approaches to Classroom Inquiry (3). Introduction to qualitative methods focusing on naturalistic inquiry, ethnographic methodologies, and interpretive research to be used in classroom research. Approved for Distance Ed.
• ETHN 605. Qualitative Research Methods (3). On demand. This course is designed to introduce students to qualitative modes of social research commonly found in the field of ethnic studies. The course will concentrate on the data gathering process as well as data analysis.
• HIED 751. Qualitative Problems and Methods in Higher Education (3). Fall. An examination of alternative paradigms and methods of research in higher education with a comprehensive overview of extant models, including naturalistic inquiry, case study, and ethnography, and their application to problems and practices in higher education.