Core Courses

All of the following courses are degree requirements.

Course	Name	Credit	Prerequisites
CEP 900 (Dept Req)	Proseminar	3
CEP 921	Psychometric Theory I	3
CEP 923	Item Response Theory	3	CEP 921
CEP 930 (Dept Req)	Inquiry in Education	3
CEP 932	Quantitative Methods I	3
CEP 933	Quantitative Methods II	3	CEP 932
CEP 934	Multivariate Statistics	4	CEP 933
CEP 935	Hierarchical Linear Models	4	CEP 934
CEP 995	Research Apprenticeship	1-3

Concentration – Choice of Focus

Measurement Focus

Required course:

Course	Name	Credit	Prerequisites
CEP 922	Psychometric Theory II	3
CEP 982	Advance Item Response Theory	3

Quantitative/Statistics Methods Focus

Required course:

Course	Name	Credit	Prerequisites
STT 861	Theory of Probability & Statistics I	3
STT 862	Theory of Probability & Statistics II	3

Cognate Specialization

The cognate is an area outside of the required MQM courses that is supposed to broaden the knowledge of students in areas related to their research interests.  For the quantitative methods major, this is usually coursework in the statistics or economics department, etc.  For measurement majors, it can be any set of courses that support their research interests such a psychology, math education, economics, etc.

Measurement and Quantitative/Statistics

Choose three of the following courses:

Course	Name	Credit	Prerequisites
CEP 937	Survey Methodology	3
CEP 938	Latent Variable & Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)	3
CEP 982	SEM with MPlus	3
CEP 982	Longitudinal	3
CEP 982	Meta-Analysis	3
CEP 982	Test Security and Data Forensics	3
CEP 982	Adaptive Testing	3
CEP 982	Missing Data Analysis	3
CEP 982	Statistical Toolbox	3
CEP 991b	Social Networks	4
CEP 991b	Social Networks II	4
CEP 991b	Causal Inference	4
CEP 991b	Bayesian Data Analysis	4

Dissertation Credits

For both Measurement and Quantitative/Statistics focus

Course	Name	Credit	Prerequisites
CEP 999	Dissertation Research	24-30

Seminar: All students should attend the MQM student/faculty seminars that are scheduled monthly.