Core Classes- (9)

• EDLEA 838 - Qualitative Research in Education Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDLEA 938 - Advanced Data Analysis in Qualitative Methods Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDLEA 948 - Data Representation and Writing in Qualitative Research Credits: 3 or equivalent

Electives- (6-9)

• EDLEA 828 - Scholarly Orientation to Graduate Studies Credits: 3 or equivalent

• Can only be used if students choose to write a research interest paper that explores a research interest via qualitative inquiry.

• EDLEA 958 - Case Study in Qualitative Research Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDLEA 848 - Understanding Theoretical Frameworks Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDLEA 968 - Discourse Analysis Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDLEA 988 - Differentiated Research Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDLEA 978 - Qualitative Data Management and Analysis Using Nvivo Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDLEA 938 - Advanced Data Analysis in Qualitative Methods Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDLEA 929 - Narrative and Arts-Based Inquiry in Qualitative Research Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDCI 760 - Action Research in Education Credits: 3 or equivalent
• EDCI 920 - Narrative Inquiry in Education Credits: 3 or equivalent

• Outside Electives

• THTRE 862 - Workshop in Playwriting Credits: 3 or equivalent
• THTRE 880 - Master’s Project Credits: 3 or equivalent

• Project in Ethnodrama

• HDFS 809 - Qualitative Research Methods in Human Development and Family Science Credits: 3 or equivalent
• HDFS 808 - Topics in Applied Family Science Credits: 1 or equivalent

Applied Project (0-3)

Applied project could constitute a completion of a dissertation using qualitative methods. Students who wish to use their completed dissertation using qualitative methods could use a maximum of 3 credit hours to complete this requirement. Certificates will be granted only after the completion of a dissertation.

Students who wish to submit a publishable paper to a refereed journal based on an empirical study, could use 3 credit hours earned from EDLEA 988 - Differentiated Research  (Offered every Fall, first offering Fall 2015. Pre-requisite EDLEA 838 ). Instructor: Kakali Bhattacharya.

Other ways of submitting a publishable paper to a refereed journal could include, but not limited to, preparing the manuscript as a result of specific coursework, or preparing the manuscript as an independent study with a faculty member, or preparing the manuscript, outside of coursework through the student’s own initiative.