Full standing is granted to those applicants who have completed the pre-requisite courses EPSE 481 (Introduction to Research in Education) and EPSE 482 (Introduction to Statistics for Research in Education) or approved equivalent with 80% or better. Academic background in any domain of Educational or Counselling Psychology, Psychology, Education and related experience is necessary. Students lacking academic preparation and/or experience in education may be required to complete courses in addition to the normal 30 credits. No thesis is required.
MERM Required Courses (9 credits):
| EPSE 528 (3) | Basic Principles of Measurement |
| EPSE 592 (3) | Experimental Designs and Analysis in Educational Research |
| EPSE 596 (3) | Correlational Designs and Analysis in Educational Research |
Approved Methodology Electives* (Choose 21 credits):
| EPSE 529 (3) | Development of Scales and Measures |
| EPSE 581 (3) | Special Topics in Research Design and Analysis (By permission of the instructor and the student’s advisory committee) |
| EPSE 591 (3) | Theory and Practice of Program Evaluation |
| EPSE 593 (3) | Design and Analysis of Research with Small Samples and Single Subjects |
| EPSE 594 (3) | Meta-Analysis: Quantitative Research Synthesis |
| EPSE 595 (3) | Qualitative Research Methods |
| EPSE 597 (3) | Factor Analysis and its Application to Behavioural Sciences |
| EPSE 681 (3) | Advanced Topics in Research and Measurement (By permission of the instructor and the student’s advisory committee) |
| EPSE 682 (3) | Multivariate Designs and Analysis in Educational Research. (By permission of the instructor and the student’s advisory committee) |
| EPSE 683 (3) | Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Growth and Change |
| EPSE 684 (3) | Item Response Theory |
*With permission of the student’s advisory committee, the student may choose up to two non-MERM electives, but at least one should be a methodology elective. The other can be a content course or a methodology course. These courses may be in the Department, the Faculty, or the University.