{"id":1214,"date":"2025-12-08T17:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/personnel-affairs\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2026-08-25T19:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:37:41","slug":"rem-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/personnel-affairs\/2025\/12\/08\/rem-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Approved Research Methodology Courses for Doctoral Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><em>(FPC approved 3.22.22, updated 5.4.26)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Required Foundations Courses<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"arrow-bullets\">\n<li>EDF 6475 \u2013 Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>EDF 6400* \u2013 Quantitative Foundations of Education Research Overview (3 credits)\n<ul>\n<li>* EDF 6403 (6 credits) can also be taken to fulfill this requirement because EDF 6403 is equivalent to the combination of EDF 6400 and EDF 6402 in one 6 credit course to be taken in one semester. Doctoral students should note that many of the quantitative courses in REM require EDF 6403 as a prerequisite, and hence a student interested in continuing quantitative studies beyond EDF 6400 may benefit from completing EDF 6403 to fulfill the required foundations coursework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>REM Courses<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"arrow-bullets\">\n<li>EDF 6402 \u2013 Quantitative Foundations in Educational Research: Inferential Statistics<\/li>\n<li>EDF 6403 \u2013 Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research<\/li>\n<li>(only 3 credits count beyond the EDF 6400 requirement)<\/li>\n<li>EDF 6471 \u2013 Survey Design and Analysis in Educational Research<\/li>\n<li>EDF 6481 \u2013 Quantitative Research Methods in Education<\/li>\n<li>EDF 6436 \u2013 Theory of Measurement<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7405 \u2013 Advanced Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7412 \u2013 Structural Equation Models<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7413 \u2013 Advanced Topics in Structural Equation Modeling<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7932 \u2013 Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7432 \u2013 Advanced Psychometric Theory<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7435 \u2013 Rating Scale Design and Analysis in Educational Research<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7439 \u2013 Item Response Theory<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7474 \u2013 Multilevel Models<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7482 \u2013 Quasi-experimental Design and Analysis in Educational Research<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7491 \u2013 Evaluation of Educational Products and Systems<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7483 \u2013 Qualitative Data Collection: Approaches and Techniques<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7479 \u2013 Qualitative Data Analysis: Approaches and Techniques<\/li>\n<li>EDF 6468 \u2013 Evaluation Management for Grants in Educational Environments<\/li>\n<li>EDF 6492 \u2013 Evaluation Communication and Ethics in the Educational Environment<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7469 \u2013 AI for Evaluation in Educational Environments<\/li>\n<li>EDF 7453 \u2013 Natural Language Processing in Education Research\n<ul>\n<li>REM course offering schedule: <a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/research-evaluation-methods\/program-highlights\/courses\/course-offerings\/\">https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/research-evaluation-methods\/program-highlights\/courses\/course-offerings\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>EDF 6938 Course Options<\/h2>\n<p>The REM program sometimes offers specialized methods courses as Special Topics courses under EDF 6938. These courses can often count toward the COE policy on Minimum Research Requirements for Doctoral Students. To see if a particular offering can count, students should contact the REM Program Coordinator. The REM Program Coordinator will work with REM faculty on course approval.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Non-REM Courses*<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"arrow-bullets\">\n<li>EME 6637 \u2013 Managing and Analyzing Multimodal Educational Data<\/li>\n<li>EME 6651 \u2013 Learning Analytics Concepts and Techniques<\/li>\n<li>EEX 6308 \u2013 Single Subject Research Design<\/li>\n<li>EEX 6347 \u2013 Meta-Analysis in Prevention and Intervention Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* COE faculty offering a research methods course can propose the course to be considered by an FPC ad-hoc committee of three representatives (one from each School) in consultation with the Dean for approval and addition to the list of Non-REM methods courses.\u00a0 Begin the process by contacting the current FPC chair or School FPC representative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fpc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.0) - 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