Certificate in Institutional Research
The Certificate in Institutional Research prepares graduates to be qualified to work in the field of Institutional Research (IR), which is work generally completed in colleges and universities to support decision-making and planning. IR investigates a number of functional areas in higher education such as enrollment reporting, enrollment projections, retention, graduation, time-to-degree, student learning, student engagement, student satisfaction, instructional cost and productivity, faculty compensation, faculty and staff job satisfaction, faculty and staff turnover, campus climate, athletics, development, and space utilization. While IR has been predominantly associated with higher education, other organizations (e.g., Federal and State agencies, corporations, non-profits) are starting to value these skill sets, and the Certificate supports these more recent developments.
15 credits
Required Courses
Research methods, 3 credits from
| EDPS 640 | Methodology of Educational and Psychological Research | 3 |
| EDPS 643 | Research Design | 3 |
| SOC 681 | Quantitative and Survey Research Methods | 3 |
| PSYS 680 | Research Methods in Psychology | 3 |
| CPSY 653 | Research Methods in Counseling and Social Psychology | 3 |
Statistics, 3 credits from
Electives, 3 credits from
| EDPS 646 | Tests and Measurements | 3 |
| EDPS 730 | Introduction to Nonparametric Statistics | 3 |
| EDST 650 | Introduction to Qualitative Research | 3 |
| EDST 660 | Ethnographic Research in Education | 3 |
| EDST 671 | Evaluation of Educational Programs | 3 |
| SOC 681 | Quantitative and Survey Research Methods | 3 |
| SOPS 610 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SOPS 640 | Social Psychology of Attitudes | 3 |
| SOC 683 | Qualitative Research Methods | 3 |
| EDPS 642 | Analysis of Variance | 3 |
| EDPS 742 | Multivariate Statistics and Data Mining | 3 |
| EDPS 741 | Applied Regression Analysis | 3 |
| EDPS 730 | Introduction to Nonparametric Statistics | 3 |
Internship, 3 credits from
(requires approval of certificate program director)
| EDPS 692 | Internship in Institutional Research | 3 |
| SOC 588 | Internship 3: Field Experience | 1 TO 3 |
| SOPS 695 | Internship in Applied Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYS 686 | Applied Practicum | 3 TO 6 |
| EDHI 699 | Practicum in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDAC 699 | Internship in Adult and Community Education | 2 TO 6 |
Total Credits: 15