Overview

EDP students may apply for waivers from one or more courses required by their program. The goal is to allow students who have taken prior graduate courses that are the equivalent of courses required by their program to be excused from taking these again. Waiver requests should be submitted prior to or during EDP New Student Orientation.  

To be eligible for waiver, a previously-completed course must:

• Be graduate-level coursework
• Have been completed with a grade of B or higher

• Substantially duplicate the content of the course or requirement for which you seek a waiver. 

Waiver Process

1. View your Program of Work to see what courses are required for your degree
2. Course descriptions can be found in the UT Catalog, and syllabi in the UT Syllabi Search system
3. Gather required materials for waiver request:
   1. syllabus of the course taken
   2. a copy of your transcript showing the grade received in the course
   3. Name and Email address of your program Area Chair 
4. Complete the EDP COURSE WAIVER FORM (FORM IS BEING UPDATED; EMAIL EDP@AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU WITH QUESTIONS)

Note: it is recommended you keep a copy of all approved waiver forms in case you need them in the future (particularly for students planning on obtaining licensure, e.g. as a licensed psychologist).

Waiving EDP 380C Fundamental Statistics

Beginning Fall 2020, waiver requests will be allowed for EDP 380C.2 Fundamental Statistics (replacing the prior Proficiency Exam process). EDP 380C.2 Fundamental Statistics is the prerequisite course for all Quantitative Methods courses. To submit a waiver for this course:  

• Student must have a minimum of 1 advanced graduate-level statistics course completed with a B or higher within the last 6 years. The only undergraduate course that may be counted is EDP 371 Introduction to Statistics, completed within the last 6 years with a B or higher.
• The course must have covered all of the following topics at minimum:
  • Scales of measurement
  • Statistical notation
  • Frequency distribution of scores
  • Measures of Central Tendency
  • Measures of Variability
  • Z scores
  • Sampling distributions of sample means
  • One-sample hypothesis testing
  • The t-statistic
  • Confidence intervals
  • Two-sample hypothesis testing
  • Related samples t test
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Correlation
  • Simple Linear Regression
  • Chi-square test of goodness of fit
  • Chi-square test of independence

Other Waivers

Coursework Older than Six Years - Master's Degrees

The Graduate School currently has a separate waiver process to request an exception to the six-year limit for courses used towards a Master's Degree. For more information about the six-year limit, see the Graduate Catalog: https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/degree-requirements/graduate-credit/