Understanding Research   [Archived Catalog]
2019-2020 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook
   

RES 1025 - Understanding Research


This course will emphasize the basic competencies to conduct research and to read and understand research done by others. Students will be introduced to the range of methods for human inquiry as well as the chief concepts for conceptualizing, designing, and critiquing both quantitative and qualitative research found in the published research literature relevant to graduate level work. The course presents a broad overview of mainstream approaches to research as well as humanistic, existential, systemic and alternative paradigms, as well as addressing ethical and multicultural issues in research. The course is designed to enable students to relate and apply research to their subject domains of study and areas of research interest. This course is required of Master's students in their first year of graduate study. (M.A. program only) 3 credit(s)