POLI 243 Political Research Methods

In this course students will learn how to investigate a political question, enabling them to: evaluate the process of research in political science; focus on research design; recognize the importance of reading comprehension and writing skills as prerequisites for good research; discuss ethical issues in research; acquire conceptual components of the research process (theories, hypotheses, etc); understand qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis and processing; develop computer-based training in quantitative analysis and interpretation of basic statistics. Required of all Politics Majors.