Courses

Research

This course is intended to provide doctoral students with expert knowledge and application skills for designing a range of public health interventions to change behavioral outcomes in various populations. Emphasis will be placed on skill-building for designing relevant, stateof-the-art interventions tailored to unique population subgroups, and adapting existing evidence-based interventions for use with new populations or in new settings.

Development and application of critical thinking skills necessary for applied research and data analysis. Students apply these advanced methodologies to issues, programs, and research problems in political science.

The course provides students with the opportunity to conduct original research in psychology using best practices in research methods. Course requirements include obtaining IRB approval, conducting research, analyzing results and presenting findings in a professional setting. (WI)

The purpose of this course is to assist students in developing the knowledge and skills to design a mixed methods research (MMR) study. MMR is an advanced method for collecting, analyzing, and "mixing" both quantitative and qualitative data within a single study to understand a research problem more completely.

The logic of social inquiry and overview of different types of quantitative research designs, with emphasis on issues in observational designs. Crafting research proposals.

In-depth examination of research methods, designs, and data analytic strategies commonly used in child and family research.

Current areas and topics of research in building construction, study of academic research process, defining a research problem, develop effective search and analytical evaluation skills of published literature, analyze research products and write a comprehensive review of literature, and understand ethical principles and methods to successfully carry out research projects.

A study of the practical skills necessary to produce and disseminate doctoral level research in Building Construction. The course is designed to provide comprehensive knowledge about research design and selecting an appropriate methodology, qualitative, quantitative and mixed data collection and analysis methods appropriate for Building Construction research, research validation techniques, and technical writing strategies appropriate for a PhD dissertation.

Introduces students to advanced research methodology in counseling and counselor univariate analyses, survey and instrument design, approaches to interpretation of Counseling Program. A minimum grade of B is required to advance in the program.