Introduction to philosophical and methodological foundations of interpretive and empirical-analytic research; overview of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches. Preparation of critical readers and synthesizers of research studies.

The course meets 2x/week, and it is expected students will come prepared to engage in each session. Weekly reading is required and at a difficulty and volume commensurate with a graduate level course. There are four major assignments with several other weekly writing assignments.

Students are evaluated based on their engagement in class and the major products are graduate level writing assignments.