Primarily for master's students, the course is intended to help students become critical readers of research and, potentially, designers of sound research studies. Students will learn and be assessed on the essential elements of range of research methodologies including their strengths and weaknesses in relation to the research purposes. Student will critique different types of research not only for their soundness of approach, but also for the relevance of the conclusions to current issues in their respective fields of study. Finally, student will be instructed on current methods and tools of electronic information search. 4cr, either sem.