ELHE8821 · Education
Lynch School of Education & Human Development
This course is for PSAP students only. In this course, students will learn about the design of research studies. Building on an introduction to methods presented in Research I, this course will walk students through the proposal writing process. Students will learn about a range of research designs, the ethics of human subjects research, and the initial stages of data collection. In addition to drafting their dissertation proposal during the course of the semester, students will learn about the IRB process, negotiating entry to a research site, and approaches to data collection. They will continue to develop skills in multiple methods, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods designs.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.8 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.8 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.7 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~7
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Assistant Professor, Education Leadership and Higher Education · LSOE
4.7 / 5
4.6 / 5
Professor, Education Leadership and Higher Education · LSOE
4.9 / 5
4.9 / 5
Associate Professor, Education Leadership and Higher Education · LSOE
4.0 / 5
4.3 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
2 sectionsSpring 2023
2 sections