COUN 781 - CES Research Epistemology and Methods Credits: 3

This course provides Counselor Education and Supervision doctoral students with a contextual orientation to research epistemology and methods (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods), an expansion of their current knowledge of research methodology, as well as concepts and operations used in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods. Foundational content in quantitative research methodology will address variables, constructs, causality, threats to internal and external validity, and reliability. Foundational content in qualitative research methodology will address epistemological frames, conceptual frameworks, research paradigms, and exploration of high ethical standards in research inquiry. Lastly, students will review and expand their knowledge of research questions, hypotheses, and the chapters of traditional doctoral dissertations. The course serves as the groundwork for the sequence of quantitative- and qualitatively-themed methodology and statistics courses.