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Course Description: This course introduces students to the conduct of social science research in the field of International Relations. Students will develop skills for evaluating scholarship and will be introduced to concepts and methods that they will be able to use for research assignments in their subsequent courses. Topics include: research design and how to review the scholarly literature; finding, evaluating, gathering, and organizing evidence/data; and introduction to evaluation of hypotheses using statistical analysis, comparative case study analysis, and other techniques. Recommended for students who have already taken a "gateway" course in IR such as Contemporary International Politics or Introduction to Global Studies.