COUN 610

Research and Program Evaluation in Counseling

This course will introduce counseling students to applied human research providing basic knowledge and skills in quantitative and qualitative educational and counseling to help them become competent as both consumers and producers of research. Attention will be given to applied research and data collection used in program evaluation and research that will inform counseling practice and interventions. This course will provide students with a basic framework for understanding and evaluating research studies. It will also provide knowledge of the various types of research designs used in educational research and the procedures for conducting research studies.

Units: 3.0