This course is designed to help graduate students develop the proficient bench top and hands-on research skills required to undertake and complete doctoral level research projects. This course will provide students with the training required to develop the skills to review and critically analyze research topics related to their research projects, justify the rationale for research, develop effective research experimental designs for their projects, and learn to write research proposals. Students will acquire skills in both qualitative and quantitative research techniques and learn to report research findings with implications and draw conclusions. Prerequisite: None. (F;S;SS)