ELTA-501 Graduate Academic Research (4)

This course gives incoming students the opportunity to experience the process of graduate-level academic research. Students choose a unique research question related to their field, develop an appropriate hypothesis, write an annotated bibliography, conduct and write a literature review, and propose research methods suitable for their project. Finally, students synthesize their course work to construct a detailed research proposal in their field of study. The course also includes case study type research preparation for prospective law school students. Grading: A-F only. Permission: program director.