Research Methods and Report Writing

This course introduces the student to scientific research methods and covers the skills and strategies necessary for writing formal reports at the undergraduate level. The focus will be on appropriate structure, relevant content, and grammatical accuracy. Direction will be given for choice of title, introduction and subheadings. Relevant listing of quantitative versus qualitative pre- dictions [or hypotheses] for reports of a scientific nature and the collection of meas- urements into tables and graphs will be considered. The course will also include report writing across the curriculum.