2024-2025 Catalog

IA 280 Research Methods in International Affairs

This course introduces students to the diversity of empirical methods used in International Affairs research, focusing on multi-method ways to address global and international questions. Students learn to formulate effective research questions, to select and apply appropriate methods for collecting and analyzing data to answer them. After completing this course, students can construct and defend research designs appropriate to questions of interest to International Affairs and practitioners and conduct research independently. [W]

Instructor

Gallemore, von Wahl