Research Design and Methods in Environmental Science and Studies. 

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This course is designed to provide an understanding on how to develop research in the environmental sciences and studies. This will include an overview of the philosophy of science, interdisciplinary research approaches, creating research questions, literature searches, research design (sampling methods), and managing and analyzing data and representation in written form. Students will develop a research question and develop a literature review of current theory and research methods used to answer the question.