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A psychology course at Arizona Christian University.
This course introduces students to becoming a research consumer and building a knowledge of how to inquire and interpret scholastic articles. This course is dedicated to understanding how to analyze, interpret, and make sense of the social world based on the scholastic conversations in behavioral and social sciences. This course will begin with broad questions about knowledge production that undergird the scientific approach to any behavioral, psychological, or mental health inquiry. The course will also teach students about both qualitative and quantitative research methods, including digital content analysis, interviewing, and survey research.
Offered 2025-2026: Summer 2 · 2026-2027: Fall Traditional · 2026-2027: Spring Traditional.
Faith Fitt
2026-2027: Fall Traditional
Patrick Blakesley
2025-2026: Summer 2
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of introduction to research methods as the course's central subject.
Apply Discipline Methods
Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.
Connect Course Content
Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.
Demonstrate Course Competencies
Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.
A Biblical Worldview treats the natural and human sciences as careful study of what God has made — meaning rigor and reverence go together rather than against each other.
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