The course is designed to test students’ ability to identify health and nursing problems and design appropriate research to solve the problem. The course aims at testing the students’ abilities to search for literature, collect quality data and produce a standard scientific thesis. The student is expected to present the research problem for approval and carry out the research under the supervision of a team of lecturers. At the end, three copies of typed work should be presented for assessment. The student will also need to pass a Viva Voce or oral defence of the thesis