This course deals with issues of the nature and scope of social science research (issues of epistemology, ontology and methodology). Among the topics to be covered are perspectives in social science research, concept and sources of knowledge, concept of research problem, types of research, philosophies informing quantitative and qualitative data collection, quantitative and qualitative techniques and in social science research, issues of validity, reliability, representativeness in social science research, questionnaire drawing, developing an interview guide, and ethical issues in social science research

Objectives: The objectives of the course are to:

• Build the capacity of students in social science research methodology
• Develop the skills of students to undertake quantitative and qualitative research.

Mode of Delivery : The teaching will be conducted through lectures, fieldwork, group and individual presentations.