The course places an emphasis on the importance of research, research techniques and detailed discussion on the different stages of research for communications. Students will be required to write a research proposal. Emphasis will also be given to different methods of social science and communication researches e.g. survey, historical, experimental, focus group study, content analysis, participatory rural appraisal and evaluative research methods. Students will obtain details on questionnaire preparations and interviewing techniques – two vital components of survey methods. Students will have the scope to learn data analysis methods and techniques particularly the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) method as well as other statistical methods necessary for data analysis. On successful completion of this course, students will be in position to carry out any research work in their field of interest.