• Basic concepts: meanings, objectives and types  of Scientific Research

• Foundation of Political Science Research

• The state of Political Science Research

• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in Political Science

          o The Explanatory Approach – I: Case study methods

          o The Explanatory Approach – II: Historical research methods

          o The Interpretive Approach – I: Grounded Theory Methods

          o The Interpretive Approach – II: Ethnographic Methods

          o The Qualitative Data analysis

• Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods in Political Science

          o Fundamental concepts in quantitative research

          o Introduction to the sampling process

          o Descriptive research: The survey approach

          o Casual Research:: The Experimental approach

          o The Quantitative Data analysis

• Organizing and writing a research report/research proposal in Political Science