Historical Research Design in Security Studies
  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Months
  • Cost Paid

Historical Research Design in Security Studies

Issued by Kansas State University

Earner understands trends in historical research and synthesizes information from a range of historical sources with a focus on security studies topics. Sources can include historical texts, government documents, press reports, biographical sources, and more. Earner critically accounts for bias in the source and content of historical documents to generate accurate descriptive and causal inferences.

  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Months
  • Cost Paid

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Earner understands principles of research design and historical analysis techniques used in historical and social science research. They identify different trends in historical research and synthesize information from different types of historical sources.
  • Earners demonstrate mastery by earning a “B” (80%) in each course.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of major issues in developing research design. Understands different sources of bias that can arise in analyses and how to address them. Earner identifies a research question, develops a research plan to answer that question, and collects relevant information from different historical and qualitative sources to help answer the question.