This course seeks to prepare mental health and school counselors to be informed consumers of research and evaluation. It focuses primarily on research designs (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods), program evaluation models and procedures and data analysis within the counseling field. Ethical and multicultural issues relevant to research in counseling will also be addressed.� Critical analyses of the literature and development of a research proposal relevant to counseling will be required. This course is for clinical mental health and school counseling students only.