GRADUATE STUDIES · HALO-GRS-502
Advanced Research Methods
A written methods seminar in evidence design, reproducibility, uncertainty, and mixed-source analysis.
WRITTEN PROGRAM
Admission standard
✓ Complete all 48 Halo Studies undergraduate courses
✓ Pass the Halo Studies Final Grand Examination
✓ Complete all four Academy expeditions
Sequential prerequisite: complete HALO-GRS-501.
All assessments are completed exclusively through multiple-choice examinations and written submissions.
SEMINAR SEQUENCE
Four written modules
MODULE 1
Question Design
Turn broad interests into bounded, answerable research questions.
Deliverable: A question portfolio with scope, variables, and exclusion criteria.
MODULE 2
Evidence Architecture
Design a reproducible method for documentary, material, operational, and cultural sources.
Deliverable: A source protocol and evidence-coding handbook.
MODULE 3
Uncertainty and Counterevidence
Test claims against missing, conflicting, and disconfirming evidence.
Deliverable: An uncertainty register and counterevidence analysis.
MODULE 4
Methods Examination
Apply graduate research standards to a new evidence packet.
Deliverable: A written methods examination completed asynchronously.
ASSESSMENT MODEL
Written graduate evaluation
20% · Question design
30% · Evidence protocol
25% · Uncertainty analysis
25% · Written methods examination
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