This course offers an introduction to research methods. The principal aim of the course is to familiarize students with the main quantitative and qualitative methodological tools used in political science. The course teaches how to write a research question, analyze previous research in a given field, how to move from conceptual definition of a political phenomenon to its measurable operational definition, how to write a hypothesis and how to analyze data and test a given hypothesis. By the end of the course, the students will be able to operationalize their theoretical constructs and collect and analyze their data in a research paper. The course also teaches various aspects of statistical programming. The students can transfer their acquired skills to their careers and have a competitive advantage in governmental agencies, think tanks, NGOs, and the private sector. There are no mathematical prerequisites for the course other than basic algebra at the high school level.