This course introduces the purposes and practices of counseling research and program evaluation related to professional counseling practice. It focuses on the elements of doing research and program evaluation using the products of research to support and enhance counseling practice and programs. Students will be able to identify various research approaches, including the range of methodologies typically used in counseling research, and the strengths and limitations associated with them. This course also is designed to give students the necessary skills to conduct meaningful research, following the scientist-practitioner philosophy of professional counseling.