This course is designed to offer visiting scholars, existing or future staff, the opportunity to offer courses in their particular area of specialization. The topic and content of the courses will vary from year to year depending on the availability of expert staff. Examples of specialized topics that may be offered include: data-driven learning, computer-adaptive language testing, automated scoring, corpus-based EAP (English for academic purposes), etc.

CILO-1: Explain the basic concepts and issues in this particular area. CILO-2: Describe proper research design and analytical methods in this area. CILO-3: Apply these discipline-specific knowledge and skills to data collection and analysis. CILO-4: Conduct a research project and report research findings following conventions.