That's what we did in undergraduate. Practically every class I had required a research paper. We didn't always have to use statistics, but we were graded on met

That's what we did in undergraduate. Practically every class I had required a research paper. We didn't always have to use statistics, but we were graded on methodology. Recall exams were rare, most exams involved interpretation and explanation. Of course I studied political science, things may be different in other fields.