Swedish name: Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences
This syllabus is valid: 2011-01-17 valid to 2012-01-22 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
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Syllabus for courses starting between 2011-01-17 and 2012-01-22
Course code: 2SO095
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Sociology: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Sociology
The course is divided in three modules: Module 1: Qualitative Methods History and Paradigm, 1.5 ECTS credits Module 2: Practices of Qualitative Research, 2,0 ECTS credits Module 3: Optional exercises and elaboration of research paper, 4 ECTS credits Module 1: Qualitative Methods History and Paradigm During the first part of the course the participants are introduced to the historical background and recent developments within the broad field of qualitative research methods in the social sciences. The practices of qualitative research within different paradigms and theoretical perspectives are discussed. During the introduction participants will be assigned specific reading/preparation tasks for each of the subsequent thematic seminars. Every participant will be required to prepare questions to at least one of the sessions. This also includes the responsibility for for initiating discussions and to write a short report from the seminar. Module 2: Practices of Qualitative Research During the second part of the course focus will be on certain methodological specializations in order to gain more in-depth understandings of different practices of qualitative research. These specializations will depend on the participating lecturers who will represent different fields such as for example narrative analysis, discourse analysis, grounded theory etc. Each specialization will thus be presented by researchers who use them in their own work at the faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå University. During each thematic seminar a group of students will be responsible for questions and for initiating discussions. Module 3: Optional exercises and elaboration of research paper The third part of the course is dedicated to optional exercises and elaboration of examination papers to be presented and discussed at the final seminar. Students will be required to reflect on methodological choices and/or to practice qualitative analyses in a written exercise related to one or more of the specializations that have been presented during the course. Participants will be able to work independently with optional exercises provided to them by the lecturers.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student is expected to: - have knowledge of the historical background and recent developments within the field of qualitative research methods - have knowledge of relevant terminology within qualitative research - have knowledge of how qualitative research methods have been practiced within different paradigms and theoretical perspectives - be able to understand differences between major methodological traditions within qualitative research - be able to critically evaluate different methodological approaches within qualitative research - be able to practice an optional qualitative analysis in accordance with one of the specializations presented during the course - be able to present a written examination paper in the final seminar - be able to be discussant on an examination paper.
University: Courses of the amount of 90 ECTS credits in social sciences, or the necessary prerequisites to be admitted to a Master program at Umeå University, or corresponding knowledge. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English A (IELTS (Academic) with a minimum overall score of 5.5 and no individual score below 5.0. TOEFL PBT (Paper-based Test) with a minimun total score of 530 and a minimum TWE score of 4. TOEFL iBT (Internet-based Test) with a minimum total score of 72 and a minimum score of 17 on the Writing Section).
The course content is delivered through lectures, seminars, and individual work. Compulsory attendence is required at the seminars. All lectures and seminars are held in English.
Participants are required to present and submit a written examination paper at the final seminar, and to be discussant on one of the other students paper at the final seminar. The examination also includes the responsibility for preparing questions and initiating discussions at one of the thematic seminars, and to write a short report from this seminar. The examination paper (5-10 pages) may either a) discuss and compare two or more of the different approaches presented during the course; b) describe and motivate the design of a qualitative research approach applied to the participants own research interest; or c) present and discuss one of the qualitative research approaches together with a practical exercise using the approach. More detailed information about the paper is provided at the introduction of the course.
Academic credit transfers are reviewed individually. For more information, please see the Universitys set of rules and academic credit transfer regulations.
Callaghan Helen
Insiders, Outsiders, and the Politics of Corporate Governance : How Ownership Structure Shapes Party Positions in Britain, Germany, and France
Included in:
Comparative political studies
Beverly Hills : Sage publ. : 1968- : Vol. 1- : pages 733-762 :
Mandatory
Charmaz Kathleen
Grounded Theory: Methodology and Theory Construction
Included in:
International encyclopedia of the social&behavioral sciences. Vol. 5, [Cr-Deu].
xii s., s. 2883-3555 : pages 6396-6399 :
Mandatory
Dunsire Andrew
The Rise of Comparative Administration
Included in:
Administration
London,c 1973 : 1973 : 262 s. : pages 134-152 :
Mandatory
Edley Nigel
Analysing masculinity : Interpretative repertoires, ideological dilemmas and subject positions
Included in:
Discourse as data
London : Sage, in association with the Open University : 2001 : 338 s. : pages 188-209 :
Mandatory
Ethnography : principles in practice
Hammersley Martyn, Atkinson Paul
3rd ed. : London : Routledge : 2007 : xi, 275 p. :
Endast för användare inom LTU
ISBN: 0-203-94476-3 (e-book)
Mandatory
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A Grounded Theory Exploration of the First Visit to a Cancer Clinic – Strategies for achieving Acceptance
Jakobsson Sofie, Horvath Gyorgy, Alhberg Karin
Included in:
European journal of oncology nursing.
Edinburgh ;a London : Churchill Livingstone : 2000- : v. : pages 248-257 :
Mandatory
Pointdexter Cynthia Cannon
Meaning from Methods: Re-presenting Narratives of an HIV-affected Caregiver
Included in:
Qualitative social work
London : Sage : 2002- : pages 59-78 :
Mandatory
Riessman Catherine Kohler
Narrative methods for the human sciences
London : SAGE : 2008 : x, 251 s.b ill. :
ISBN: 0-7619-2998-3 (pbk.)
Mandatory
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Qualitative research practice : a guide for social science students and researchers
Ritchie Jane, Lewis Jane
London : SAGE : 2003 : xv, 336 s. :
ISBN: 0-7619-7109-2
Mandatory
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Seaman Jayson
Adopting a Grounded Theory Approach to Cultural-Historical Research: Conflicting Methodologies or Complementary Methods?
Included in:
International journal of qualitative methods
[Edmonton] : International Institute for Qualitative Methodology : pages 1-17 :
Mandatory
Toulmin Stephen
"Introduction" and "Interlude: Evolution and the Human Science"
Included in:
Human understanding
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton U.P. : 1977 : 520 s. : pages 134-144, 319-363 :
Mandatory
Wetherell Margaret
Debates in Discourse Research
Included in:
Discourse theory and practice
London : Sage : 2001 : ix, 406 s. : pages 380-399 :
Mandatory
Wetherell Margaret
Themes in Discourse Research: The Case of Diana
Included in:
Discourse theory and practice
London : Sage : 2001 : ix, 406 s. : pages 14-28 :
Mandatory