SOC 413: Qualitative Research

Course Description

Qualitative research methods involve the observation and study of people in their everyday lives, in their taken-for-granted worlds. Qualitative research seeks to combine close empirical observation with analytic techniques that demand (and teach) personal and social self- consciousness as necessary to an understanding of the social world of "others". This course in qualitative methods is designed to acquaint students with field research theories and techniques. Students will gain hands-on experience in participant observation, interviewing, and the use of sociological scholarship. Qualitative Reserach Methods will prepare students to gather data, focus the data in a social scientific manner, analyze the data, and then organize it in reportable form. (F, W).