PSYED 2519 - QUALITATIVE METHODS: PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN ONE OF THE MAIN METHODS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH -- PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION. STUDENTS WILL GAIN COMPETENCE IN KEY AREAS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INCLUDING: ESTABLISHING ACCESS TO A SITE, WRITING ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDNOTES CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING RIGOROUS RESEARCH, ARTICULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS, DETERMINING A UNIT OF ANALYSIS, DEVELOPING CONCEPTUAL CATEGORIES, CODING, AND WRITING UP FINDINGS. STUDENTS CONDUCT SEVEN WEEKS OF FIELDWORK IN ORDER TO COMPLETE A PILOT STUDY OF THEIR CHOOSING. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE USE OF DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE , SUCH AS NUDIST AND ATLAS/TI, IS NOT PERMITTED.
Credits: 3
Recent Instructors and Teaching Assistants
Related Programs:
Fall 2009 (2101)
NOTE: The registration period for this class has ended. No more registrations are being accepted.
Section: 1030-LEC (19762)
Class Status: Active (
Closed to enrollment)
Meeting Time(s): Wed @ 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM from 8/31/2009 - 12/19/2009
Meeting Place: WWPH 5404
Instructor: N. Tanner LeBaron Wallace
Credits: 3
Enrollment: 8 of 15 seats are filled
Registration is closed for this class
