Introduction to Qualitative Research Methodologies

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This course is intended as an introduction to qualitative methodologies for masters-level graduate students in the College of Education, Health, and Society. The particular emphasis of this course is on fieldwork or a set of techniques involving firsthand contact between the researcher and those who are the subjects of the research. This includes training in observation, in-depth interviewing, visual and textual analysis, and secondary analysis of qualitative data. NOTE: Because this course is focused on the specialized topic of qualitative methodology, it is assumed that all students will have previously taken a course in basic research methods (e.g, KNH 295, FSW 295 , EDL 654 , KNH 621 ). This course is not designed to cover basic research methods. Prerequisites: EDL 654 , KNH 621 or permission of instructor.