Qualitative Data Analysis and Design

Catalog description

This course for professional master's and doctoral students focuses on the development of qualitative methods and analytic skills. Through course readings and the engagement of qualitative research techniques, course participants will situate and assess qualitative research studies within a broader research context, develop the ability to articulate a coherent research design, gain experience in foundational qualitative methods and analysis, be able to discern what questions are appropriate to qualitative research, and synthesize and write up results of data analysis.