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SOC_SCI 389-DL : Qualitative Research in Social Science

Description

This course will equip students with the skills to investigate complex human experiences and social phenomena using qualitative research methods. Students will learn how to design qualitative research projects, collect data, and analyze it using multiple frameworks. The course will introduce them to three qualitative data collection strategies: field observation, semi-structured interviewing, and content analysis, and students will learn the epistemological, analytic, and ethical considerations attendant to each strategy by evaluating existing scholarship and designing a hypothetical qualitative research project of their own. By the end of the course, students will have designed a research proposal that describes how qualitative research would answer a social science question of their choosing.

This course is conducted completely online. A technology fee will be added to tuition.

Note: This course is limited to School of Professional Studies students only. Undergraduate students in other schools at Northwestern are not permitted to enroll in this course.