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SOCY333 Qualitative Research Methods
Updated: 04 September 2009| Credit Points | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| Intensive School(s) | None | ||||||||||||
| Supervised Exam | There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled. | ||||||||||||
| Pre-requisites | 12cp at 100 level in SOCY or candidature in a postgraduate award | ||||||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions | None | ||||||||||||
| Notes | None | ||||||||||||
| Combined Units | None | ||||||||||||
| Coordinator(s) | Gail Hawkes (ghawkes@une.edu.au) | ||||||||||||
| Unit Description |
This unit introduces students to qualitative research methods in sociology. Approaches covered will be selected from a range including, but not necessarily limited to: ethnography, life history analysis, interviewing, focus groups, document analysis, action research, content and discourse analysis, and visual analysis. Questions of research ethics and validity and reliability will also be addressed. Students who successfully complete the unit should be sufficiently familiar with the various approaches to be able to match appropriate method(s) to particular research contexts. |
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| Materials | Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period. | ||||||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |
