6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1021096BER voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een verdiepend bachelor niveau.

Semester
2e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Inschrijvingsvereisten
Students who want to enroll for this course, must have passed ‘Introduction to SPC Methodology’ and must have obtained at least 30 ECTS-credits on bachelor level
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Sociologie
Externe partnerinstelling(en)
Universiteit Gent
Onderwijsteam
Peter Stevens (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
0 contacturen Exam
16 contacturen Lecture
32 contacturen Practical exercises
102 contacturen Self study
Inhoud

The course ' Qualitative Research' is taught to students in the 2nd year of the Bachelor programme of Political and Social Sciences. This course functions as the foundation for students who want to apply qualitative research for their BScSS (and if applicale later: MA) thesis. 

The main goal of this course is to introduce to students the basic principles and techniques of qualitative research as applied in the social sciences so that they can critically evaluate qualitative research and adequately develop and carry out basic qualitative research projects. Through lecturers, guided exercises and a group assignment students will develop insight into the process of qualitative research. The following themes are central to this course: epistemological principles of qualitative research, sampling, negotiating access to settings and sources of data, ethical issues, the main data-collection (the qualitative interview, focusgroup interviews and (participant) observation), and analysis techniques (qualitative data analysis through a Grounded Theory approach, Narrative Analysis and/or Thematic Analysis) and the process of writing qualitative research. A key goal of this course is to acquire and to some extent apply knowledge and skills that are essential in doing qualitative research in practice.

Studiemateriaal
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Students will be offered exercises with solutions, detailed PP presentation slides and selected chapters
Bijkomende info

There will be no English language handbook this year for this course, but students will be offered exercises with solutions, detailed PP presentation slides and selected chapters.

The following subjects will be covered:

  • Theoretical, historical and philosophical characteristics of qualitative research;
  • Preparing and setting up of qualitative research, including: developing a qualitative sample, negotiating access to settings, choosing the appropriate data-collection and analysis techniques and planning of qualitative research;
  • Thorough introduction in carrying out different qualitative data-collection techniques, including the qualitative interview, focus-groups and (participant) observation;
  • Thorough introduction in terms of the key features of different qualitative data-analysis techniques, including Grounded Theory, Textual Analysis and/or Narrative Analysis;
  • Insight in the requirements and challenges related to writing qualitative research for a scientific audience;
  • Evaluation of qualitative research in terms of its ethical implications and quality.
Leerresultaten

General competences

  1. Can formulate a valid scientific research question on a topic that relates to the social sciences.
  2. Can identify, gather and critically process the relevant sources and literature on a specific social sciences research topic.
  3. Knows how to set up a scientific and methodologically correct research design.
  4. Possesses the methodological knowledge and skills of data selection and data processing that prevail within the domains of the social sciences.
  5. Masters the techniques of good and accurate research reporting in oral and written form.
  6. Reflects and evaluates his or her learning process and results critically.
  7. Acts in a professional and responsible manner.
  8. Is able to perform teamwork, he or she possesses good communicative skills and is solution-oriented.
  9. Prioritises scientific integrity and honesty in his or her scientific research activities.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer

Examen Andere bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Written Exam met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.

    Toelichting: .

Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Group Assignment met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

A written (closed book, MC) exam (50%) and a group assignment (50%).

In the written exam (mutliple choice), students will be asked to test their knowledge of the qualitative research process, including setting up research, and collecting and and analyzing data. Through a group assignment, students will learn to develop appropriate research questions in qualitative research, select a theoretically relevant sample, develop appropriate interview questions and conduct and evaluate their own interview practice and that of their peers and evaluate their own and their peers' functioning in a group.

Every student will obtain an individual evaluation for this course based on their score on their written exam (50%) and their group assignment (50%). In relationship to the group assignment, each group will receive a group-score based on the submitted assignments and documentation (audio interview files and transcripts and an electronic copy of the group assignment). Students' final score for their group assignment can be changed based on the outcome of students' confidential peer evaluations of their group members, which have to be submitted electronically after the submission of the group assignment.

Final marks obtained for the group assignment or the written exam can be transferred to the second period exam only within one particular academic year and only if the mark obtained was at least 10/20 or higher.

The final mark obtained for the written exam cannot be transferred to the following academic year (whatever the score). The final mark obtained for the group assignment can be transferred to the following year only if the mark obtained is at least 10/20 or higher. To qualify for a transfer of mark for the group assignment to the following year, the student has to request this by the start of first week of the new academic year at the very latest, via email to the lecturer.

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Startplan (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)