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
16 contacturen Hoorcollege
32 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
102 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen
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 (such as Grounded Theory approach, Narrative Analysis, Qualitative Content 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 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, such as Grounded Theory, Qualitative Content Analysis, Thematic Analysis and/or Narrative Analysis;
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 (multiple choice), students will be asked to test their knowledge of different approaches to qualitative data-analysis and particular forms of data-collection. 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. 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.

Students have to pass for both the group assignment and the MC exam to pass this course. Students who fail either the exam or the group assignment, will have to take this again in the retake exam period. If they pass the exam, but not the group assignment, they only have to retake the group assignment. If they pass the group assignment, but not the exam, they only have to retake the exam.

(!) Students who fail to register for the group assignment before the start of week 24 (VUB Academic Calendar) cannot enroll in a group and will have a score of 0 for the group assignment. These students will have to make an individual/group assignment to be submitted during the retake examination period; the format and timing of which can vary and will be communicated by the lecturer / TA.

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)