Spring 2021 | PA 5041 Section 001: Qualitative Methods for Policy Analysts (54139)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- PA: major or minor in Public Policy or Science/Technology/Environmental Policy or PA PhD or Human Rights major or Development Practice major
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 28 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Qualitative analysis techniques, examples of application. Meet with researcher. Hands-on experience in designing, gathering, analyzing data.
- Class Notes:
- Class will be offered REMOTELY. Class will meet synchronously-online during Spring 2021 during the scheduled time. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gfs+PA5041+Spring2021
- Class Description:
The class involves two weekly class sessions that consist of lectures, discussion, presentations, and practical training. The course also includes a weekly 75-minute lab to workshop the different components involved in research design, learn data analysis, and code by hand or using the qualitative data analysis software package, NVivo.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in having a complete methodological toolbox.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the course, students should be able to:
● Navigate the ethical and practical challenges of research with human subjects.
● Determine when to use qualitative methodology.
● Develop strong qualitative research design skills.
●
Design questions and protocols appropriate to each method.● Gather qualitative data via primary source documents and human subjects research.
● Deploy a variety of interviewing techniques.
● Use basic techniques to analyze data using Atlas qualitative data analysis software.
- Grading:
- Class Participation 5%Reading quizzes 15%Lecture quizzes 15%Group reading response to ethics readings 5%
Research Assignments 30%
Research Proposal 15%
Final Project 20% - Exam Format:
- There is no final exam. There is a final research project which is the results of running a research study with all its components
- Workload:
- This is a 4 credit class, expect and plan to spend more time in class, doing readings, and preparing research materials. The class is designed to give students the basic tools to run a research study from beginning to end.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54139/1213
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/frie0013_PA5041_Spring2021.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/frie0013_PA5041_Spring2019.docx (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/frie0013_PA5041_Spring2017.pdf (Spring 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/frie0013_PA5041_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 November 2020
Spring 2021 | PA 5041 Section 002: Qualitative Methods for Policy Analysts (54140)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 28 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Qualitative analysis techniques, examples of application. Meet with researcher. Hands-on experience in designing, gathering, analyzing data.
- Class Notes:
- Class will be offered REMOTELY. Class will meet synchronously-online during Spring 2021 during the scheduled time. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?gfs+PA5041+Spring2021
- Class Description:
The class involves two weekly class sessions that consist of lectures, discussion, presentations, and practical training. The course also includes a weekly 75-minute lab to workshop the different components involved in research design, learn data analysis, and code by hand or using the qualitative data analysis software package, NVivo.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone interested in having a complete methodological toolbox.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the course, students should be able to:
● Navigate the ethical and practical challenges of research with human subjects.
● Determine when to use qualitative methodology.
● Develop strong qualitative research design skills.
●
Design questions and protocols appropriate to each method.● Gather qualitative data via primary source documents and human subjects research.
● Deploy a variety of interviewing techniques.
● Use basic techniques to analyze data using Atlas qualitative data analysis software.
- Grading:
- Class Participation 5%Reading quizzes 15%Lecture quizzes 15%Group reading response to ethics readings 5%
Research Assignments 30%
Research Proposal 15%
Final Project 20% - Exam Format:
- There is no final exam. There is a final research project which is the results of running a research study with all its components
- Workload:
- This is a 4 credit class, expect and plan to spend more time in class, doing readings, and preparing research materials. The class is designed to give students the basic tools to run a research study from beginning to end.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54140/1213
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/frie0013_PA5041_Spring2021.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/frie0013_PA5041_Spring2019.docx (Spring 2019)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/frie0013_PA5041_Spring2017.pdf (Spring 2017)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/frie0013_PA5041_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015) - Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 19 November 2020
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