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Fall 2014 | SOC 8890 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Research Methods -- Qualitative Research Methods: Indepth Interviewing (21836)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1183
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1183
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Advanced Research Methods (e.g., multilevel models), historical/comparative, field, survey research. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Description:
- Arlie Hochschild, Lillian Rubin, and Michele Lamont have all given us rich sociological insights into the hearts, minds and lives of US workers on the basis of in-depth interviews. Other skillful interviewers have opened up other worlds to the sociological imagination and taught us much about the way people think, feel, and make sense of the world as well as of their own identities. This course explores in-depth interviewing as a qualitative research method, teaching students how to conduct interviews; transcribe, code, and analyze interview data; and write up interview-based research. We will also consider a range of epistemological, practical, and ethical issues related to interviewing as a research method, reading materials drawn from a range of substantive sociological subfields as well as from geography. This course is best suited to graduate students who have an interview-based project in mind and want to acquire the skills for carrying out their research; and/or students who are considering using interviews in their dissertation research and want to try their hand at interviewing before making a decision. Because this is a hands-on, fieldwork-based course, no auditors will be permitted.
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: See syllabus for grading information.
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
30% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
25% Student Presentations
10% Guest Speakers Students will need to have a research project and plan within the first two weeks of the course. This course is time intensive.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: The course is organized around carrying out an interview-based research project and writing a substantive paper using the data you collect. The course involves conducting and transcribing four interviews. Group projects are encouraged.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21836/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2014
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