Fall 2024  |  SOC 8851 Section 001: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: In-Depth Interviewing (32303)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate Student
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024
Fri 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
Enrollment Status:
Open (9 of 12 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
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. We will 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 broad 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 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 are permitted.
Class Notes:
10 seats reserved for Sociology graduate students through 08/16/24. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jvanheuv+SOC8851+Fall2024
Class Description:

This course is designed to introduce the research method of in-depth interviewing. In-depth interviews provide a method for examining the way people think, feel and make sense of the world as well as their own identities and experiences. Throughout this course, we will explore issues related to designing and carrying out an in-depth interviewing study: from developing a research question to analyzing data and writing up findings. We will consider and engage with these issues through readings, discussion, and written assignments. We will also consider a range of epistemological, practical, and ethical issues related to interviewing as a research method. 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 students who are considering using interviews in their dissertation research.


Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32303/1249
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 April 2024

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