Overview
Description
Explores approaches to qualitative research methodologies; topics include interviewing, field research, focus groups, the comparative methods and comparative historical analysis amongst other topics.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- generate testable hypotheses on appropriate political science topics.
- identify when qualitative methodologies are appropriate and how to pair them with alternative approaches in written work.
- compose detailed research proposals using qualitative methods.
- appraise the usefulness of qualitative approaches in their own work and the work of scholars in the field.
- compare and contrast the various qualitative methods (interviewing, archival research, historical analysis, case analysis, ethnography, natural experiments).
- practice and perform qualitative analysis on topics of their choosing using selected methods.