Qualitative Social Research (SOCY3329)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
School
Social Science School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Workshop 1.5 Hours/ Week
Incompatible
SOCY7329
Prerequisite
SOCY2049 or SOCY2019 or POLS2703
Course enquiries
Associate Professor Rebecca Olson (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person)
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
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Course description
Learn sought after skills in qualitative social science research through doing. Covering research design and practice, the course introduces the methods, methodology and epistemology of various analytical approaches: thematic analysis, critical discourse analysis, visual analysis, yarning and participatory action research. The course also explores many contemporary theoretical approaches and debates including interpretivism, social constructionism, post-positivism, feminism, Indigenous methodologies and post-colonial approaches.
