Advanced Issues in Qualitative Inquiry (SOCY7329)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
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
SOCY2130, SOCY2329, SOCY3329
Course enquiries
Associate Professor Rebecca Olson (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person)
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
Overview of qualitative approaches to sociological inquiry and corresponding methodological procedures. The course covers research design and practice. It introduces the methods, methodology and epistemology of various analytical approaches including thematic analysis, grounded theory, PAR, critical discourse analysis, and Indigenous methods. The course also explores some of the contemporary theoretical approaches and debates including interpretivism, social constructionism, positivism, postmodernism, feminism and post-colonial approaches.