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
2 Contact hours
1 Practical or Laboratory hour
Incompatible
SOCY2130, 2329
Assessment methods
Practical tasks, project plan and essay
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 interpretive and social constructionist approaches to sociological inquiry and corresponding qualitative methodological procedures. Theoretical coverage of the verstehen tradition, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, structuralism, poststructuralism. Methodological coverage of observational techniques, semiotics, analysis of images (including web pages) and use of the NVivo data analysis package.
