SOC324 FIELD METHODS
| Course Code: | 2320324 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYÇA ERGUN ÖZBOLAT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The aim of this course is to teach undergraduate students to formulate a research question, to make a research design and the main features of qualitative research techniques including in-depth interviews, focus group, participant observation and oral history.
Course Content
´Soft´ techniques of data collection, observation, unobstructive measures, structured and unstructured interviews and depth interviewing. The aim is to teach the students the specialized skills necessary for the application of these techniques.
Course Learning Outcomes
This course will help students to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to conduct a qualitative research including research design, use of qualitative research techniques, data collection, its interpretation and analysis as well as writing up from the qualitative data collected. This course aims at bridging the gap between theory and practice by incorporating practical sessions related to qualitative research. Each student is expected to conduct a fieldwork of a research project.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To correlate sociology and other social sciences | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To interpret knowledge produced by society from a sociological perspective | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To renew and improve their accumulation by following up-to-date publications and research programs in their fields | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To be open to occupational novelties in order to understand social change | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To produce original solutions within and outside the discipline and in interdisciplinary levels | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To know and implement the ethics of sociological research | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To be aware of social, environmental, and economic effects in the areas where sociological approaches are appropriated | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To use and transfer the accumulation of sociological knowledge in an interdisciplinary way | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To understand social structures and dynamics by correlating the past, the present and the future | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To connect social theories of knowledge and social practices | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution