SOC542 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
| Course Code: | 2320542 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Masters |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYÇA ERGUN ÖZBOLAT |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce post-graduate students the features and practice of the qualitative research. It will particulary focus on the nature of the qualitative research, its research techniques, its design and conducting fieldwork. It will also highlight ethical aspects of qualitative research and relations in the field. This course will also enable post-graduate students to write up research papers, articles and thesis based on the qualitative data. Students will acquire in-depth knowledge about the qualitative research as well as practical skills for conducting fieldwork.
Course Content
The aim of this course is to introduce post-graduate students the features and practice of the qualitative research. It will particularly focus on the nature of the qualitative research, its research techniques, its design and conducting fieldwork. It will also highlight ethical aspects of qualitative research and relations in the field. This course will also enable post-graduate students to write up research papers, articles and thesis based on the qualitative data. Students will acquire in-depth knowledge about the qualitative research as well as practical skills for conducting fieldwork.
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 | ✔ | |||
| 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