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Academic Year 2001/2002

Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC 202 SP

This course focuses on students using ethnographic methods (researcher as participant observer) as a primary vehicle through which to examine interviewing methods, observational and participatory action research. Students gain first hand experience with entry issues, data collection and analysis (e.g., thick description, theme interpretation, grounded theory), and writing up ethnographic research.

MAJOR READINGS

Emerson, R.M., Fretz, R.I., & Shaw, L.L. (1995). WRITING ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDNOTES. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Wolf, M. (1992). A THRICE TOLD TALE: FEMINISM, POSTMODERNISM, AND ETHNOGRAPHIC RESPONSIBILITY. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Briggs, C.L. (1986). LEARNING HOW TO ASK: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF THE INTERVIEW IN SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH. New York. Cambrige University Press.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short papers and final projects.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS PSYC    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: PSYC101 OR PSYC105 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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