Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Humanities Arts Social Science

School

Social Science School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

Lecture 1.5 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 1.5 Hours/ Week

Incompatible

SOCY2130, SOCY2329, SOCY3329

Assessment methods

Project Reports, Project Proposal, Online Quiz.

Course enquiries

Associate Professor Rebecca Olson and Dr Kiah Smith

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

Overview of qualitative approaches to sociological inquiry and corresponding methodological procedures. The course covers research design and practice, including use of the NVivo data analysis package. It introduces the methods, methodology and epistemology of various analytical approaches including content and thematic analysis, grounded theory, PAR, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, discourse, and narrative inquiry. The course also explores some of the contemporary theoretical approaches and debates including interpretivism, social constructionism, positivism, postmodernism, posthumanism, feminism and post-colonial approaches.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile