Qualitative Research Methods in Global Health (320-0-1)

Instructors

Elham Hoominfar

Meeting Info

University Hall 418: Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

This course is designed to provide global health students with the tools they will need in order to design, revise, conduct, and write up current and future qualitative research projects relating to global health topics. This course is experientially driven, allowing students opportunities to actually "do" research, while providing careful mentoring and engaging in in-depth discussions about ethical and methodological issues associated with qualitative approaches and with working with living humans. Students will learn methods such as: writing research proposals, research ethics, writing ethnographic field notes, doing qualitative interviews and focus groups, analyzing and writing up data.

Fulfills Area III (Social and Behavioral Sciences) distribution requirement

Class Materials (Required)

EMERSON, R. M. et al. 2011. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Second Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226206831

WEISS, Robert S. 1995. Learning from Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies. New York: Free Press. ISBN 0684823128

Additional required readings and materials are available on Canvas.

Class Attributes

Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area
No Freshmen