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Aug 01, 2025
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IECD-539 Introduction to Qualitative Research4 semester credits
This class introduces students to qualitative research, both as sophisticated consumers of others’ qualitative research and as potential future thoughtful researchers themselves. Through readings of methodological and research literature, this class provides a theoretical underpinning and foundational knowledge of qualitative research epistemologies, practices in qualitative research design, the genres qualitative researchers often use for different research approaches, and some common data collection methods.
Pre-requisites: IECD-537
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
- Explain different epistemologies inherent in various qualitative approaches, and contrast them with quantitative epistemology.
- Describe different genres of qualitative research, their differences, and when they might usefully be used to answer a given research question.
- Explain why reflexivity is important in qualitative research and how it can affect the findings.
- List and provide detail about different types of qualitative data gathering, including which might be most appropriately employed in answering a research question.
- Explain the importance of aligning epistemology, methodology, and methods as a guide to research design.
- Identify approaches to improving the quality and rigor of qualitative research.
- Formatively critique a variety of methodological examples of qualitative research.
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