MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

SYM4010

Qualitative research strategies

Jan van Bommel

Synopsis The aim of this subject is to introduce students to various perspectives, critiques and ethical issues involved in qualitative social research. It is designed to familiarise students with a number of qualitative research methods used in sociology including paraticipant observation, in-depth interviewing, symbolic interactionism, ethnography and the use of documents and texts such as diaries and policy documents.

Assessment Three pieces of written work (3000 words each) 33% each.

Recommended texts

• May T Social research: Issues, methods and process Open University Press
• Minichello, V and others In-depth interviewing Longman Cheshire
• Reinharz S Feminist methods in social research OUP
• Silverman D Interpreting qualitative data: Methods for analysing talk, text and interaction Sage