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Qualitative Research Methods
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:21
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_043 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Theory and History of Sociology | Target Audience: | Sociology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Taņa Lāce | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
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| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
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| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
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| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 4 | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 8 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 9 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 10 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 11 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 12 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 13 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
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| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Creswell John W., Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design. Choosing among Five Approaches, 2nd edition, 2007, Sage Publications | ||||||||
| 2 | Miller. R.L. Researching Life Stories and Family Histories. GB: Sage Publications, 2000 | ||||||||
| 3 | Roberts. B. Biographical Research. GB: Open University Press, 2000 | ||||||||
| 4 | Briggs. C.L. Learning how to Ask. A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research. USA:Cambridge University Press, 1986 | ||||||||
| 5 | Riessman. K.K.Narrative Analysis. GB: Sage Publications, 1993 | ||||||||
| 6 | Skultans. V.Testimonies of Lives. GB: Routledge, 1998 | ||||||||
| 7 | Ragin Ch.C. Constructing Social Research. Pine Forge Press, 1994 | ||||||||
| 8 | Kvale S. Interviews. AnIntroduction to Oualitative Research Interviewing. Sage Publ. | ||||||||
| 9 | Morgan D.L. Focus Groups as Qualitative Research. Sage. 1988. | ||||||||
| 10 | Glaser B.G., Strauss A. The Discovery of Grounded Theory. Aldine De Gruynter, 1967. | ||||||||
| 11 | Silverman D. Interpreting Qualitative Data. Sage. 1993 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kroplijs A., Raščevska M. Kvalitatīvās pētniecības metodes sociālajās zinātnēs. Raka, 2004. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Raksti zinātniskajos žurnālos: Qualitative Research, Qualitative Inquiryu.c. | ||||||||
