WISO300599 Principles of qualitative approaches in the social sciences

Type
Lecture and seminar
Semester hours
2
Lecturer (assistant)
Leonhardt, Heidrun Else
Organisation
Sustainable Economic Development
Offered in
Sommersemester 2026
Languages of instruction
Deutsch
Content

Phases in qualitative research projects,
Qualitative approaches and methods in data collecting and data analysis
Qualitative data analysis software

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Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

Students who have successfully completed the course are able to:
- Describe the background and objectives of qualitative social research
- Design a research project in the field of qualitative social research; formulate a corresponding research question and assess its quality
- Name different approaches and methods of qualitative social research and describe their basic characteristics
- Design guiding questions and narrative prompts for qualitative interviewing and assess their quality
- Create an interview guideline
- Describe ethical aspects of qualitative social research and reflect on their own research in this regard
- Independently plan, organize and conduct qualitative interviews
- Reflect on the role, attitude and behavior of the interviewer in an interview
- Name and explain different types of transcription; create interview transcripts
- Describe different approaches and methods of interview and text evaluation and analysis; apply selected methods
- Name and apply selected software solutions for qualitative analysis
- Document a qualitative research project and present the results in writing
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.