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Online flexible
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit is asynchronous delivery, with NO requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
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Multi-mode
Multiple modes of delivery. Unit includes a mix of online and on-campus study requirements. On campus attendance for some activities is required to complete this unit.
ANTH4101 Advanced Qualitative Methods: Interviews and Focus Groups
- Credit
- 6 points
- Offering
(see Timetable) Availability Location Mode Semester 2 UWA (Perth) Face to face - Details for undergraduate courses
- Honours core unit in Anthropology and Sociology [Bachelor of Arts (Honours)]
- Honours option in Asian Studies [Bachelor of Arts (Honours)]
- Content
- In this unit, students explore, research and practice advanced qualitative research methods. We engage with a range of practical dilemmas and ethical challenges and examine in detail how knowledge is produced in qualitative interview methodologies, with a particular focus on how these methods are applied in research settings and professional practice. Students participate in a class research project and collaborate on joint research tasks as well as undertake their own individual research to contribute to the joint project. Social Science graduates increasingly find employment 'outside' the Academy and there is a growing demand for social scientists in a diverse range of settings. Therefore, a key aim of this unit is for students to learn about, and gain experience, practising as a professional social scientist to develop an in-depth understanding of qualitative interview methods. Students gain experience in formulating research questions and interview schedules, conducting and transcribing focus-group interviews, coding and data analysis (including using qualitative software tools), and presenting research findings in oral and written form, including preparing a poster presentation and project report. This unit won the 2016 Teaching Award: program enhancing student learning. For examples of student work from previous years, visit the unit website: https://blogs.uwa.edu.au/lorettabaldassar/home/iah/
- Outcomes
- Students are able to (1) demonstrate a coherent and advanced knowledge of a range of epistomologies; a comprehensive understanding of qualitative interview methods and focus groups, their strengths and limitations and their role in research; (2) demonstrate the ability to develop an appropriate research question for a project based on qualitative interview and focus groups data collection; discuss their research question and design with clarity and receptivity to constructive criticism; and understand the importance of an evidence-based explanation, not mere description; (3) critically analyse research projects that utilise qualitative interview and focus groups data collection to understand its underlying assumptions and epistomologies and the strengths, weaknesses and limitations of the approach; and (4) demonstrate the ability to prepare the ethics application, Information Sheet and interview shedule for their research question; a comprehensive understanding ethical implications of this method.
- Assessment
- Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) seminar participation and (2) written and oral assessments. Further information is available in the unit outline.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. - Unit Coordinator(s)
- Associate Professor Loretta Baldassar
- Unit rules
- Prerequisites:
- Nil.
- Co-requisites:
- Nil.
- Incompatibility:
- ANTH7481 Honours Seminar 1 (Anthropology)
- Contact hours
- seminars: 2 hours per week for up to 10 weeks
- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change.
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- Unit readings, including any essential textbooks, are listed in the unit outline for each unit, one week prior the commencement of study. The unit outline will be available via the LMS and the UWA Handbook one week prior the commencement of study. Reading lists and essential textbooks are subject to change each semester. Information on essential textbooks will also be made available on the Essential Textbooks. This website is updated regularly in the lead up to semester so content may change. It is recommended that students purchase essential textbooks for convenience due to the frequency with which they will be required during the unit. A limited number of textbooks will be made available from the Library in print and will also be made available online wherever possible. Essential textbooks can be purchased from the commercial vendors to secure the best deal. The Student Guild can provide assistance on where to purchase books if required. Books can be purchased second hand at the Guild Secondhand bookshop (second floor, Guild Village), which is located on campus.