240024 PS Qualitative Research Methods (2015W)

The course counts for 10 ECTS, which equals a workload of 250 working hours/student. These working hours are approximately divided as follows:

50 hours participation in class
100 hours in the field and preparing field notes
100 hours individual work and team work (reading, writing, preparing presentations etc.)

Individual assessment counts for 60% of the final grade and includes:
regular attendance of seminar
active reading of the compulsory literature and active discussion in the class
accomplishing selected parts of the empirical investigation for the group project (including participant observation, interviews, documentations plus a transcription of an interview (at least 1 hour!)
small assignments are accomplished at home and discussed in class (e.g. sample of field notes, transcribed and coded interview)
writing an 'ethnography' of about 3,000-4,000 words

Group assessment counts for 40% of the final grade and includes:
research proposal (700-1,000 words)
small group presentations and final group presentation
submission of all data collected during the research process (including field notes, analytical notes, interview recordings, interview reports, transcriptions, photos and other relevant documents).
group research report of 2,000-3,000 words documenting the research process, stating the research question and main findings, list of literature consulted, discussion of the limits of the research