GEOG 360

Qualitative Methods for Undergraduates

The course introduces students to the basic tools and concepts of qualitative social research and their geographic application. The readings and in-class exercises have been selected to introduce you to the scope of qualitative methodological approaches used in geography and provide a sampling of references and resources that will help you work through your own research process. In examining how we generate and interpret data from the field-the social, environmental and political space where we learn about the world-we will critique and apply a variety of qualitative methods. In the process, you will have a chance to explore these methods in the context of your own planned or ongoing work and interest. We will focus on a wide range of methods but pay close attention to: conducting interviews, constructing questionnaires, participant observation and discourse analysis

Units: 3.0