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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-2021
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-2021
MURDOCH-WSP3-INT-2020-2020

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Learning outcomes

1.
Demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts and processes of qualitative inquiry and how they shape each stage of an investigation.
2.
Develop and apply skills in qualitative research design and analyses of qualitative data.
3.
Elaborate and practice rigor in relation to your research problem.
4.
Evaluate the process of qualitative inquiry according to explicitly articulated and defensible criteria.
5.
Use knowledge about conceptual, interpretive and epistemological frameworks to reflect on your own positionality as a researcher and in relation to your own emergent research project.
6.
Demonstrate ability to critically evaluate a range of research texts and methodologies.
7.
Describe markers of quality in qualitative research.

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Additional information

Unit content:Topic One: The Craft of Qualitative Research Topic Two: Qualitative Research—A Personal Skills Approach Topic Three: Doing Qualitative Research—Evaluating Methods Topic Four: Articulating and Elaborating a Conceptual and Theoretical Framework Topic Five: Building the Evidence—Qualitative Data Topic Six: Analysing Qualitative Data I—Compiling, Dissembling, and Reassembling Topic Seven: Analysing Qualitative Data II—Interpreting and Concluding Topic Eight: (Re)presenting and (re)writing Research Outcomes Topic Nine: Quality in Qualitative Research
Other notes:In order to progress to the dissertation component, students must achieve a minimum of 65% across all units, a minimum of 65 % in Research Methodology units and pass the exam.