HMET5120 – Qualitative methods
Course description
Course content
Learning outcome
Knowledge
You will gain knowledge on how to:
- recognize the main methods used in qualitative research
- understand when a qualitative approach is suitable
- understand quality criteria in qualitative research
Skills
You will learn how to:
- develop a qualitative Research design
- collect, analyze and present qualitative data
- evaluate presentations of qualitative results
- make use of qualitative data such as elite interviews and texts
General competence
You will be able to:
- recognize the pros and cons of qualitative designs
- manage ethical and scientific standards of qualitative Research
Admission to the course
This course is only available for students at the following master programmes:
- Health Economics, Policy and Management (master)
- European Master in Health Economics and Management (master)
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Overlapping courses
- 5 credits overlap with HMM4104 – Research Design and Qualitative Methods (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with HMM4104B – Qualitative methods (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with FHE4010 – Introduction to Research Methods.
- 5 credits overlap with HELSEF4410 – Introduction to Qualitative Methods (discontinued).
Teaching
Examination
Written school examination.
Examination support material
Language of examination
For students at Eu-HEM: English
For students at HEPAM: The problem set will be given in English. Answers can be given in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or in English.
Grading scale
Resit an examination
For Eu-HEM students:
An EU-hem student cannot present her or himself for the examination in a course more than two times. There will be held re-sits for EU-hem students who have failed an exam or who have legitimate absence (usually illness) in January and August. If you are entitled to a re-sit you must contact the student advisor via email no longer than one week after the result of the exam has been published.
More about examinations at UiO
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- How to use AI as a student
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
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