SOSGEO4012 – Interactive qualitative methods

Knowledge objectives

Throughout this course, you will acquire in-depth knowledge about

• • conversations and interactions between people as data sources in qualitative research
  • different qualitative research formats, including interviews, focus groups, observation and fieldwork
  • the methodological underpinnings of conversational and observational data

Skill objectives

Throughout this course, you will learn how to

• • practically conduct interviews, focus groups, and participant observation
  • develop interview guides using different question types and probing strategies
  • moderate focus groups and employ suitable elicitation techniques
  • develop combinations of interactive methods and experiment with established forms, such as participatory mapping and walkalongs
  • carry out data collection in a cross-cultural context
  • produce field notes and how to use them in research
  • generate and use transcriptions of qualitative data, with and without digital software and artificial intelligence
• report conversational and observational data in credible ways in research publications and in oral presentations

General competence

Throughout this course you will

• • develop an experience-based and methodologically qualified understanding of how to study conversations and human interaction
  • develop an awareness of your own role as an interviewer, moderator or observer
  • become able to collaborate in cross-cultural research environments and projects

Admission to the course is dependent on admission to a master’s degree programme at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography.

The course is open to master specialisation in didactics for social science in the Teacher Education Programme (Lektorprogrammet) - please see the link for information regarding admission

If you are sick or have another valid reason for not attending the regular exam, we offer a postponed exam later in the same semester.

See also our information about resitting an exam.