This course will enhance students’ awareness and use of theoretical and methodological approaches to qualitative research and explore the most common approaches to qualitative research – narrative, ethnography, phenomenology, case study, and grounded theory – and several less traditional arts-based approaches. Students will develop hands-on skills for collecting and analyzing qualitative data.

Antirequisite(s): Health Sciences 3811F/G, Sociology 3310F/G, Psychology 3860F/G, Thanatology 3330F/G.

Prerequisite(s): Psychology 2840F/G (or Psychology 2801F/G, Psychology 2802F/G, the former Psychology 2800E, the former Psychology 2820E, Psychology 2830A/B, Psychology 2855F/G or Psychology 2856F/G) and registration in the third or fourth year of Honours Specialization in Psychology, Honours Specialization in Applied Psychology, Honours Double Major, Major or Specialization in Psychology, or permission of the Department.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. Cross-listed with Thanatology 3330F/G.