Convenor: Dr Lorrae van Kerkhoff (NCEPH)

What is qualitative research?
How is it different from quantitative research?
How do you design, conduct, and analyse qualitative research projects?

While much science concerned with sustainability is concerned with what is sustainable or unsustainable behaviour, qualitative research in concerned with questions of why people interact with each other and our environments in the ways we do.

Lectures (2 x 1 hour/week) will teach you how to think qualitatively, and the fundamentals how to do qualitative research. Guest lecturers will share their experiences of specialised qualitative research techniques in practice.

Tutorials (1x 2 hours/week) will give you the chance to discuss core concepts, and try out different qualitative research methods (yes, on your fellow students!).

Proposed Assessment: Tutorial participation (10%); Journal (30%); Major assignment (35%); End of semester exam (25%).

Text Book: None prescribed.

Prerequisites: 24 units towards a degree.

Further information see StudyAt: SRES2014