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ISTANBUL GELİŞİM UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM

RESEARCH AND DESIGN METHODS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ISY622 RESEARCH AND DESIGN METHODS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES 1 3 3 7

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introduction -
2 - The nature of qualitative research -
3 - Ethnography and participant observation -
4 - Interviewing in qualitative research -
5 - Focus groups -
6 - Qualitative data analysis -
7 - MID-TERM EXAM -
8 - Review/ midterm -
9 - Problems in qualitative research -
10 - Mixed methods of social research: combining quantitative and qualitative research -
11 - Computerassisted qualitative data analysis -
12 - Qualitative data collection (fieldwork) -
13 - Qualitative data collection (fieldwork) -
14 - Writing up social research -
15 - Review -
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -