• Offered by School of Sociology
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Sociology
  • Areas of interest Policy Studies, Political Sciences, Sociology, Criminology
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Kevin White
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Second Semester 2015
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In this course we will be getting to grips with the challenge of understanding what qualitative research is all about and how we can use it and develop it to understand life in today's world. Whilst we will be exploring popular techniques such as interviewing and participant observation, emphasis will be placed on how more innovative and creative research practices such as soundwalking, visual methods and mobile methods can push traditional research practices in new directions which perhaps better reflect the character and concerns of today's world.

Indicative Assessment

Essay (60%) and take-home examination (40%).

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Workload

26 hours of lectures and 6 hours of tutorials.

Lectures will be taped.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed 12 units of 1000 level Sociology (SOCY) courses, which may include CRIM1001, or with permission of the convenor. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed ENVS2014 or SRES2014.

Majors

Minors

Fees

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Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $2604
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $3576
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3344 20 Jul 2015 07 Aug 2015 31 Aug 2015 30 Oct 2015 In Person N/A

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