POL 3370 Qualitative Analysis in Political Science

3 units
Political Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
Epistemology and logics of qualitative analysis. Introduction to a variety of approaches and methodologies. Observation techniques (participatory and non-participatory observation); historical analysis of documents; comparative method, discourse analysis, political ethnography, interviews, and the multimethods approach.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: POL 2156 or SCS 2150 . This course is equivalent to CMN 3103 .

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall
Winter

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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