410.690.01
Ethnographic Fieldwork
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Health, Behavior and Society
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
M, W, 8:30 - 10:20am
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Introduces students to the practice of qualitative research, including the design and conduct of a qualitative research study. Covers theoretical concepts and methods used in ethnographic and other types of qualitative research. Students design and conduct hands-on fieldwork projects in Baltimore. Classroom sessions include lectures, discussion, and intensive group work related to the fieldwork projects.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- formulate research questions that probe the connections between the public's health and the social worlds in which individuals and institutions are situated
- discuss some of the major concepts and theoretical developments that have shaped 'qualitative' and ethnographic inquiry from the mid-20th century to the present
- describe and use multiple methods for the collection and interpretation of 'qualitative' or ethnographic data
- articulate the relative appropriateness of different types of data and methods of data collection and analysis for a particular 'qualitative' or ethnographic study
- manage different sources of textual data collected in the course of a fieldwork project
- critically read and evaluate archival materials and other 'qualitative' and ethnographic texts