2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

AN 250 Doing Ethnography: Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences

The aim of this course is for students to develop an understanding of and an ability to use ethnography as a method of social science research. Combining theoretical and applied readings and practical assignments, the focus is on participant observation and interviewing, writing field notes, and the transformation of field data into ethnographic documents. In addition, students develop an understanding of the epistemological, political, and ethical issues surrounding ethnographic research.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

AN 110 Human Cultural Diversity or SO 110 Sociological Imagination