Qualitative Analysis (5cr)
Code: TUTA0311V24-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 04.12.2024 - 13.01.2025
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 16.01.2025 - 31.07.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Teaching languages
- english
- Seats
- 1 - 500
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After completion of the course the student is able to
- analyze qualitative research material
- do content and thematical analysis, and formulate the aims of the research
- recognize the theoretical perspective as a part of the analytical thinking
- recognize the ethical questions concerning the research material and qualitative analysis.
Execution methods
Teaching profile: HYBRID 1.
The course contains lessons and practical work with research material.
Accomplishment methods
To successfully complete the course, the student needs to participate in lessons and seminars and to analyze his/her own research material.
Content
In this course on qualitative analysis, emphasis is laid on analysis of students’ own data. What kind of analytical choices and interpretations are possible in relation to the empirical research material.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Fail (0): Performance is highly deficient or erroneous. The work may be based on serious misunderstandings.
Sufficient (1): Performance is lacking in scope, superficial, or corresponds poorly to the assignment. The work may contain errors or obscurities.
Satisfactory (2): Performance is lacking in scope and corresponds one-sidely to the assignment. The author only lists things, but is able to recognize the different meaning of analytical choices.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Good (3): Performance corresponds to the assignment, manifesting comprehension and a skill to analyse and justify. The work may contain some deficiencies.
Very good (4): Performance corresponds to the assignment, manifesting comprehension and a skill to analyse and justify. The author has addressed the issue comprehensively, and is able to theorize the findings.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Excellent (5): Performance delineates an extensive whole and the author can apply knowledge in a multifaceted way or place it in various contexts. The work manifests independency and insight, and it is a flawless entity that involves justified theoretical thinking or critical contemplation. The work is well written and implemented.
Qualifications
TUTA0111 Introduction to Scientific Thinking and Research OR TUTA0101 Johdatus tieteelliseen ajatteluun ja tutkimukseen.