SIW4220 Qualitative Methods and Research Design Course description

Students must submit a coursework requirement of eight pages (+/- 10%), written preferably in groups (4-5 students). Students who wish to write individually (around 4-5 pages) must get permission from the course lecturer. The topic of the work requirement will reflect main areas of the course curriculum and lectures.

The coursework requirement papers are to be presented at a seminar, or poster session, or zoom gathering. Participation in the seminar, or poster session, or zoom gathering is a mandatory part of the coursework requirement.

Students whose papers are not approved after the first submission will be given the chance to resubmit. Papers that are not approved after two submissions will disqualify students from sitting the final examination.

The student's learning outcome will be assessed on the basis of a 3 days (72 hours) individual written home exam of 7 pages (+ / - 10 %), calibri, size 12, paragraph 1.5. Tables and references not included.

Grade scale A - F

The course consists of lectures and study groups.

For every lecture, there are seminars where study groups work with practical exercises and have group discussions. These seminars will be supervised on demand.

Students must take part in at least three practical exercises and contribute to their groups reflection at the end of the course. The coursework requirement is a 15 minute oral presentation, presented by the group. The presentation can be anything from a presentation of results from that groups work, to presenting the most interesting group discussion or reflection on course related topics.

Attendance during group presentation is mandatory, and presentations must be approved by the course lecturer. Students who are not present or that have not provided input to the group, and presentations that are not approved, will have to submit an alternative qualification to be able to sit for the examination.

Lack of an approved course work requirement will disqualify the student from taking part in the final examination.

Simon Innvær

Students may use a spelling dictionary, as well as a bilingual dictionary.

A grade scale A-F.

The exam is graded by an internal and an external examiner.

A random selection consisting of at least 25% of the exam papers will be graded by both an internal and external examiner. This will inform the grading of the remaining exam papers.

Erika Gubrium