qualitative research methods phd course

PhD in Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methodologies

If you have a deep interest in the methodological, theoretical, and ethical procedures and challenges inherent to social science research and evaluation, this is a program for you. Our students contribute to the methodological and theoretical development of qualitative research and program evaluation.

Our program prepares research methodologists to study and develop theories and methods for conducting empirical and conceptual social science research and evaluation in education and other social science fields. Specifically, this program develops scholars and methodologists who are prepared to contribute to the advancement of innovative theories and methods used in qualitative research and program evaluation.

• Focus on qualitative methodologies with interdisciplinary topics
• Open to students with a variety of educational backgrounds and experiences
• Small cohorts support individual faculty attention and mentorship

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The organization of the research and evaluation methods degree program recognizes the wide variety of specialties in which you might develop research agendas.

Our mission is to build your capacity to contribute methodological expertise to collaborative research efforts through real-world opportunities in which you develop and practice the skills needed in your area of emphasis. As a result of this experience, you will have a broad knowledge of research methods along with specific expertise in a focused methodology. You can use this knowledge to pursue careers as research methodologists and evaluation specialists in higher education, corporations, and non-profit agencies.

The Ph.D. degree is a 54-credit hour degree program in which students engage in advanced study of qualitative theories and methods, mixed methods, and approaches to evaluation.

• Core Coursework - 21 hours
• Research Seminar - 3 hours
• Elective Coursework - 18 hours
• Internship - 6 hours
• Doctoral hours Minimum of - 3 hours
• Dissertation Minimum of - 3 hours
• TOTAL - 54 hours

Part 1: Apply to the University of Georgia

The Graduate School handles admission for all graduate programs at the University of Georgia, including those in the College of Education. The Graduate School website contains important details about the application process, orientation, and many other useful links to guide you through the process of attending UGA at the graduate level.

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Part 2: Apply to the Ph.D. in Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methodologies

Please upload the following materials in your online application:

• Personal statement
• Curriculum vitae
• Writing sample (20-25 pages maximum)

Summary of Application Materials

Both the Graduate School and the academic department review application materials simultaneously. The Graduate School then reviews the department’s recommendation and makes the final determination on admission. As an applicant you will receive a formal letter regarding your admission from the Office of Graduate Admissions. You must be admitted to a program to be eligible to register for courses. Admission is granted for a specific semester and is validated by registration for that semester. Applicants must be admitted to the Graduate School before they are eligible to register. International applicants whose primary language is not English must submit scores from the TOEFL or IELTS tests in addition to a Certificate of Finances form. No application will be considered until all materials are received. To apply to the Ph.D. in Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methodologies, applicants must have completed a master’s degree. GRE scores are required for all applications.

Personal Statement

The program requires a personal statement, usually in the form of a letter of 2 to 3 pages, describing your background, work and research experience, interests in research and/or evaluation methodologies, and career aspirations. Specifically, you should be sure to address the following questions:

• What experience or background do you have in research methodologies?
• Why are you interested in the study of qualitative or evaluation methodologies?
• What research or evaluation questions do you hope to pursue, and why?
• In what way will the study of research or evaluation methodologies shape your career?

Writing Sample

You are required to submit a sample of formal writing (20-25 pages maximum). Scholarly or academic writing is preferred whether or not it has been published. If you have not published, recent course papers or work-related reports are appropriate.

Admissions Interviews

After a review of applications, selected applicants will be interviewed by the Ph.D. in Research and Evaluation Methodologies (REM) Admissions Committee early in the Spring semester for a subsequent Fall semester admission.

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In this program, you will take focused coursework with individual attention from faculty mentors .

Each semester, you will also take part in a seminar that brings together faculty in the qualitative research program to discuss topics of relevance to scholarship and teaching in qualitative research methodologies in higher education.

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Testimonials

What first attracted me to the Qualitative Research and Evaluation Ph.D. program was the balance it offers between the philosophy of science and the practical application of research and evaluation. The program’s faculty members are amazing at supporting students’ learning, and at pushing us to be creative, deep thinking, and daring as we explore methodologies. Nuria Jaumot-Pascual, Doctoral Student

My path through the Qualitative Research and Evaluation Ph.D. program had me exploring the depths of qualitative research rarely visited by researchers in the health sciences but that have been essential in my current position as Senior Research Associate at Evidera. Now I find myself often referencing qualitative research theory and history when selecting strategies for new studies or when arranging trainings across my organization. Moreover, the breadth of interests across students in the program provided unique perspectives that enriched my journey. Most of all though, I am impressed with how well the faculty helped guide me through the program, making theory, history, and applied work relevant for my own career goals. Sean Halpin, Former Doctoral Student

I really discovered the world of qualitative research with the Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methodologies Ph.D. program, and the instructors made me adore it. Their support for the students’ learning was so impeccable. They had genial ways to encourage students to think outside the box and to be creative from every point of view, especially when it comes to methodologies. Bidossessi Mariano Ghislain Dossou Kpanou, Former Doctoral Student

Qualitative Research Methods

• Description

This course offers a hands-on opportunity for doctoral and advanced masters students to experience the practice of qualitative research. We will address the nature of qualitative research in the administrative and policy sciences, with ample opportunities to discuss the implications of the choices made in designing, implementing and reporting on the findings of a “mock” project which we will determine in class, with your input. The course will require a considerable investment of time, with intensive reading and writing, recurrent team discussions based on assignments, and individual fieldwork (with journal writing before, during and after site visits). The course is a program requirement for doctoral students. For all masters students, it will help develop skills to collect qualitative data during capstone projects and for policy/finance students interested in a methods course sequence, it will also serve as a good complement to the available quantitative courses.  For all students, understanding the basics of qualitative research will make you a better researcher (independent of whether your research is only qualitative or only quantitative) and will increase your research competency by offering a foundation to do mixed methods.

Either one of the following: PADM-GP.2171 Program Analysis and Evaluation, PADM-GP 2172 Advanced Empirical Methods for Policy Analysis, PHD-GP 5902 Research Methods, an upper level research methods undergraduate course, or more than 3 years experience of research in a university or other research institution.  Masters students must fill an application and be approved to take the course.  The application is found on the Course Highlights page.

Spring 2024 PHD-GP 5905.001

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FSS – Advanced Methods: Qualitative Methods

FSS – Advanced Methods: Qualitative Methods

Qualitative methods are ideally suited to zoom in on the lived experience of individuals, to follow the knitty-gritty of everyday processes, to draw close to subjects and situations, and thus to penetrate people’s local worlds. At the same time, the use of such methods also requires zooming out again to understand what happens within ‘small’ worlds within larger and long-term contexts and thus to grasp the bigger picture. Qualitative researchers need to learn ‘to see the world in a grain of sand’.

In the digital age, the methodological toolboxes are renewed to reflect the complexities and dynamic character of online content. For instance, nowadays life stories are not only recorded through face-to-face interviews but also through life stories in the digital domain (e.g. Facebook, Instagram). Content analysis provides a powerful tool to capture the building blocks of interactions in the digital space and is useful for combining with quantitative methods. Digital ethnographies, or netnographies, show ways to capture social media’s complexity in the lives of people.

Selected Qualitative Methods

Course description

Course objectives

In this course, we will work in different formats: 1) Interactive lectures: The interactive lectures, in tandem with your own reading of the literature and preparations (e.g., video lectures, short clips) will provide you with a thorough understanding of the discussed methods. The duration of the lectures is 1 hour 45 minutes (including a 15-minute break).

2) Workshop: during the workshop, you will presentation of selected –exemplary papers, mainly analyzing their structure and assessing the process of joining together the different parts of the research including. The duration of the tutorial is 1 hour 45 minutes (including breaks when needed).

3) Presentations: During weekly presentations, you will share with your peers the experiences of the week and the results that you produced. The duration of the presentations is 1 hour 45 minutes, including breaks when needed.

4) Tutoring: During tutoring, Individual meeting with students to discuss their research objectives and how to go about it. The duration of tutoring sessions vary.

Study Characteristics

• Language: English
• Type of education : In class
• Self paced: No
• Academic skill: Methods                
• Available to: PhD students VU 
• Graduate School: Graduate School of Social Sciences
• Start date : 10.01.2023
• End date: 02.02.2023
• Discipline: Social Sciences
• Min. number of students: -
• Max. number of students: 5
• Admission criteria : PhD candidate from the VU-GSSS
• Conclusing assessment : yes
• Assessment type : Written assignments and presentations
• With certificate: yes
• Roster/schedule info:

11 sessions in total, schedule information available here .

• Registration deadline: 1.12.2022
• Available to: PhD students VU-GSSS only
• Name of teacher : prof. D. Dalakoglou

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EPPS6346 - Qualitative Research Methods

EPPS 6346 Qualitative Research Methods (3 semester credit hours) This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Qualitative Research - its underlying, alternative views of the nature of society and social institutions; placement of the researcher in the research; research methods, including the various main approaches by which to frame, focus, and carry out research - Case Study, Grounded Theory, Phenomenology, Ethnography, and Narrative, along with Content Analysis; benefits and drawbacks of the various approaches; and the scientific contribution of Qualitative Research to social science research, mixed methods research, and public policy. Students are encouraged to relate the research design they create in the course to their qualitative or Mixed Methods dissertation or Masters thesis. (3-0) Y

MF9140 – Qualitative research methods

Course description, course content, learning outcome, admission to the course, overlapping courses, examination, schedule, syllabus and examination date.

• Spring 2024
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• Autumn 2010
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The course gives an overview of important research methods anddesignsin qualitativeresearch. Examples ofqualitativeresearch projectsregarding healthandillnessare presented andactivelyrelated tothe PhD candidates`own research projects. The course isrelevant for PhD candidates who draw onqualitative methodsin their research.In addition, it will be usefulforthose whowant tolearn more about how interpretationand approachesassociated withqualitativeresearch areintegral elementsin all researchas well as in clinical practice.

This course will provide knowledge about:

• mindsets associated with qualitative research

• project design and data collection methods

• approaches to qualitative analysis

• principles of qualitative interviews, participant observation and text analysis

• historization as a method

This course will give you the skills to:

• designing a qualitative research project

• develop an interview guide and conduct qualitative interviews

• apply principles of qualitative analysis

• identify and formulate relevant research questions

General competences

This course will provide you with general competence to:

• raise critical questions to your own research and research process

• raise critical questions to concepts included in your research

• relate health and illness to broader cultural and social contexts

The maximum number of course participants is 30.

PhD candidates at University of Oslo will be prioritized, and within this group the highest priority is given to PhD candidates who are working on research that entails/will entail qualitative interviewing and/or participant observation.

Applicants admitted to a PhD programme at UiO apply to this course in StudentWeb .

Applicants who are not admitted to a PhD programme at UiO must apply for a right to study before they can apply to this course. See information here:   How to apply for a right to study and admission to elective PhD courses in medicine and health sciences .

Applicants will receive a reply to the course application in  StudentWeb  at the latest one week after the application deadline.

• 5 credits overlap with MEDFL5140 – Qualitative reseach methods .

The course is organized as a five days course.

You have to participate in at least 80 % of the teaching to be allowed to take the exam. Attendance will be registered.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system .

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• Illness at exams / postponed exams
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• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO .

Facts about this course

Application period autumn 2024:   1.6. - 10.8.2024

Teaching:   16.9. - 20.9.2024

See information on how to apply to this course in Admission to the course below.

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Oxford Qualitative Courses: Short Courses in Qualitative Research Methods

Expert teaching from specialists in qualitative research methods

Short courses:

• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
• Introduction to doing Qualitative Interviews
• Introduction to Analysing Qualitative Data
• Introduction to conversation analysis and health care encounters
• Learning with the book: an introduction to qualitative research methods for health research

The University of Oxford's expert-led programme of short courses in qualitative research methods aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to design, conduct, and interpret qualitative research. Through these short courses we share the experience, knowledge and enthusiasm of our research-active tutors

Our courses are particularly suited to those who are planning or working on projects with a qualitative research component, our aims are to:

• Equip health and care professionals, researchers and policy makers with an understanding of the different approaches to qualitative research
• Support the development of core skills such as interviewing, ethnographic observation, running focus groups (whether virtual or face-to-face), conversation analysis, meta-ethnography, and qualitative data analysis.

This highly-regarded programme is delivered in online and face-to-face formats to suit a range of learners.  We use a mixture of lectures and small group work, delivered by our team of qualitative researchers from the University of Oxford’s  Medical Sociology and Health Experiences Research Group . Our group has run these successful courses for almost twenty years alongside active involvement in qualitative research on a variety of different topics, ranging from studies of personal experiences of health conditions and of healthcare practice, to evaluations of organisational change. Our group also includes qualitative methodologists at the forefront of developing qualitative methods including conversation analysis and evidence synthesis.

Findings from our group’s research on patient experiences, together with supported video, audio and text extracts, have been compiled to form the multi-award winning heathtalk.org website and its sister site socialcaretalk.org. Our portfolio of research and expertise informs current local, national and international healthcare policy and research. 

The syllabuses of our qualitative courses draw on a wide range of expertise from within our research group, including the disciplinary areas of medical sociology, anthropology, and public policy. 

Teaching team

Our courses are led by a highly experienced and research-active teaching team. Our team have a range of specialities and skills spanning the breadth of qualitative research methods, ensuring that each session is led by a knowledgeable expert in the field. As well as being accomplished researchers, our team are skilled at communicating qualitative research methods to people in an accessible and clear way. Our team are friendly and approachable and will be available to offer tailored feedback during the course. Our participants regularly emphasise that our teaching team are a highlight of our courses.

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Our courses are suited to a wide range of professions, including:

• Health and care professionals
• Undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Academics and researchers interested in health research
• Marketing and communications professionals
• Health and care advisers

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Qualitative research methods - 2023.

The PhD course on qualitative research methods is offered in a modular course design. To complete the mandatory course, the basic module - Module A (2.5 ECTS) - and one of the three supplementary modules - Modules B, C, D (2.5 ECTS each) - need to be completed (this only applies to PhD students at the Department of Management, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University).

The modules are:

• Module A - Introduction & Research Design (13-15 March 2023) The mandatory module will enable participants to match research aims with an effective research strategy and suitable qualitative research methods. The course will leverage on contrasting of successful papers to form the ability to critically appraise research designs and further develop the participants' own research strategy and methods. Application deadline:  13 February 2023. More info and sign-up  
• Module B - Collecting Qualitative Data (19-21 April 2023) This module will enable participants to choose and utilise a variety of qualitative data collection methods, including interviews and participant observation, video recording, online data collection, and focus groups. Application deadline:  20 March 2023. More info and sign-up  
• Module C - Analysing Qualitative Data (2-4 May 2023) This module will teach advanced skills to analyse different data types related to text and talk. Different analysis methods will be discussed, including structured interview and text analysis (e.g. the Gioia method), cultural analysis, narrative analysis, discourse analysis, conversation analysis. Application deadline:  27 March 2023. More info and sign-up  
• Module D - Mixing Methods (22-23 and 26 May 2023) This module provides students with an overview of how different research strategies or methods may be integrated to meet a research aim. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on and critically appraise papers and research projects that mix different qualitative methods as well as combinations of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Application deadline:  19 April 2023. More info and sign-up

Students with a PhD project based on qualitative methods might want to choose more than one elective to gain deeper methodological knowledge and skills, e.g. the modules A, B and C. Students working on a quantitative research project might want to follow A and D, which would emphasize in particular the ability to critically reflect on and proactively design successful research designs that might include mixing methods. Students are, however, free to choose any combination that contains the mandatory module A.

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Qualitative Research Graduate Certificate

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Learn how to facilitate scholarly qualitative research from a broad social science perspective.

The online qualitative research graduate certificate offers you the opportunity to fill the demand for trained qualitative researchers, both in the U.S. and internationally. Qualitative research is useful both in academic and practical projects, with skills that directly relate to careers in academia, public health, nonprofits, business, marketing and more.

*This estimate is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ depending on your transfer hours, course choices and your academic progress.  See more  about tuition and financial aid.

New Tuition and Fees Structure for 2021-22 Academic Year To better assist students with understanding the cost of attendance, K-State has simplified the tuition and fees structure for students enrolled in online programs.

Application

All students are required to meet the general university admission requirements.

Learning new proficiencies in qualitative methods can provide the tools to enhance research skills as well as lead to a range of employment opportunities within:

• government agencies
• universities
• consulting firms
• research industries
• marketing firms
• nonprofit organizations

Required (9 credits)

• EDLEA 838 - Qualitative Research in Education (3 credits)
• EDLEA 938 - Advanced Data Analysis in Qualitative Methods (3 credits)
• EDLEA 948 - Data Representation and Writing in Qualitative Research (3 credits)

Electives (6-9 credits)

• EDCI 760 - Action Research in Education (3 credits)
• EDCI 920 - Narrative Inquiry in Education (3 credits)
• EDLEA 828 - Scholarly Orientation to Graduate Studies (3 credits)^
• EDLEA 848 - Understanding Theoretical Frameworks (3 credits or equivalent)
• EDLEA 929 - Narrative and Arts-Based Inquiry in Qualitative Research (3 credits or equivalent)
• EDLEA 958 - Case Study in Qualitative Research (3 credits)
• EDLEA 968 - Discourse Analysis (3 credits)
• EDLEA 978 - Qualitative Data Management and Analysis Using NVivo (3 credits)
• EDLEA 988 - Differentiated Research (3 credits)
• HDFS 809 - Qualitative Research Methods in Human Development and Family Science (3 credits or equivalent)*
• HDFS 808 - Topics in Applied Family Science (1 credit or equivalent)*
• THTRE 862 - Workshop in Playwriting (3 credits)
• THTRE 880 - Project in Ethnodrama (3 credits)*

* Course is not available online at K-State ^ Can only be used if you choose to write a research interest paper that explores a research interest via qualitative inquiry.

Applied Project (0-3 credits) The applied project could constitute a completion of a dissertation using qualitative methods. If you wish to use your completed dissertation using qualitative methods you could use a maximum of 3 credit hours to complete this requirement. Certificates will be granted only after the completion of a dissertation.

If you wish to submit a publishable paper to a refereed journal based on an empirical study, you could use 3 credit hours earned from EDLEA 988 - Differentiated Research.

Other ways of submitting a publishable paper to a refereed journal could include, but are not limited to, preparing the manuscript as a result of specific coursework, preparing the manuscript as an independent study with a faculty member or preparing the manuscript outside of coursework through your own initiative.

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Qualitative Methods

The goal of this course is to equip students with the intellectual baggage necessary for the design, execution, and publication of truly excellent qualitative research studies.

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The following topics are covered in this course in 5 consecutive weeks: (1a) qualitative “versus” quantitative research; (1b) measurement and operationalization in qualitative research settings; (2a) data collection: interviews, documents, observation, data bases, and more; (2b) data analysis: data reduction, causal inference, and qualitative data analysis software (NVivo, Atlas.ti, UCINET, QCA); (3a) ethnography; (3b) grounded theory methods; (4a) case study methods; (4b) content analytical methods and discourse analysis; and (5) capita selecta.

Central to this course is that students acquire an advanced understanding of the qualitative research process in general, and of several commonly used qualitative research designs in particular. Students are also expected to get acquainted with and learn how to use qualitative data analysis programs, such as NVivo, (www.qsrinternational.com), Atlas.ti (www.atlasti.de), fs/QCA (http://www.u.arizona.edu/~cragin/fsQCA/), or UCINET (www.analytictech.com).

The grade components for this course are: (1) an in-class paper presentation (20%); (2) class participation (20%); a written final exam (60%).

The literature for this course will consist of carefully selected articles and book chapters, made available through Canvas. The materials will include original methodological contributions, as well as exemplary applied research articles.

Additional info

The timetable for this course can be found in the EUR course guide .

ERIM PhD candidates and Research Master students can register for this course via Osiris Student .

External (non-ERIM) participants are welcome to this course. To register, please fill in the registration form and e-mail it to the ERIM Doctoral Office by four weeks prior to the start of the course. For external participants, the course fee is 260 euro per ECTS credit.

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The Post-Master’s Certificate in Qualitative Research prepares graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, current faculty, and others with the skills needed for the full range of qualitative inquiry methods used in social research.

Admission Requirements

• A master’s degree, or its equivalent, from a regionally accredited college or university
• Official transcript(s) of all academic work attempted since high school indicating a GPA of 3.5 (on a scale of 4.0) in a graduate degree program
• An online application through the Graduate School’s application system
• Standardized test scores (e.g., GRE, GMAT, MAT) are optional.
• Two letters from references
• Statement of purpose (SOP)
• A current resume or vita
• A professional writing sample
• Applicants whose native language is not English may be required to provide official English proficiency test scores.  Refer to the Graduate School’s policy on English proficiency.

Certificate Requirements

Required courses (6 credit hours).

• RSCH 8111 - Qualitative Research Methods (3)
• RSCH 8121 - Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (3)

Elective Courses (6 credit hours)

Students must take two elective courses from the following:

• RSCH 8131 - Interviewing as Qualitative Inquiry (3)
• RSCH 8890 - Special Topics in Research (3)

Other COED/UNC Charlotte courses that cover a specific qualitative method in depth, with approval* (3)

* Note: Other courses must be approved by the certificate coordinator.  Doctoral-level qualitative research courses selected from ADMN, EDCI, RSCH, ELDT, HPSY, PSYC, PPOL, or SOCY may be considered.

Grade Requirements

Students must achieve a 3.0 GPA to complete the certificate. No more than one C may count toward the certificate. 

Certificate Total = 12 credit hours

Qualitative Research Methods and Research Writing

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