Subject: Nursing
Course Number: 285A
Course Title: Qualitative Methods I
Units: 5
School: Nursing
Department: Social And Behavioral Sciences

Course Description: Course reviews many of the types of qualitative research methods, emphasizing assumptions and approaches. Course focuses on design, entree, ethics, data-gathering techniques (interviewing, observing), and data recording and management. Data analysis is introduced. This is a 2-part course, concluding with NURSING 285B. Cross-listed with SOCIOLOGY 285A
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Second-year doctoral student.
Activities: Direct - Seminar, Direct - Discussion, Student - Seminar, Student - Field Work, Student - Discussion

Instructor of Record: S. Torres
Additional Instructor(s): L. Dubbin
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Fall
Course Grading Convention: Letter Grade, P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory), In Progress (IP, SP/UP) grading allowed, Term for final grade assignment: Winter
Graduate Division course: Yes
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? No