Apr 19, 2024  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 [Archived Catalog]

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COMS 7100 - Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Communication


Students learn fundamental principles of research design and analysis pertaining to qualitative research methods. Students learn metatheoretical assumptions that frame qualitative research projects as well as introductory strategies of collecting and analyzing qualitative data.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Critique various modes of scholarly inquiry and the philosophical bases for these different modes.
  • Explain how the history and development of Communication Studies as a field has led to the present modes of scholarship within the field.
  • Appraise and develop rationales for scholarly investigations.
  • Describe the fundamental assumptions and basic methods and tools of qualitative inquiry.



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