Kvalitative forskningsmetoder MET5010

To be qualified for final assessment, the student must:

- Be present at 75% of the teaching

- Submitt written comments to a series of short video lectures in Canvas

- Read a former master thesis within your field and present its findings to a general public

- participate in a course in searching databases (not for students who have passed SAM5030)

- register topic for the master thesis (100-300 words)

- submit and have approved a project description for the master thesis (ca 1500-2000 words)

- write a digital contract with a supervisor

- participate in the in-depth evaluation of the course if such evaluation is stipulated in the relevant term

Registration lists will be made available in Canvas if there is more than one course offered in the course in searching databases.

When course requirements are not fulfilled, this will count as one examination attempt, unless the student withdraws before the set deadline.

The final assessment of MET5010 is an essay of 3500-4500 words. The essay should be in the form of a short research report based on a mini research project that the students will work on throughout the semester. The essay will be assessed by grades A - F.

Knowledge

The candidate has:

- a thorough knowledge of the relations between research design, research questions and research methods

- a thorough knowledge of different qualitative research methods and their possibilities and limitations

- a thorough knowledge of ethical and methodological challenges in qualitative research involving people

- a good knowledge of strategies for qualitative data analysis

- a good knowledge of criteria for evaluating research quality

Skills

The candidate can:

- identify research questions, research methods and theoretical perspectives in an empirical study and critically discuss how methodological and theoretical choices influence the knowledge produced

- design a research project such as a master thesis, including formulating research questions, selecting suitable research methods and justifying the methodological choices made

- find and review academic literature relevant to one's own research project

- critically reflect on the ethical aspects of doing qualitative research

- critically discuss methodological challenges in research involving people, including issues of power relations and positionality

- carry out a small research project, including formulating a research question, collecting and analyzing empirical data and writing a research report based on the project’s findings

Parts of MET5010 Empirical research methods overlap with MET508 Research Methodology. Because of this overlap, students who have already completed MET508, will receive 6 credit points (ECTS) for MET5010 on their transcript of records or diploma.