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May 23, 2025
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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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AFS 477 - Qualitative & Mixed Methods
Exposes students to qualitative and mixed methods research including epistemological, ontological debates, research design, methodologies, data analysis, and applications in scholarly published works. A combination of mixed methods approaches utilized in political science and the interdisciplinary fields of African Studies, Africana Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies are explored. Key methods that will be covered include interviews (unstructured, semi-structured, structured), oral histories, case studies, analytical narratives, participant observation and ethnography, focus groups, large-N studies, GIS, sequencing of methods, databases, and content analysis. Students will develop a research proposal that can be utilized for senior projects.
3 credits
Prerequisite(s): U3 or U4 status
Offered: This course is offered as both AFS 477 and POL 477 .
SBC: CER, ESI, SBS+
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