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HSCI 841 · Instructor

Qualitative Research and Analytical Methods

Interviews, coding, theme development, content and discourse analysis, and LLM-assisted analysis.

Course documents

Syllabus and lesson plans

HSCI 841 · Word document

Course Syllabus

The full student-facing syllabus: calendar description, goals and objectives, the flipped-classroom format, assessment scheme, grading, the week-by-week schedule, and all course policies.

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Lesson plans & slides

Each week below carries its own ready-to-teach lesson plan (Word) and slide deck (PowerPoint), so you can grab just the session you are teaching, plus separate midterm and final session plans.

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At a glance

Weekly plan

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Week 1

Lesson 1: Foundations of Qualitative Data Analysis

Milestone 1: Analytic Stance + Positionality Memo
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Week 2

Lesson 2: Research Questions Theory and Literature

Milestone 2: Research Question + Theoretical Framing
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Week 3

Lesson 3: Sampling in Qualitative Research

Milestone 3: Sample Audit + Boundary Memo
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Week 4

Lesson 4: Qualitative Data Collection

Milestone 4: Interview-Guide Critique + Reflexive Memo
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Week 5

Lesson 5: Themes and Codebooks

Milestone 5: Open Codes + Codebook v0.1
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Week 6

Lesson 6: Analysis Frameworks and Conceptual Models

Milestone 6: Framework Analysis Matrix + Concept Model v0.1
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Week 7

Midterm examination

Covers Lessons 1–6 · capstone studio
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Week 8

Lesson 7: Comparing Variables and Grounded Theory

Milestone 7: Constant-Comparison Memo
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Week 9

Lesson 8: Content Analysis

Milestone 8: Content Analysis: Counts & Co-occurrence
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Week 10

Lesson 9: Schema and Narrative Analysis

Milestone 9: Schema & Narrative Analysis (2–3 cases)
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Week 11

Lesson 10: Discourse Analysis

Milestone 10: Discourse Audit
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Week 12

Lesson 11: Analytic Induction QCA and Decision Models

Milestone 11: Analytic Induction / Negative-Case + Mini-QCA
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Week 13

Lesson 12: Computational Text and LLM Analysis

Final: FINAL: Complete Qualitative Analysis Paper + Analytic Portfolio
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Exam period

Final examination

Covers Lessons 7–12 · final project + peer review due
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How the term runs. Students complete each lesson module and its walkthrough before class. The weekly three-hour session reviews the key ideas, runs an applied exercise, and gives studio time for that week's term-project milestone. The midterm follows the first six lessons; the final follows the second six. The term project is worth 60% of the grade, the midterm 15%, the final 20%, and in-class participation 5%. Each week below links its own Plan (a Word lesson plan with the full facilitator script and answer keys) and Slides (the ready-to-teach PowerPoint). Prefer a single file? The complete guide collects all twelve plans in one document.