50241 Theory and Method

8cp
Professional Strand – Social Inquiry – 100 level – Elective

This subject extends Introduction to Social Inquiry by more formally introducing a suite of methodologies commonly used in critically understanding the social world through the practice of research. The aim of this subject is to familiarise students with differing qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods which engage researchers in contrasting ways of knowing and representing the social world. As a basic overview of the professional toolkit of the social researcher, the subject examines a range of rationales for research knowledge production including survey research, action research, ethnography and biography. These methodologies are examined for the knowledge assumptions which underpin them and the differing empirical scope and political purchase they promise. At all points students are engaged in reflexively 'theorising' the practice of social research, and also specifically engage key theoretical concepts as they analyse interview data produced as part of the practical activity of the subject.

For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/50121_50241.pdf

Typical availability

Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,760.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
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