Spring 2027

Qualitative Research Methods in Sociology

Graduate course on using qualitative research to advance sociological theory, covering inductive/deductive designs, interviews, content analysis, observations, focus groups, and data management.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jessica Calarco

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

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SOC 754

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Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JESSICA CALARCO is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Inductive and deductive qualitative research designs
  • Interview methodology
  • Content analysis
  • Observations and focus groups
  • Qualitative data management
  • Sociological theory development

Skills

  • Designing inductive and deductive qualitative research studies
  • Conducting and analyzing interviews, observations, and focus groups; performing content analysis
  • Managing qualitative research data
  • Using qualitative research to advance sociological theory

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SOC 754 · Spring 2027

Qualitative Research Methods in Sociology

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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