At the end of this course you are expected to:

• Learn the theoretical foundations of qualitative inquiry and review its ontological, epistemological, axiological, and methodological stances.
• Learn the similarities and differences of varied traditions of qualitative inquiry, for example, narrative, ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory and case study.
• Learn about the different approaches to qualitative inquiry, for example, feminist epistemologies, queer theory, neocolonization, post-structuralist, and post-modernist views.
• Design, conduct, and report a pilot qualitative inquiry of your choice.
• Analyze the research methodologists’ perspectives on qualitative research.
• Synthesize the methods and approaches presented in the course readings and in the literature.