Attendance:
Class attendance is required.
That said, we are teaching and learning during a pandemic and understand that it may be difficult for our students to attend and participate in this seminar. We know that for some students this will be a particularly more challenging time than for others.
We encourage students to privately share with the instructors during the first week of class of any challenges they may anticipate with attendance and participation going forward. Of course, we can't plan for everything but we hope that by addressing any challenges ahead of time, we can work something out together and better support you during the semester.
Grading:
Your grade for this course will be comprised of the following elements.
Class participation / Reading presentation – 20%
For each class, course readings will be presented by the students. Use the following outline:
What are the main points of the reading?
How do these findings apply to the understanding public health related issues?
What are 3 limitations of the reading?
What are 3 strengths of the reading?
Exercises / Practicum – 20%
Short description of project or paper due 02/01/21, Full due 02/22
Research materials due 03/08
Participant observations / interviews due 03/15-03/29
Analysis insights / theoretical statements due 04/12
Presentation of research proposal or research paper - 20%.
Completion of 13-page, NIH formatted research proposal for a qualitative research project or completion of qualitative research paper or a 20 to 30 page research paper – 40%.
1) Report on qual research conducted with the goal of being a peer-reviewed publishable paper.
2) An in-depth methods or theoretical paper tha tmake the case for qual methods loooking at a particular public health problem.
3) 13 page NIH type proposal using qual methods.
Each student will identify a research proposal idea or paper and develop both a presentation of it and submit a final proposal/paper with qualitative method(s) as a key component. Presentation will conform to APHA meeting standards, but be longer in length (20 minutes). Proposal research projects will conform to NIH guidelines.
Final letter grade will be based on the following scale.
100-93 A
92-90 A-
89-87 B+
86-83 B
82-80 B-
79-77 C+
76-73 C
72-70 C-
69 or lower Failed