KAU Doctoral Courses is a database with doctoral courses at Karlstad University.
Course content and form
The course will provide students with an in-depth knowledge of qualitative analysis, providing them with the ability to make informed decisions about the choice and application of qualitative analysis techniques. The course will prepare students for working with qualitative data: students will develop their understanding of different approaches to coding qualitative data, how to develop theory from qualitative data and gain insight into writing up the results of analysis. The course is presented on a bloc teaching basis.
Course goals
After completing the course the doctoral student should be able to:
Prerequisites
None, although as the course focusses more on analysis than data collection previous research methods training would be an advantage.
Examination
The course is examined by the completion of a qualitative data coding exercise and a written assignment relating to the analysis of qualitative data within their own study.
Each syllabus states target group and eligibility, which should be based on the prerequisites necessary to understand and process the content of the course. Syllabi and scheduled course meetings are posted on the course portal web page for the doctoral level, which is also open to the public.
Doctoral students who wish to take a course should sign up according to instructions on the course portal.
Admitted students must meet the requirements stated in the syllabus. If there are more prospective students than the teaching capacity allows, priority is given to students as follows:
The appointed course convener decides on admission of students to a doctor level course in accordance with the order of priority stated above.
Upon completion of the course, the course convener issues a course certificate with a proposed grade to the students.
I kursplan anges målgrupp och behörighet. Behörighet ska utgå från de förkunskaper som behövs för att tillgodogöra sig kursens innehåll.
Kursplaner och planerade kurstillfällen görs tillgängliga på en webbsida: kurstorg för forskarnivå, som även görs tillgänglig externt.
Forskarstuderande som önskar följa en kurs ska anmäla detta enligt anvisning på kurstorget.
Studerande som ges tillträde ska uppfylla de behörighetskrav som anges i kursplanen. Om fler önskar följa kursen än vad undervisningskapaciteten tillåter görs prioritering enligt nedan.
Den som institutionen utsett som kursansvarig beslutar om vilka som får delta i en kurs på forskarnivå, i enlighet med prioritetsordningen ovan.
Efter genomförd kurs och prov lämnar kursansvarig ett intyg med förslag på betyg till kursdeltagarna.