Qualitative Inquiry Pathway
The Qualitative Inquiry Pathway focuses on the skills of qualitative research, analytical interpretation, and presentations of human meaning. Much of human social life entails sensory and subjective experiences that defy quantification yet still require systematic study. Qualitative Inquiry teaches students to observe, interpret and convey the lived meanings embedded in people, texts, places, and objects. Through the courses in this Pathway, students are trained to make meaning visible across generations in service of a more reflective public.
Majors restrict Pathway Certificates to encourage a breadth of skills-development beyond their program. A Qualitative Inquiry Pathway Certificate may be earned within a major as a second certificate for students in the following majors:
Communication and Media Studies (BA) Elementary Education and Youth Development (BS) History and Social Studies Education (BS)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| We encounter much of life in sensory and subjective experiences that defy quantification. Qualitative Inquiry teaches students to observe, interpret and convey the lived meanings embedded in people, texts, places, and objects. Students are trained to make meaning visible across generations in service of a more reflective public. | ||
| Pathway Certificate Requirements | 15-16 | |
| To attain a Pathway certificate in Qualitative Inquiry, students must complete 15-16 credits from the following list of courses, including at least two courses at the 3000 level or higher from this list: | ||
| Analyzing Screen Media (DICO) | ||
| Rhetoric and Semiotics | ||
| Communication Research Methods (QRCO) | ||
| Sex and Cinema in the 20th Century (and Beyond) (PPDI) | ||
| Movement for Community (CTDI) | ||
| Foundations of Education | ||
| Identity in a Diverse Society (DICO) | ||
| Human Geography | ||
| Economic Geography | ||
| Globalization & Local Diversity (PPDI) | ||
| Methods, Theories, and Careers in History (QRCO,WRCO) | ||
| New Hampshire and New England History | ||
| Interrogating US History (DICO,TECO) | ||
| Forensic Linguistics: Using Language to Solve Crimes (SIDI) | ||
| Language Acquisition (SIDI) | ||
| The Latino Boom: A Survey of US-Latino Literature (SSDI) | ||
| Theatre History I | ||
| Theatre History II | ||
| Introduction to Travel and Tourism (GACO) | ||
| Total Credits | 15-16 | |