Exploring inner worlds: Qualitative perspectives
The course deals with the various parts of the qualitative research process within the subject of psychology, that is, formulating a question, selecting participants and ethical considerations as well as collecting, analyzing, evaluating and presenting qualitative data.
The course includes planning, implementing and reporting a qualitative study.
This course is a good choice if you want to widen and deepen the knowledge of psychology that you learned on Psychology I (or equivalent).
The course is optional within the Psychology II - course package, which is the second semester of studying psychology as a bachelor subject. It is also included as an optional course on the fifth semester of the Bachelor's Programme in Personnel, Work and Organization, 180 credits.
This course is mainly taught in Swedish and you will find more information on the Swedish version of this page.
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Course structure
As a registered student on this course you will find detailed course information and communication in the learning platform Athena. Login with your university account.
This is a new course in spring 2025 and will be given in the second quarter of the semester, full-time studies.
Course instructions
Exploring inner worlds: Qualitative perspectives, 7,5 credits, spring 2025 (In Swedish) (290 Kb)Assessment
The course is assessed by an individual written examination.
Examiner
Course leader: Jakob Håkansson, jakob.hakansson@psychology.su.se
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Schedule
The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course. -
Course literature
Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.
A complete list of course readings is found in the course syllabus.
The list is subject to change until two months prior to the start of the course. In case the new course syllabus is missing above by then, please check with the course leader before you buy any expensive books etc.
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Contact
Registered students should primarily use Athena for teacher communication.
To contact the Student office or a Student Councellor, see below.
Student office - Bachelor's levelStudy councellor - Bachelor's level