9 ECTS credits
250 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1021116CNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
This course unit deals with the qualitative research cycle, more specifically formulating a problem definition and substantiating research questions with literature, working out a qualitative research design, collecting and analysing data in practice and reporting the qualitative results in a research report. The lectures provide the student with the necessary knowledge and insight into the subject matter. In the seminars, skills are practiced to conduct qualitative research in the field of criminology.
• The student can conduct qualitative research and knows the underlying methodological concepts and qualitative research techniques.
• The student can correctly formulate a criminological problem and the research questions resulting from this, using scientific literature and sources as taught in the course.
• The student can elaborate an appropriate design for qualitative research and make well-founded choices for data collection and analysis. The student knows the advantages and disadvantages of different methods and can substantiate choices.
• The student knows the ethical considerations that apply to qualitative criminological research and can collect, process and report data in an ethically correct manner.
• Individually, the student knows the principles of qualitative data analysis, can apply them and can contribute to group work in order to increase the quality of the research.
• The student demonstrates the ability to code, structure and analyse independently in an iterative process.
• The student can reflect and report critically on the quality of the research process, the methodological choices made, ethical aspects and the results found.
• The student is able to frame his/her own analysis within a broader scientific context.
• The student can report oral and written about qualitative research findings.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 60% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The HOC is assessed by means of a written exam with open questions. The WPO is assessed on the basis of the progress of the work during the year, contribution to the group process and an individually submitted paper. Detailed explanations of the expectations of the HOC and references to second seat time for failure to submit partial assignments are provided in the Study Guide made available through Canvas at the start of the class series.
The results of the HOC count for 40% of the total grade, those of the WPO for 60%. If a student scores less than 8 out of 20 for the HOC part or fails the WPO part (less than 10/20), he/she cannot pass the course unit as a whole and the lowest unweighted score of either exam unit will count as the final result for the entire OO.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Criminology: Verkort traject (only offered in Dutch)