Qualitative Research Methods in Human Centered Design and Engineering

5 credits

Explores qualitative research methodologies, particularly the use of grounded theory methods to conduct field research for design and engineering. Develops skills for understanding and investigating why and how people experience, make meaning, and participate in their own social worlds, including how to create and iterate research questions, observations, and interviews. Course overlaps with: COM 383. Prerequisite: HCDE 313; and either HCDE 300 and HCDE 318, or HCDE 303.