This course enables post-graduate research students to develop competency in both theory and the application of qualitative methods that are commonly used in social sciences. It gives students an applied understanding of the fundamental qualitative mode of enquiry and methods needed for social research and explores topics including: ethnography, interpretivist approaches and grounded theory and field interviews, focus groups and case studies. This course serves as a foundation for developing the ability of doctoral students to work methodologically as independent scholars using relatively advanced qualitative designs and techniques in their work.