本課程旨協助碩士班同學認識社會科學領域常用的質化研究方法，及其優缺點與限制，並藉以運用來掌握研究議題的資訊。本課程除了綜合性介紹質化分析的相關概念與理論之外，更希望同學們將上課所學習到概念與方法，藉由用以檢視使用質性方法的研究論文或報告，以及實際運用到撰寫的論文報告中，透過理論與實際相互印證的方式，培養同學實際執行質化研究的能力。
老師會對重要的理論與概念，作必要的說明與補充，但課堂的進行方式，是以老師講授同學報告與討論各半。每位學生至少選擇兩週次主題做30分鐘左右的引言，進而導讀當週閱讀文獻，並引導問題的討論。除此，每位學生必須在修課期間實際設計與執行一小型質化研究，依次繳交研究主題、研究背景與目的、研究對象範圍與問題、文獻檢閱、訪談逐字與整理稿、初具學術格式的研究全文等作業，過程中並逐次學習評論他人的研究設計、方法與成果。

This course aims to help master's degree students understand the commonly used qualitative research methods in the field of social sciences, their advantages, disadvantages and limitations, and use them to master information on research topics. In addition to comprehensively introducing relevant concepts and theories of qualitative analysis, this course also hopes that students will use the concepts and methods learned in class to review research papers or reports that use qualitative methods, and actually apply them to written thesis reports. Through mutual confirmation of theory and practice, students will develop their ability to actually conduct qualitative research.
The teacher will provide necessary explanations and supplements on important theories and concepts, but the class will be conducted in a half-teacher-teaching manner with classmates’ presentations and discussions. Each student will choose at least two topics and give a 30-minute introduction, which will then lead to the reading of the week's literature and lead the discussion of the issues. In addition, each student must actually design and conduct a small-scale qualitative research during the course, and submit assignments such as research theme, research background and purpose, research object scope and issues, literature review, interview verbatim and edited drafts, and research full text in initial academic format. During the process, students will also learn to comment on other people's research designs, methods, and results.

巨流a：林淑馨（2010）。質性研究：理論與實務。台北：巨流。
雙葉a：黃國光（譯）（2014）。研究方法：入門與實務（Ranjit Kumar原著）。台北：雙葉。

其餘單篇文獻則出自以下書目：
雙葉b：林秀雲（譯）（2013）。社會科學研究方法（Earl Babbie原著）。台北：雙葉。
揚智：朱柔若（譯）（2000）。社會研究方法－質化與量化取向（W. Lawrence Neuman原著）。台北：揚智。
巨流b：胡幼慧（2008）。質性研究的分析與寫成。載於胡幼慧（編）質性研究：理論、方法及本土女性研究實例（133-142頁）。台北：巨流。
齊力（2006）。質性研究方法概論。載於齊力、林本炫（編）質性研究方法與資料分析（1-19頁）。嘉義縣：南華大學教育社會學研究所。

Juliu A: Lin Shuxin (2010). Qualitative research: theory and practice. Taipei: Juliu.
Shuangye a: Huang Guoguang (translated) (2014). Research Methods: Introduction and Practice (Original by Ranjit Kumar). Taipei: Futaba.

The remaining single documents are from the following books:
Shuangye b: Lin Xiuyun (translated) (2013). Social Science Research Methods (original work by Earl Babbie). Taipei: Futaba.
Yang Zhi: Zhu Rouruo (translated) (2000). Social Research Methods - Qualitative and Quantitative Orientations (Original work by W. Lawrence Neuman). Taipei: ALi.
Juliu b: Hu Youhui (2008). Analysis and writing of qualitative research. In Hu Youhui (ed.) Qualitative Research: Theory, Methods and Examples of Research on Indigenous Women (pp. 133-142). Taipei: Juliu.
Qi Li (2006). Introduction to qualitative research methods. In Qi Li and Lin Benxuan (Eds.) Qualitative Research Methods and Data Analysis (pp. 1-19). Chiayi County: Institute of Sociology of Education, University of South China.