Module POCM102 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POCM102: Comparative Case Study Design
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
The logic and goals of qualitative comparative case study research
Defining, structuring and measuring social science concepts and typologies
Casing: what is a case? What is context?
Case selection and scope conditions
Logics and techniques of comparison across time and space
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
---|---|---|
20 | 130 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
---|---|---|
Scheduled learning and teaching time | 15 | Class 5 x 3h (lecture and exercises) |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 5 | Lab 5 x 1h (guided applied exercises/ project work) |
Guided independent study | 60 | Directed readings |
Guided independent study | 10 | Daily assignments: Independent exercises (daily) |
Guided independent study | 60 | Coursework completion - conducting research, analysing data, writing the finished product |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE - vle.exeter.ac.uk
COMPASSS-- COMPArative Methods for Systematic cross-caSe analysis network:
Choose from hundreds of case studies showing how methods are applied in real research projects:
http://methods.sagepub.com/cases?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_content=SAGE%20Research%20Methods%20Cases&ut m_campaign=7LA066B&utm_term
APSA's Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/cqrm/APSA_s_Qualitative_and_Multi-Method_Research_Section/