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Course guides for students enrolled in the CAHSS DCRS program "Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research"

About the Program

Housed within Nova Southeastern University's College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences' (CAHSS) Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS), the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research consists of six three-credit hour online courses (18 credit hours) designed to prepare academics, professional research consultants, and graduate students to understand a variety of qualitative research approaches and to conduct qualitative research studies. Certificate students will (a) gain insight into the philosophical and theoretical foundations of qualitative research; (b) distinguish and critique qualitative research approaches and products; and (c) apply best practices in qualitative research to design, propose, conduct, and compose qualitative research of their own.