Study of Lives

PSYC

72031

Study of Lives

A course in the study of lives invites students to grapple with the uniqueness, challenges, and wisdoms of theindividual person. In addition to reading some critical (and interesting) life stories, including those of people whocontend with various forms of injustice and struggle, we will reflect on the theories, interviewing and interpretivestrategies, and ethical issues connected with the study of lives. Throughout the course, we will consider how thestudy of lives fits with, enhances, and is distinctive from a variety of other conceptual and methodologicalframeworks that students are engaging within their own research. We will also focus much of our energies on the"doing" of the work as students sketch the life of another person.

Offer as needed

Graduate School Graduate

Yes

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