Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research in Kent United States | Kent State University

The Qualitative Research graduate certificate equips students to enhance their skills in designing, implementing, analyzing, and evaluating qualitative research methods. These techniques are valuable for funded studies, educational assessments, program evaluations, as well as critical, creative, exploratory, or theoretical projects.

This program provides interdisciplinary training in qualitative methodologies such as grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, and descriptive approaches. Students will develop practical skills in various methods including observation, interviewing, transcription, data analysis, software applications, analytic memoing, and more.