NURSING 205AIntroduction to Qualitative Methods in Research
Nursing · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction to qualitative research design in nursing science. Examination of major methodologies that guide qualitative research in relation to various strategies for data collection (interviews, participant observation, focus groups), data analysis, and data interpretation. Scientific rigor and ethical concerns for research with human participants critically examined.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 202.
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confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 205A
- NURSING 202Philosophy of Nursing Science
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
NURSING 205A
- NURSING 205BAdvanced Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Methodology I
- NURSING 205CAdvanced Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Methodology II
- NURSING 208Research in Nursing: Measurement of Outcomes
- NURSING 295AGrant Writing I: Scientific Proposal Development
- NURSING 295CNursing Science Seminar
- NURSING 295BGrant Writing II: Scientific Proposal Development
- NURSING 299BNursing Research Mentorship
6 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 11 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.