Social Research and Analysis (M.A.)

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Program Requirements

Required Courses
SOCI 510Applied Quantitative Methods 13
SOCI 538Survey Research 13
SOCI 556Data Analysis 13
SOCI 557Data and Text Mining for Social Research3
SOCI 560Applied Social Theory3
SOCI 569Interviews and Focus Groups 13
Electives
Complete 3 courses from the list below.9
Capstone
SOCI 594Research Project Management3
or SOCI 598 Research Practicum
Total Credits30

Electives

CMST 535Groupware and Crowdsourcing Techniques for Organizations3
CMST 549Visual Facilitation3
CMST 556Leadership and Collaborative Innovation3
CMST 582Techniques of Communication3
EAES 506Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing3
EAES 509Current Issues in Sustainability Science3
EAES 510Geographic Information Systems3
EAES 561Environmental Law and Policy3
INFO 570Data Wrangling and Analysis3
INFO 583Data Mining for Business3
INFO 584Data Visualization3
SOCI 564Community Planning, Housing and Development3
SOCI 566Urban Social Problems and Policy3
SOCI 572Special Topics in Social Research3
SOCI 576Marriage and Family Policy3
SOCI 577Poverty and Social Welfare Policy in the United States3
SOCI 588Population Aging3
SOCI 591Social Change in Global Perspective3
SOCI 594Research Project Management3
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Students in the combined Economics (B.A.)/Social Research and Analysis (M.A.) program, the combined Sociology (B.A.)/Social Research and Analysis (M.A.) program, or the combined Mathematics (B.S.)/Social Research and Analysis  program complete this course as part of the undergraduate degree program.

Recommended Roadmap to Degree Completion

This plan is provided as an outline for students to complete their degree requirements within two years.  This plan is a recommendation only and students should meet with their Graduate Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.

First Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
SOCI 5103SOCI 5563
SOCI 5383SOCI 5693
SOCI 5603Elective 13
 9 9
Second Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
SOCI 5573SOCI 594 or 5983
Elective 23 
Elective 33 
 9 3
Total Credits 30