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Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| SOCI 510 | Applied Quantitative Methods 1 | 3 |
| SOCI 538 | Survey Research 1 | 3 |
| SOCI 556 | Data Analysis 1 | 3 |
| SOCI 557 | Data and Text Mining for Social Research | 3 |
| SOCI 560 | Applied Social Theory | 3 |
| SOCI 569 | Interviews and Focus Groups 1 | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete 3 courses from the list below. | 9 | |
| Capstone | ||
| SOCI 594 | Research Project Management | 3 |
| or SOCI 598 | Research Practicum | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CMST 535 | Groupware and Crowdsourcing Techniques for Organizations | 3 |
| CMST 549 | Visual Facilitation | 3 |
| CMST 556 | Leadership and Collaborative Innovation | 3 |
| CMST 582 | Techniques of Communication | 3 |
| EAES 506 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing | 3 |
| EAES 509 | Current Issues in Sustainability Science | 3 |
| EAES 510 | Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| EAES 561 | Environmental Law and Policy | 3 |
| INFO 570 | Data Wrangling and Analysis | 3 |
| INFO 583 | Data Mining for Business | 3 |
| INFO 584 | Data Visualization | 3 |
| SOCI 564 | Community Planning, Housing and Development | 3 |
| SOCI 566 | Urban Social Problems and Policy | 3 |
| SOCI 572 | Special Topics in Social Research | 3 |
| SOCI 576 | Marriage and Family Policy | 3 |
| SOCI 577 | Poverty and Social Welfare Policy in the United States | 3 |
| SOCI 588 | Population Aging | 3 |
| SOCI 591 | Social Change in Global Perspective | 3 |
| SOCI 594 | Research Project Management | 3 |
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| SOCI 510 | 3 | SOCI 556 | 3 |
| SOCI 538 | 3 | SOCI 569 | 3 |
| SOCI 560 | 3 | Elective 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| SOCI 557 | 3 | SOCI 594 or 598 | 3 |
| Elective 2 | 3 | ||
| Elective 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | ||
| Total Credits 30 | |||