Advanced Certificate: Data Analysis for the Social Sciences
The 18 credit advanced certificate offers students an introduction to the highly valued and marketable data analysis, manipulation and modeling techniques in the social sciences. This program is optimal for students interested in building marketable skills in data analysis, those who seek a rigorous introduction to graduate-level coursework or current graduate students in the social sciences.
Academics
To earn the advanced certificate, you must complete a course in the areas outlined below, for a total of 18 credits:
Semester 1: Fall | Semester 2: Spring |
Basic Statistics (3 credits) – choose one
COM508 – Quantitative Foundations of Communication GEO505 – Univariate Statistics in Geography PSC508 – Basic Statistics for the Social Science PSY607 – Advanced Statistical Methods I SOC504 – Intro to Statistics for the Social Science |
Intermediate Statistics for Social Sciences (3 credits) – choose one
PSC531- Intermediate Statistics for Social Science PSY608 – Advanced Statistical Methods II SOC 607 – Multiple Linear Regression |
Computational text manipulation (3 credits) – choose one
LIN514 – Corpus Linguistics PSC 534 – Text as Data |
Advanced Statistics for Social Sciences (3 credits) – choose one
GEO509 – Multivariate Statistics in Geography PSC631 – Advanced Statistics for Social Science PSY609 – Multivariate Statistics SOC608- Advanced Statistical Methods |
Research methods I (3 credits) – choose one
APY541 – Anthropological Demographics COM504 – Research Methods GEO501 – Research Design PSC500 – Introduction to Political Inquiry |
Research Methods II (3 credits) – choose one
APY733 – Analytical Methods in Archaeology GEO577 – Environmental Statistics GEO597- Geostatistics PSC535: Experimental Design & Analysis PSC731- Empirical Political Frontiers |
Semester Total: 9 credits | Semester Total: 9 credits |
Admissions
Note: If you are a current graduate student in a master’s or PhD program in the College of Arts and Sciences, please complete this form. You may be exempted from completing a full formal application. If you are a current graduate student at UB, but outside of the College, you may be granted admission to the advanced certificate upon completing the online application.
Admissions guidelines for the program are as follows:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline
- 3.0 undergraduate GPA in social science courses taken
- Two (2) letters of recommendation
- Resume or curriculum vitae (CV)
- One (1) writing sample
- Statement of educational and career goals
- International students will need to provide proof of English proficiency via standardized test scores, as well as other supplemental materials
Domestic students not enrolled at UB are eligible to pursue the advanced certificate on a standalone basis; international students must be concurrently enrolled in a graduate program at UB to be eligible for admission to the certificate.
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