Major Requirements (starting Fall 2024)

Minimum MATH/STAT

Statistics Requirement:
- STAT 100: Elementary Statistics and Probability
Math Requirement:
- MATH 115 (African American Studies, Anthropology, Geographical Sciences & GIS, Government and Politics, and Sociology tracks); or
- MATH 120 (Economics, Psychology, and Public Health tracks)

Benchmark 1

Students must take Benchmark 1 and the minimum MATH/STAT courses within 30 credits of declaring their major.

BSOS233: Data Science for the Social Sciences

Benchmark 2

Students must take an introductory course within the track of their choosing within 60 credits of choosing their major.

African American and Africana Studies: AASP/AAAS 101

Anthropology: ANTH 201 or 222 or 240

Economics: ECON 200

Geographical Sciences and GIS: GEOG 202

Government and Politics and International Relations: GVPT 170

Psychology: PSYC 100

Public Health: SPHL 100

Sociology: SOCY 100

Core Courses

All students take foundational courses in programming, statistics, mathematics, and data science, as well as upper-level courses in database design, data privacy and security, ethics, data sources and manipulation, data visualization, and survey fundamentals.

BSOS 326: Python Programming for Social Data Science

INST 327: Database Design and Modeling

INST 366: Privacy, Security and Ethics for Big Data

INST 414: Data Science Techniques

INST 447: Data Sources and Manipulation

INST 462: Introduction to Data Visualization

SURV 400: Fundamentals of Survey and Data Science

Track Courses

Students also take a set of track courses in a discipline that include upper-level method and theory courses, and a set of restricted electives that will allow students to deepen their knowledge of the discipline and apply data science principles to social science research and practice. Additional tracks may be added over time.

Track I

Required track courses

African American Studies

AASP 210

AASP 395

Anthropology

ANTH 310 or ANTH 322 or ANTH 340

INST 314

Economics

ECON 201

ECON 230

ECON 305 or ECON 306

Geographical Sciences & GIS

GEOG 306

GEOG 373

Government & Politics & International Relations

GVPT 200

GVPT 201

GVPT 320

Psychology

PSYC 200

PSYC 300

Public Health

EPIB 301

EPIB 315

HLTH 200

Sociology

SOCY 201

SOCY 202

Track II

Track electives

African American Studies

Choose 9 credits from

AASP 301

AASP 310

AASP 313

AASP 314

AASP 400

AASP 402

AASP 411

AASP 441

AASP 443

Anthropology

Choose 9 credits from chosen group

Group 1 - Health

ANTH 411
ANTH 412
ANTH 413
ANTH 415
ANTH 416

Group 2 - Heritage

ANTH 341
ANTH 440
ANTH 441
ANTH 447
ANTH 448
ANTH 451
ANTH 464
ANTH 496

Group 3 - Environment

ANTH 450
ANTH 454
ANTH 456
ANTH 462
ANTH 467

Economics

Choose 6 credits from

Click to see list of approved Economics Track II courses

Geographical Sciences & GIS

Choose 9 credits, at least 6 credits from 400-level

GEOG 330

GEOG 331

GEOG 332

GEOG 333

GEOG 335

GEOG 415

GEOG 416

GEOG 421

GEOG 422

GEOG 432

GEOG 470

GEOG 473

GEOG 475

GEOG 477

Government & Politics & International Relations

Choose 6 credits from

Any 300- or 400- level GVPT course

Psychology

Choose 9 credits from

PSYC 330

PSYC 332

PSYC 334

PSYC 336

PSYC 341

PSYC 344

PSYC 353

PSYC 354

PSYC 355

PSYC 356

PSYC 361

PSYC 362

PSYC 416

PSYC 417

PSYC 420

PSYC 424

PSYC 425

PSYC 432

PSYC 435

PSYC 436

PSYC 437

PSYC 440

PSYC 450

PSYC 456

PSYC 460

Public Health

Choose 9 credits from

EPIB 330

EPIB 400

EPIB 463

FMSC 310

FMSC 332

FMSC 460

HLSA 300

HLSA 465

HLSA 484

HLTH 424

HLTH 434

HLTH 377

KNES 400

KNES 401

MIEH 240

MIEH 400

PHSC 401

PHSC 412

Sociology

Choose 9 credits from

Any 300- or 400- level SOCY course

Capstone

Students finish the program by completing a required project-based learning capstone.

INST490: Capstone

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