**New Certificate** in Quantitative Social Data Analysis
After taking Sociology 261 (Introduction to Statistical Thinking in Sociology) or another introductory statistics courses, students may become interested in learning more advanced statistics and data analysis skills, and would like to obtain a formal credential to help with post-graduation employment.
Sociology department offers the Quantitative Social Data Analysis (QSDA) certificate program. The admission to the QSDA certificate program requires an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.
For more information, please visit Quantitative Social Data Analysis or contact one of the program advisors: Dr. Aki Roberts or Dr. Thomas Holbrook.
Requirements
To obtain the certificate, the student must obtain a grade of at least C in any course used to satisfy the certificate requirements, and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 over all courses used for the certificate. Twelve of the 15-18 required credits must be earned in residence at UWM. 9 of the credits must be on the 300-level or above. Courses for the certificate may not be taken on a credit/no credit basis.
Students currently enrolled at UWM who have fulfilled some of the program’s requirements prior to the program’s approval may have their credits applied retroactively to the certificate program.
Students are required to take one course each from 5 areas:
- Introductory statistics (3-4 credits);
- Research methods (3-4 credits);
- GIS (3 credits);
- Multiple regression (3 credits); and
- Electives (3-4 credits).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Statistics | 3-4 | |
| Choose one: | ||
AFRIC 220 | Introduction to Statistics in African and African Diaspora Studies | |
ECON 210 | Economic Statistics | |
GEOG 247 | Quantitative Analysis in Geography | |
HIST 595 | The Quantitative Analysis of Historical Data | |
PSYCH 210 | Psychological Statistics | |
SOCIOL 261 | Introduction to Statistical Thinking in Sociology | |
| Research Methods | 3-4 | |
| Choose one: | ||
AFRIC 301 | Research Methods in African & African Diaspora Studies | |
COMMUN 370 | Quantitative Research in Communication | |
POL SCI 203 | Introduction to Political Science Research | |
PSYCH 325 | Research Methods in Psychology | |
SOCIOL 361 | Research Methods in Sociology | |
CRM JST 662 | Methods of Social Welfare Research | |
| GIS | 3 | |
| Choose one: | ||
ANTHRO 380 | Anthropological Applications of GIS | |
CRM JST 520 | Analysis Oriented Technology: Spatial Data Analysis; Crime Mapping; ArcGIS | |
GEOG 215 | Introduction to Geographic Information Science | |
| Multiple Regression | 3 | |
| Choose one: | ||
ANTHRO 568 | Introduction to Anthropological Statistics | |
ECON 310 | Research Methods for Economics | |
ECON 413 | Statistics for Economists | |
ECON 513 | Introduction to Econometrics | |
POL SCI 390 | Political Data Analysis | |
PSYCH 610 | Experimental Design | |
SOCIOL 461 | Social Data Analysis Using Regression | |
| Electives | 3-4 | |
| Choose one: 1 | ||
ECON 411 | Economic Forecasting Methods | |
GEOG 525 | Geographic Information Science | |
GEOG 547 | Spatial Analysis | |
POL SCI 392 | Survey Research | |
PSYCH 510 | Advanced Psychological Statistics | |
| Total Credits | 15-18 | |
| 1 | Other courses not on this list but relevant to quantitative social data analysis may be accepted with the approval of the Certificate Program Coordinator. A student making such a request must submit syllabi from the courses involved to the coordinator. |
Awarding the Certificate
Students currently involved in baccalaureate studies who successfully complete the requirements of the program will be awarded the certificate at the time of graduation. Students who already have a bachelor’s degree will receive the certificate upon completion of the program requirements.