University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 23 courses 18 total credits
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences > Department of Political Science > Quantitative Social Science Minor Overview The Quantitative Social Science Minor exists to encourage students to acquire the knowledge, skills and tools needed to conduct scientific research. We draw inspiration from Herbert Simon - a seminal figure in the fields of Psychology and Political Science, and a Nobel Laureate in Economic Science - who wrote, “The social sciences need the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that made the “hard” sciences so brilliantly successful.” Quantitative Social Science is an interdisciplinary initiative, with faculty drawn from the departments of Economics, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. The Minor in Quantitative Social Science is available to all UH students; academic advising is offered by undergraduate advisory staff members in the aforementioned departments. The Minor is directed by Dr. Nikolay Marinov. Many courses can satisfy both a requirement of the student’s major and a requirement of the Quantitative Social Science Minor. However the interdisciplinary nature of quantitative methodology obliges students not to confine coursework to any one department. A maximum of 6 semester hours of completed minor coursework may be counted towards a student’s major. Note that any course that counts towards a student’s major and towards the Core Curriculum cannot also count towards the 18 semester hours required for the minor.
| Total Credits | 18 credits |
1. Three hours on statistical concepts and basic statistical analysis
2. Three hours on research design
3. Three hours on regression analysis
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 3370 | Introduction To Econometrics | 3 |
| QSS 3301 | Regression Analysis | 3 |
| POLC 3315 | Policy Research Methods: Statistics and Regression Analysis | 3 |
Partial Listing
Following is a partial listing of courses that would count as satisfactory electives for the Minor in Quantitative Social Science: Topic(s): Applied Econometrics. Time-Series Econometrics.
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