Computational Social Science
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Master's Degree Requirements
Course Requirements
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Code | Title | Units |
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Summer Boot Camp Required Courses (6 units) | ||
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COMPSS 201 | Introduction to Computing [3] | |
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COMPSS 202 | Introduction to Applied Statistics [3] | |
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Fall Required Courses (14 units) | ||
First week of semester (before classes start): 2 required D-Lab workshops on SQL, with 2 hands-on workshops supervised by the MaCSS Fellow | ||
COMPSS 211A | Advanced Computing [3] | |
COMPSS 211B | Data Visualization [3] | |
COMPSS 212 | Advanced Applied Statistics I [3] | |
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COMPSS 214A | Computational Social Science 1A [1.5] | |
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COMPSS 214B | Computational Soc Sci 1B [1.5] | |
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COMPSS 215 | Career Development I [2] | |
RRR week: 2 required D-Lab workshops on advanced Excel | ||
Spring Courses (14 units) | ||
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COMPSS 221 | Data Visualization [2] | |
COMPSS 222 | Applied Statistics II [3] | |
COMPSS 223 | Ethics, Data, and Society [2] | |
COMPSS 224A | Forced Out: Decoding Housing Displacement through Data [1.5] | |
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COMPSS 224B | The Political Economy of Risk [1.5] | |
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COMPSS 225 | Career Development II [2] | |
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COMPSS 230 | Capstone Project [4] | |
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Comprehensive Exam - Plan II
Students are required to submit an individual written report that covers the knowledge and skills related to data analysis at the level expected of a MaCSS degree recipient. This will include a self-assessment and summary of what they have learned from courses in the summer, fall, and spring, including how what they have learned relates to their desired career outcomes.
All students are required to take the summer boot camp courses; however, students can waive out of this requirement by passing MaCSS waiver exams in statistics and computing methods in May prior to enrollment.