Computational Social Science, Minor

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Foundational Courses

• One of:
  • MATH 2280 — Statistics and Software
  • CRIM 3700 — Analyzing and Using Data on Crime and Justice
  • ECON 2350 — Statistics for Economists
  • INSH 3102 — Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences
  • POLS 2400 — Quantitative Techniques
  • PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research
  • SOCL 2320 — Statistical Analysis in Sociology

Applications of Computational Approaches in the Social Sciences

From the catalog

Complete two courses from the following. Students may complete a capstone project under the direction of a faculty member in lieu of an application course:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • COMM 2105 — Social Networks
  • One of:
    • DS 3000 — Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
    • DS 4200 — Information Presentation and Visualization
    • DS 4300 — Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval
    • DS 4400 — Machine Learning
  • INSH 2102 — Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
  • One of:
    • MISM 2301 — Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Technologies
    • MISM 2510 — Fundamentals of Information Analytics
  • PHIL 2001 — Ethics and Evolutionary Games
  • POLS 3310 — Public Opinion, Voting, and Elections
  • PPUA 5262 — Big Data for Cities

Elective in Social Inquiry, Computation, and Logic

From the catalog

Complete one course from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • ANTH 3418 — Wired/Unwired: Cybercultures and Technopolitics
  • CS 2800 — Logic and Computation
  • ECON 4681 — Information Economics and Game Theory
  • MATH 3081 — Probability and Statistics
  • One of:
    • PHIL 1115 — Introduction to Logic
    • MATH 1215 — Mathematical Thinking
  • One of:
    • PHIL 4515 — Advanced Deductive Logic
    • PHIL 4516 — Advanced Inductive Logic

GPA requirements

• 2.000 GPA required in the minor

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