Social Research Analytics, Minor

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The minor in social research analytics prepares college graduates for entry-level applied and basic social research positions in a variety of settings including government agencies, non-profit organizations, and academic research centers.

Contact Information

Department of Sociology
Lincoln Hall 210
(775) 784-6647
sociology@unr.edu

College of Liberal Arts Student Center
Thompson Building 101
(775) 682-8745
http://www.unr.edu/liberal-arts/student-resources/academic-advising

I. Program Requirements (18 units)

Students majoring in another field may minor in social research analytics by completing the following:

Minor GPA | 2.0
Minor Upper-Division Units | 9
Minor Residency Requirement | 6 Upper-Division Units in the minor at UNR
Unit Limits: Per College of Liberal Arts policy, no more than 9 units counted toward any major may be reused to meet the requirements of this minor.

A. Required Courses (6-7 units)

Introductory Statistics (3-4 units)

APST 207 - Practical Statistics (3 units)
APST 270 - Introduction to Statistical Methods (4 units) CO2
ECON 262 - Principles of Statistics II (3 units)
PSY 210 - Statistical Methods (3 units)
STAT 152 - Introduction to Statistics (3 units) CO2
STAT 352 - Probability and Statistics (3 units)

Introductory Research Methods (3 uniits)

COM 212 - Introduction to Communication Research (3 units)
PSC 302 - Research Methods in Political Science (3 units)
PSY 240 - Introduction to Research Methods (3 units) CO12
SOC 240 - Introduction to Research Methods (3 units)

B. Advanced Social Research Methods (6 units)

Take at least two three-unit research methods courses from the following list:

ANTH 438 - Ethnographic Field Methods (4 units) CO14
ANTH 493 - Analytical Methods and Research Design in Anthropology (3 units) CO14
COM 311 - Communication Research Methods (3 units) CO12
CRJ 301 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3 units) CO14
CRJ 426 - Community-Engaged Participatory Research Methods (3 units) CO14 OR
SOC 426 - Community-Engaged Participatory Research Methods (3 units) CO14
GRI 460 - Intersectionality and Social Justice (3 units) CO10, CO14
PSC 320 - Policy Analysis (3 units)
PSY 443 - Research Methods in Behavior Analysis (3 units)
SOC 408 - Qualitative Research (3 units) CO14
SOC 416 - Quantitative Research (3 units) CO14
SOC 420 - Program Evaluation Research (3 units) CO14
SOC 425 - Research Methods (3 units) CO14
SOC 432 - Advanced Ethnography (3 units) CO12, CO14
WMST 450 - Feminist Theory and Methods (3 units) CO10, CO14

C. Advanced Applied Statistics (6 units)

Take at least two three-unit courses in advanced applied statistics from the following list:

APST 463 - Design and Analysis of Experiments (3 units)
APST 465 - Survey Design and Analysis (3 units) CO14
APST 467 - Applied Data Analysis and Visualization (3 units) CO14
APST 470 - Linear Regression and Time Series (3 units)
SOC 456 - Life, Death, and Sex: Social Demography (3 units) CO13