Graduate Certificate in Social Science Methods

Plan Description

The Social Science Methods Certificate Program provides students with an expanded breadth of methodological training for graduate students in relevant disciplines. This program encompasses the full range of empirical social science methods and is interdisciplinary by design. Students will gain a broad understanding of the role and forms of methodology in the social sciences. Students will gain expertise in the methods most relevant to their research question. This expertise will be demonstrated in the original research and colloquia presentations they produce.

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Plan Admission Requirements

Application deadlines

Applications available on the UNLV Graduate College website.

To be admitted to the program, students must:

1. Be admitted to a master’s or doctoral program at UNLV for which social science research methods are an appropriate tool of inquiry.
2. Have earned at least a B+ in an approved research methods course.
3. Submit a completed application and the required application fee.
4. Must submit a “plan of study” that has been approved by a member of the Consortium Faculty and the home department’s graduate coordinator.

All applicants must review and follow the Graduate College Admission and Registration Requirements.

Students are accepted into a certificate program as described in the Graduate Catalog. The faculty and corresponding sub-disciplines and sub-plans within the described programs are subject to change at any time.

Plan Requirements

Total Credits Required: 15

Plan Certificate Completion Requirements

1. The student must submit all required forms to the Graduate College and then apply for graduation in MyUNLV by the appropriate deadline.
2. The student must present original research in the Colloquium Series.