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Computational Social Science, PhD at George Mason University

George Mason University, United States

Programme overview

The core objective of the program is to train graduate students to be professional computational social scientists in academia, government, or business. The program offers a unique and innovative interdisciplinary academic environment for systematically exploring, discovering, and developing skills to successfully follow careers in one of the areas of computational social science.

Faculty: College of Science  |  Duration: 72 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Fairfax, VA, United States

What you will study

Total 72 credits. Curriculum courses listed include Introduction to Computational Social Science; Object-Oriented Modeling in Social Science; Agent-based Modeling and Simulation; Origins of Social Complexity; Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences; Cognitive Foundations of Computational Social Science.

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Application information

Entry requirements

University-wide admissions policies can be found in the Graduate Admissions

Graduate applicants pay a non-refundable $75 application fee. Application deadlines and requirements differ by programme and are listed on each programme's page.

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