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Concurrent Certificate in Applied Social Sciences Research at McMaster University

McMaster University, Canada

Programme overview

A certificate that provides broader exposure and competencies in applied research methods to meet labour market needs, covering defining concepts, quantitative and qualitative data analysis (including software), survey design, data gathering and cleaning, and presenting findings.

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

15-18 units: SOCSCI 1RM3 How do we Know? Doing Social Sciences Research (3 units), 6-9 units of research methods and/or analysis courses, plus further research-related courses.

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Entry requirements

Any McMaster student in an undergraduate degree program in the Faculty of Social Sciences, or in a Combined Honours program with a Social Sciences subject, may declare the certificate at graduation. Non-McMaster credit may not be used toward certificate requirements.

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