Program Overview

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Methodology

Behavioral studies is a 120-credit master's program that is set up as a full-time program for two years. I am studying at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and ₫Jeology.

Goal

The goal of the course is for students to gain a broad academic understanding of social science research methods with an emphasis on quantitative research methods and market research.

Study structure

The program has 120 credits and is set up as a full-time program for two years. There is a choice between the following electoral areas:

• Methodology
• Market research

Main objective

Students gain extensive academic knowledge of social science research methods with an emphasis on quantitative research methods and market research, and furthermore knowledge and understanding of the use of research.

Among subjects

• Statistical processing
• Multivariate analysis
• Questionnaire surveys
• Processing and presentation of results
• Qualitative action learning

Other

The program provides access to a doctoral program.

Study requirements

Complete ₫arf 120 ECTS credits. Compulsory course 30e, restricted choice 30e and free choice 30e. The program generally ends with a 30e master's thesis, but students can apply to write a 60e thesis.

Attachments with application

The following documents must accompany the application for this program:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Analysis
• Certified copy of academic record and diploma from university
• If the applicant has foreign citizenship and a foreign exam ₫must submit proof of English proficiency

Organization of studies

The program is organized over two years, with compulsory courses, limited choice and free choice.

1st year

• Autumn:
  • Master's student seminar I
  • Research methods of social sciences
  • Qualitative research methods IB
• Spring:
  • Social science statistics: Regression analysis
  • Questionnaire surveys

2nd year

• Autumn:
  • MA thesis in behavioral science
• Spring:
  • MA thesis in behavioral science
  • Master's student seminar II
• Summer:
  • MA thesis in behavioral science

Elective courses

• A practical project in regression analysisB
• Practical economic measuresB
• Introduction to quantitative methods in economicsBE
• Biostatistics II (Clinical prediction models)B
• Time series analysisBE
• Financial Statistics I (Financial Statistics)B
• R for beginnersB
• R programmingB

Admission requirements

Students must have completed a BA, B.Ed, or BS degree from the University of Iceland or a similar program with a first grade. It is also required that students have completed the following courses or equivalent: FÉL204G Behavioral studies: Research methods of social sciences and FÉL306G Statistics I. Foreign applicants, whose mother tongue is not English, must have a good command of the English language (TOEFL 79, IELTS 6.5).

Example of a job platform

A master's degree in behavioral science is widely used in business, both in the private sector and in the public sector. Part of the work of companies and organizations consists in collecting data and information that is sometimes processed. There is a greater need for people who can organize research and collect data and analyze it in a professional manner.

People with this education work, among other things, in:

• Research
• Mathematics
• Strategic planning
• Operations
• Planning

The list is not exhaustive.