Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Economic and Demographic Data Analysis

The Certificate in Economic and Demographic Data Analysis is a 15 semester credit hour program that can be acquired by both graduate degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students.

Program Requirements

To earn the certificate, students must complete 15 graduate semester credit hours, which consists of 5 courses. The program is composed of required courses and prescribed electives.

Required Courses

Students are required to take the following courses, totaling 6 semester credit hours:

• EPPS 7313 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
• EPPS 7316 Regression and Multivariate Analysis

Prescribed Electives

Students must choose at least three courses from the following list, totaling 9 semester credit hours:

• EPPS 6324 Data Management for Social Science Research
• EPPS 7318 Structural Equation and Multilevel (Hierarchical) Modeling
• EPPS 7344 Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables
• EPPS 7368 Spatial Epidemiology
• EPPS 7370 Time Series Analysis I
• EPPS 7371 Time Series Analysis II
• EPPS 7386 Survey Research
• EPPS 7390 Bayesian Analysis for Social and Behavioral Sciences
• EPPS 7V81 Special Topics in Social Science Research Methodology Other courses may be approved by the Program Head or Director of Graduate Studies.

Admission Criteria

Students seeking the certificate who do not plan to seek a degree must submit an application and an undergraduate transcript. No GRE score is required.

Program Details

• Up to 15 semester credit hours of coursework taken as a non-degree seeking student can be applied later to a graduate degree.
• Currently enrolled students may use up to 9 semester credit hours of courses required for their degree for the certificate.
• Non-degree seeking students interested in continuing their graduate education must formally apply to the University and their program of interest to be considered for admission.
• Courses for the certificate must be completed within a 3-year period with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.