Introduction

Please click here to see certificate information from the Sociology Department.

This certificate will benefit students with an interest in learning broadly about research methods—including quantitative and qualitative approaches, diverse data collection techniques, and common methods of analysis, visualization, and communication. It is ideal for students and working professionals who may or may not oversee research operations and need a multidisciplinary understanding of the diverse techniques used throughout the process of social scientific discovery.

Program Delivery

• This is a hybrid program, with courses on-campus and online.

Declaring this Certificate

All prospective students must submit a certificate completion form to the program coordinator. Prospective students not yet attending CU Denver may need to complete additional steps related to admission, including as a non-degree seeking student.

Program requirements may be found here and via inquiries to the program coordinator. For questions about the Social Science Research Methods Certificate program, contact Dr. Adam Lippert (adam.lippert@ucdenver.edu). 

For a more detailed roadmap on completing this certificate, please visit the Sociology website, or reach out to Dr. Adam Lippert. 

These program requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their Social Science advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

Graduate Education Policies and Procedures apply to this program.

Certificate Requirements 

1. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours from the approved courses.
2. Students must earn a minimum grade of B- (2.7) in all courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative certificate GPA of 3.0. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to certificate requirements.
3. Students must complete all credits for the certificate with CU Denver faculty.

Note: Course substitutions from other departments will be allowed with approval from the program coordinator. 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following list of courses:		6
SOCY 5024	Seminar: Research Methods I 1
SOCY 5183	Seminar: Quantitative Data Analysis 2
or SOCY 5193	Seminar: Qualitative Data Analysis
Complete two of the following elective courses if not already taken:		6
ANTH 5063	Ethnographic Methods: Principles, Ethics, and Critiques
ANTH 5230	Fieldwork Methods
CBHS 6612	Methods in Research and Evaluation
CBHS 6620	Survey Research
CBHS 6624	Community Health Assessment
CBHS 6637	Applied Quantitative Analysis for Comm Hlth Science
CBHS 6646	Community Participatory Research & Review with American Indians/Alaska Natives
CBHS 6652	Introduction to Mixed-Methods Research and Evaluation
CBHS 7010	Quantitative Methods in Community Health
CBHS 7638	Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
ECON 5030	Data Analysis with SAS
ECON 5813	Econometrics I
ECON 5823	Econometrics II
ENGL 5175	Writing in the Sciences
GEOG 5050	Applied Spatial Statistics
GEOG 5080	Introduction to GIS
GEOG 5085	GIS Applications for the Urban Environment
GEOG 5090	Environmental Modeling with Geographic Information Systems
HBSC 7161	Quantitative Methods in Health&Behavioral Sciences II
HIST 5261	Working With Data
PSCI 5468	Research Methods in Political Science
SOCY 5022	Federal Data for Health Research & Policy
SOCY 5050	Health Disparities
SOCY 5183	Seminar: Quantitative Data Analysis
SOCY 5193	Seminar: Qualitative Data Analysis
SOCY 5220	Population Change and Analysis
SOCY 5770	Advanced Topics in Sociology 3
Total Hours		12

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The following courses may be substituted with approval of the program coordinator: ENGL 5150, ETST 5000, HBSC 7041, or PSCI 5468

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The following courses may be substituted with approval of the program coordinator: ANTH 5053, CBHS 6622, COMM 5221, HBSC 7051, HBSC 7061, or PSYC 7710

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Select topics allowed at the approval of the program coordinator