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SOCIAL SCIENCES MS AND PHD CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

The following courses show an example of a pathway to complete the MS or PhD degree in Social Sciences. Graduate students design their course of study in consultation with their supervisory committee. See also, common course work structure (requirements) for MS and PhD degrees.

  COURSE TITLE
CREDITS
ORIENTATION
  CFR 500 Graduate Orientation Seminar
1
DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE
  CFR 570 Seminar on Environmental Sociology
3
  CFR 571 Resource Policy and Administration
5
  CFR 574 Problem Analysis in Urban Ecology
5
  CFR 590 Marketing/Human Resources from Environmental Perspective
3
  ESRM 465 Economics of Conservation
5

RESEARCH DESIGN/ QUANTITATIVE METHODS (example courses)

  CFR 504 Research Processes in Forest Resources
4
  URBDP 571 Research and Analytical Methods for Urban Design
3
  PB AF 527 Quantitative Analysis for Public Managers
3
  PB AF 528 Quantitative Analysis for Public Managers
3
  PSYCH 522 Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis
2
  PSYCH 524 Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis
4
  QSCI 482 Statistical Inference in Applied Research
5
  QSCI 483 Statistical Inference in Applied Research
5
  SOC 504 Applied Social Statistics
3
SOCIAL AND NATURAL SCIENCE
  CFR 509 Natural Resource Issues
3

CURRENT TOPICS (example courses)

  CFR 550 Graduate Seminar in Social Sciences
1
  FISH 439 Attaining a Sustainable Society
1-3

RESEARCH

  CFR 700 Master's Thesis
9
  CFR 800 Doctoral Dissertation
27