The Social Science Research Methods minor students will be prepared to evaluate and critique complex information, make oral and written verbal arguments justifying their position, use qualitative and quantitative designs, perform statistical analysis and develop new perspectives and ideas.

5 credits Introductory Statistics
  • TBGEN 200 Introduction to Statistics in Business
  • TBUS 301 Quantitative Analysis for Business
  • TMATH 110 Introductory Statistics with Applications
  • TSOCWF 351 Applied Statistics for Social and Human Services
  • TURB 225 Statistics for Urban Analysis
3–5 credits Introductory Research Methods
  • TNURS 403 Introduction to Research in Nursing and Healthcare
  • TPSYCH 209 Fundamentals of Psychological Research I
  • TSOCWF 390 Introduction to Social Welfare Research
5 credits Epistemology
  • TPHIL 250 Practical Reasoning
  • TPHIL 251 Data and Discourse
  • TPSYCH 346 Skepticism and Critical Thinking
5 credits Qualitative Research Designs
  • TEGL 210 Introduction to Qualitative Methodology and Research Ethics
  • TCOM 464 Field Research in Communication
  • TPSYCH 455 Immigrant Youth and Families
  • TSOC 470 Qualitative Research: Inquiry and Methods
  • TWOMN 302 Research Methods in Women Studies
5 credits Quantitative Research Designs
  • TMKTG 460 Research Methods
  • TPSYCH 309 Fundamentals of Psychological Research II
  • TPSYCH 314 Tests and Measurements
  • TSOC 460 Demographic Methods: Analyzing Race, Class and Gender
  • TINST 311 Database Management and Data Analysis
5 credits Advanced Statistics
  • TMATH 210 Intermediate Statistics with Applications
  • TMATH 390 Probability and Statistics in Engineering and Science
5 credits Electives
  • TCOM 444 Gender, Ethnicity, Class and the Media
  • TEGL 401 Critical and Indigenous Methodologies
  • TESC 495 Environmental Research Experience (requires approval)
  • TESC 499 Independent Research (requires approval)
  • TEST 495 Environmental Studies Experience (requires approval)
  • TGIS 311 Maps and GIS
  • THIST 437 Doing Community History
  • TIAS 499 Undergraduate Research (requires approval)
  • TPSYCH 471 Applied Issues in Cognition
  • TPSYCH 499 Undergraduate Psychology Research (requires approval)
  • TURB 494 Urban Research (requires approval)

ADVISOR

 

MINOR COORDINATOR

 

DEPARTMENT

Department of Social Sciences (SOCS)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

  • Business
  • Consumer Research
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Information Technology
  • Post-graduate Studies

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

To declare a Social Science Research Methods minor, you must have earned a minimum of 45 credits and declared a major. Declare the minor by completing the Request to Declare/Change a Major or Minor form and submitting it to the Office of the Registrar. 

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

For a Social Science Research Methods minor, you must complete 33–35 credits, with at least 20 credits in upper-division (300–400 level) courses. A minimum of 20 credits must be completed at UW Tacoma. All courses in the minor must be completed with a cumulative 2.0 GPA.