List of Approved QMSS Courses

The following courses have been approved by the QMSS Coordinating Committee and can be used to satisfy QMSS requirements.

If you are interested in taking a quantitative course that is not on this list, please contact the QMSS Coordinating Committee to inquire about whether or not that course can be used to fulfill QMSS requirements.

The courses listed here are alphabetically organized by department. For more information about each course, please see the UCSB General Catalog, or visit the appropriate departmental website. To find out which of these courses are offered this quarter, please click here.

COMMUNICATION

• Comm 204A • Research Methods in Communication
• Comm 204B • Applications in Research Methods in Communication
• Comm 204C • Advanced Topics in Research Methods and Statistical Analysis

ECONOMICS

• Econ 140A • Introduction to Econometrics
• Econ 140B • Introduction to Econometrics (Time Series)
• Econ 140C • Introduction to Econometrics (Applied Econometrics)
• Econ 171 • Introduction to Game Theory
• Econ 210B • Game Theory
• Econ 240A • Introduction to Econometrics
• Econ 240B • Econometrics w/an Emphasis on Cross Section Analysis
• Econ 240C • Econometrics w/an Emphasis on Time Series and Forecasting
• Econ 241A • Econometrics (Elements of Probability and Statistics)
• Econ 241B • Econometrics (Regression Models)
• Econ 241C • Econometrics (Extensions of the General Linear Model)
• Econ 242 • Advanced Game Theory
• Econ 244 • Mathematical Economics
• Econ 245A/B/C • Econometric Theory

EDUCATION

• Educ 201B • Survey Research Design
• Educ 201G • Causal Inference in Educational Research
• Educ 214A • Introductory Statistics
• Educ 214B • Inferential Statistics
• Educ 214C • Linear Models for Data Analysis
• Educ 215B • Psychometrics: Classical Test Theory
• Educ 215C • Psychometrics: Item Response Theory
• Educ 215E • Nonparametric Statistics
• Educ 216A • Advanced Multivariate Statistics
• Educ 216B • Factor Analysis
• Educ 216C • Hierarchical Linear Models
• Educ 216F • Structural Equation Models
• Educ 217A • Constructing Measures
• Educ 217B • Analyzing and Validating Measures

GEOGRAPHY

• Geog 210A • Analytical Methods for Geographers I
• Geog 210B • Analytical Methods for Geographers II
• Geog 210C • Analytical Methods for Geographers III
• Geog 224 • Methods of Regional Analysis
• Geog 276 • Geographical Time Series Analysis
• Geog 277 • Spatial Environmental Modeling
• Geog 278 • Practice of Geostatistical Modeling of Spatial Data
• Geog 279 • Seminar in Geostatistic: Advance Topics in Spatial Statistics
• Geog 291 • Optimization Models for Geographic Problems

LINGUISTICS

• Ling 201 • Research Methodology and Statistics in Linguistics (Fall)
• Ling 202 • Advanced Research Methods and Statistics (Winter every two years)
• Ling 204 • Statistical Methodology (Winter every two years, alternating with 202)
• Ling 210 • Computational Linguistics (Quarter varies, every two years)
• Ling 218 • Corpus Linguistics (Quarter varies, every two to three years)

POLITICAL SCIENCE

• PolS 204 • Research Design and Data Collection
• PolS 205 • Political Research Methods I
• PolS 206 • Political Research Methods II
• PolS 207 • Advanced Political Research Methods
• PolS 209 • Games and Models in Political Science

PSYCHOLOGY

• Psy 221A • Design and Measurement
• Psy 221B • Design and Measurement
• Psy 221C • Multivariate Methods (Multivariate Regression)
• Psy 221D • Structural Equation Modeling
• Psy 221E • Statistical Analysis of fMRI Data (Spring, every other year)
• Psy 265 • Computational Neuroscience (Fall or Spring, every other year, alternating with 221E)

SOCIOLOGY

• Soc 104A/205A • Data Analysis in Sociology
• Soc 104B/205B • Data Analysis in Sociology
• Soc 148MA/248MA • Social Network Analysis
• Soc 204A/B/C • Topics in Advanced Data Analysis

STATISTICS AND APPLIED PROBABILITY-PSTAT

• PStat 207 A/B/C • Statistical Theory
• PStat 216 • Mutivariate Analysis
• PStat 217 • Design of Experiments
• PStat 220 A/B/C • Advanced Statistical Methods
• PStat 225 • Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models
• PStat 226 • Nonparametric Regression and Classification Methods
• PStat 227 • Bootstrap and Resampling Methodology
• PStat 274 • Time Series
• PStat 275 • Survival Analysis

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