Example Curricula

To give a sense of the forms that individualized MAPSS pathways can take, we are including examples of curricula below. Please note that these are only examples; every MAPSS student’s path looks different based upon their interests and goals.

Taken Prior to the Start of Classes

None

Autumn Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Perspectives in Social Science Analysis (MAPS 3000, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  2. Anthropological Encounters with Technology (ANTH 51942, offered by the Department of Anthropology)
  3. Housing and Society: Precarity and Profit (SOCI 30593, offered by the Department of Sociology)

Non-credit Courses

None

Winter Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Graduate Practicum in the Social Sciences (MAPS 30005, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  2. UX Research Foundations (MAPS 30210, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  3. Ethnography: Methods and Writing (MAPS 31402, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)

Non-credit Courses

None

Spring Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Character Study (CMLT 32310, offered by the Department of Comparative Literature)
  2. Thinking like a Computational Social Scientist (MACS 30267, offered by the Masters in Computational Social Sciences program)
  3. Storytelling and Community Building (SSAD 69955, offered by the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice)

Non-credit Courses

None

Taken Prior to the Start of Classes

None

Autumn Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Perspectives in Social Science Analysis (MAPS 30000, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  2. Schooling and Social Inequality Workshop on Education (EDSO 33006, offered by the Committee on Education)
  3. Radical Readings: Latin American/Latinx (LACS 35570, offered by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies)

Non-credit Courses

  1. Workshop on Education (EDSO 60013, offered by the Committee on Education)

Winter Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Social Reproduction and Mobility in a Changing World (EDSO 30609, offered by the Committee on Education)
  2. Cities from Scratch: The History of Urban Latin America (HIST 36511, offered by the Department of History)
  3. Historical Methods for the Social Sciences (MAPS 31498, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)

Non-credit Courses

  1. Workshop on Education (EDSO 60013, offered by the Committee on Education)

Spring Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. The History of American Urban Education (EDSO 33016, offered by the Committee on Education)
  2. Cultural Studies in Education (EDSO 63412, offered by the Committee on Education)
  3. Proseminar in Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity: Core Methods (HIST 47005, offered by the Department of History)

Non-credit Courses

None

Taken Prior to the Start of Classes

  1. Computational Math Camp (MACS 33000, offered by the Masters in Computational Social Sciences program)

Autumn Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Perspectives in Social Science Analysis (MAPS 30000, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  2. Introduction to Quantitative Political Science (PLSC 30500, offered by the Department of Political Science)
  3. Formal Political Theory I (PECO 40110, offered by the Political Economy program)

Non-credit Courses

None

Winter Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Causal Inference (PLSC 30600, offered by the Department of Political Science)
  2. Seminar on Chinese Politics (PLSC 42701, offered by the Department of Political Science)
  3. Formal Political Theory II (PECO 40111, offered by the Political Economy program)

Non-credit Courses

None

Spring Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Political Economy of the Global South (PLSC 31907, offered by the Department of Political Science)
  2. Unsupervised Machine Learning (MACS 40800, offered by the Masters in Computational Social Sciences program)
  3. Formal Political Theory III (PECO 40112, offered by the Political Economy program)

Non-credit Courses

None

Taken Prior to the Start of Classes

  1. Mathematics for Social Sciences (SOSC 30100, offered by the Division of the Social Sciences)

Autumn Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Perspectives in Social Science Analysis (MAPS 30000, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  2. Global Legal History (HIST 39911, offered by the Department of History)
  3. The Practice of Political Theory (MAPS 31801, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)

Non-credit Courses

None

Winter Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. In a Queer Time and Place (ENGL 47716, offered by the Department of English)
  2. MA Writing and Research (MAPS 30600, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  3. Advanced Theories of Gender and Sexuality (PLSC 31410, offered by the Department of Political Science)

Non-credit Courses

None

Spring Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Agit-Prop Aesthetic (ENGL 54330, offered by the Department of English)
  2. Racial Melancholia (GNSE 38775, offered by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality)
  3. Enlightenment Political Thought (PLSC 35901, offered by the Department of Political Science)

Non-credit Courses

None

Taken Prior to the Start of Classes

  1. Computational Math Camp (MACS 33000, offered by the Masters of Arts in Computational Social Sciences program)

Autumn Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Perspectives in Social Science Analysis (MAPS 30000, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  2. Perspectives on Computational Analysis (MACS 30000, offered by the Masters of Arts in Computational Social Sciences program)
  3. Introduction to Python Programming in the Behavioral Sciences (PSYC 43030, offered by the Department of Psychology)

Non-credit Courses

  1. Research Experience: Psychology Lab (MAPS 49800, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)

Winter Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. From Data to Manuscript in R (PSYC 30550, offered by the Department of Psychology)
  2. Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Aging (PSYC 45500, offered by the Department of Psychology)
  3. Perspectives on Computational Modeling (MACS 30100, offered by the Masters of Arts in Computational Social Sciences program)

Non-credit Courses

  1. Research Experience: Psychology Lab (MAPS 49800, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)

Spring Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. The Disordered Mind (PSYC 33662, offered by the Department of Psychology)
  2. Long Term Memory (PSYC 37400, offered by the Department of Psychology)
  3. Exploratory Research Design (MAPS 30220, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)

Non-credit Courses

  1. Research Experience: Psychology Lab (MAPS 49800, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)

Taken Prior to the Start of Classes

  1. Computational Math Camp (MACS 33000, offered by the Masters of Arts in Computational Social Sciences program)

Autumn Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Perspectives in Social Science Analysis (MAPS 30000, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  2. Money, Medicine, and Markets: The Financialization of the US Health System (PBHS 35600, offered by the Department of Public Health Sciences)
  3. Statistical Theory and Methods I (STAT 24400, offered by the Department of Statistics)

Non-credit Courses

  1. Quantitative Methods Workshop (SOSC 47900, offered by the Division of the Social Sciences)

Winter Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Introduction to Causal Inference (PBHS 43201, offered by the Department of Public Health Sciences)
  2. Overview of Quantitative Methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SOSC 36007, offered by the Division of the Social Sciences)
  3. Statistical Theory and Methods II (STAT 24500, offered by the Department of Statistics)

Non-credit Courses

  1. Quantitative Methods Workshop (SOSC 47900, offered by the Division of the Social Sciences)

Spring Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Innovations in Healthcare Practice (BMSC 44000, offered by the Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences program)
  2. Introduction to Mathematical Modeling in Public Health (PBHS 31100, offered by the Department of Public Health Sciences)
  3. Survey Questionnaire Design (PPHA 41800, offered by the Harris School of Public Policy)

Non-credit Courses

  1. Quantitative Methods Workshop (SOSC 47900, offered by the Division of the Social Sciences)

Taken Prior to the Start of Classes

  1. Computing Fundamentals Boot Camp (MACS 30120, offered by the Masters of Arts in Computational Social Sciences program)
  2. Computational Math Camp (MACS 33000, offered by the Masters of Arts in Computational Social Sciences program)

Autumn Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Perspectives in Social Science Analysis (MAPS 30000, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  2. Seminar: Normative Thinking in Sociology (SOCI 50097, offered by the Department of Sociology)
  3. Comparative Socialism Studies (SOCI 50136, offered by the Department of Sociology)

Non-credit Courses

None

Winter Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Working with Found Data: Library/Internet Research (SOCI 30508, offered by the Department of Sociology)
  2. Seminar: Religion and Politics (SOCI 50092, offered by the Department of Sociology)
  3. Historical Research: Epistemology and Praxis (SOCI 50139, offered by the Department of Sociology)

Non-credit Courses

  1. None

Spring Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Coalitions, Conversions, and Conservative Christianities (AASR 46300, offered by the Divinity School)
  2. The Chicago School: History, Legacy, and Prospects (SOCI 30615, offered by the Department of Sociology)
  3. Theories of Global Capitalism since Hobson (SOCI 40223, offered by the Department of Sociology)

Non-credit Courses

None

Taken Prior to the Start of Classes

None

Autumn Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Perspectives in Social Science Analysis (MAPS 30000, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  2. Learning from/with Black girls: Identity, Intersectionality, and Intervention (CHDV 46500, offered by the Department of Comparative Human Development)
  3. Adolescent Development in Context (CHDV 48700, offered by the Department of Comparative Human Development)

Non-credit Courses

None

Winter Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Queer Cultures, Intimacies, and Embodiments in Historical Perspective (GNSE 3319, offered by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality)
  2. Education, Culture, and Power (MAPS 31522, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  3. Proseminar in Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity: Core Works (RDIN 40100, offered by the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity)

Non-credit Courses

None

Spring Quarter

For Credit Courses

  1. Who Am I? Identity Development, Race, and Intersectionality (CHDV 33499, offered by the Department of Comparative Human Development)
  2. MAPS 30600: MA Writing and Research (MAPS 30600, offered by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences)
  3. Proseminar in Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity: Core Works (RDIN 40200, offered by the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity)

Non-credit Courses

None