JPSM - The Joint Program in Survey Methodology

Course Schedule for Full-Time Students

NOTE: JPSM intends to offer these classes as scheduled; however, depending on enrollments or unforeseen circumstances, these schedules may need to be altered. Each semester JPSM publishes the schedule of classes for the next semester and sends these to all students and others on the JPSM mailing list.

The 21 month course schedule (and course credit hours) for a full time student in each of the areas of concentration are listed below.

Term

Statistical Science

Social Science

Fall, Year 1

410:          Intro Probability (3)
615:          Stat Methods I (3)
623:          Data Collection (3)
670:          Fed Stat (1)

10 credits

615:          Stat Methods I (3)
623:           Data Collection (3)
632:          Social and Cognitive Founds. (3)
670:          Fed Stat (1)

10 credits

Spring, Year 1 face="Arial"> Spring, Year 1

420:           Intro to Stat (3)
616:           Stat Methods II (3)
640:           Practicum I (2)
625:           Applied Sampling (3)

11 credits

616:          Stat Methods II (3)
640:          Practicum I (2)
625:          Applied Sampling (3)
630:          Questionnaire Design (3)

11 credits

Summer, Year 1

Internship

Fall, Year 2

440:      Sampling Theory (3)
621:      Practicum II (2)
720:      Total Survey Error I (2)
772:      Design Seminar (3)
Elective (3)

13 credits

621:         Practicum II (2)
701:         Analysis of Complex Data (3)
720:         Total Survey Error I (2)
772:         Design Seminar (3)
722:         Random/Nonrandom (3)

13 credits

Spring, Year 2

721:       Total Survey Error II (2)
742:       Inference (3)
744:       Topics in Sampling (3)
Elective (3)

11 credits

721: Total Survey Error II (2)
Elective (3)
Elective (3)
Elective (3)

11 credits

Course Schedule for Half-Time Students

NOTE: JPSM intends to offer these classes as scheduled; however, depending on enrollments or unforeseen circumstances, these schedules may need to be altered. Each semester JPSM publishes the schedule of classes for the next semester and sends these to all students and others on the JPSM mailing list.

The schedule below illustrates a 33 month completion of the program.

Term

Statistical Science

Social Science

Fall, Year 1

410:          Intro Probability (3)
615:          Stat Methods I (3)
670:          Fed Stat (1)

7 credits

615:          Stat Methods I (3)
632:          Social and Cognitive Founds. (3)
670:          Fed Stat (1)

7 credits

Spring, Year 1

420:          Intro to Stat (3)
616:          Stat Methods II (3)
640:          Practicum I (2)

8 credits

616:          Stat Methods II (3)
630:          Questionnaire Design (3)
640:          Practicum I (2)

8 credits

Summer, Year 1

625: Applied Sampling (3)

3 credits

625: Applied Sampling (3)

3 credits

Fall, Year 2

440:      Sampling Theory (3)
623:      Data Collection (3)
641:      Practicum II (2)

8 credits

623:     Data Collection (3)
722:      Random/Nonrandom (3)
641:      Practicum II (2)

8 credits

Spring, Year 2

744: Topics in Sampling (3)
Elective (3)

6 credits

Elective (3)
Elective (3)

6 credits

Summer, Year 2

Internship

Fall, Year 3

772: Design Seminar (3)
720: Total Survey Error I (2)

5 credits

701:     Analysis of Complex Data (3)
772:    Design Seminar (3)
720:     Total Survey Error I (2)

8 credits

Spring, Year 3

721: Total Survey Error II (2)742: Inference (3)
Elective (3)

8 credits

721: Total Survey Error II (2)
Elective (3)

5 credits

* One of the two electives must be a statistics elective.