This certificate will provide undergraduate students with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue 21st century careers in data analytics in public policy by providing enhanced training in data collection, data management, data visualization, and data analysis and interpretation with respect to public policy, in particular, and the social sciences, more generally.
Dr. Jeff Glas jeffrey.glas@uga.edu
18 hours
Completion of 30 hours including POLS 1101 and three hours of an upper-division (3000- or 4000-level) POLS, INTL, or PADP course, and an application essay.
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| PADP 3100 | Introduction to Policy Analysis | 3 |
| POLS 2000 | Introduction to Political Science | 3 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| INTL 4250 * | American Foreign Policy | 3 |
| INTL 4260 * | Foreign Policy Decision Making | 3 |
| INTL 4415 ^ | Practicum--Methods and Issues in Security Studies | 3 |
| INTL 4430 * | United States National Security Policy | 3 |
| INTL 4450 * | Global Security Policy | 3 |
| INTL 6000 ** | Foundations of International Policy | 3 |
| PADP 4650 | Policymaking in Action | 3 |
| PADP 6950 ** | Economic Foundations in Policy Analysis | 3 |
| POLS 4705 | Law and Politics of Public Land | 3 |
*INTL 4000-level courses have a pre-requisite of INTL 3200 or INTL 3300. **6000- and 7000-level courses have restricted enrollment to students participating in Double Dawgs Pathway or Honors College. ^Course has restricted enrollment to students participating in Security Leadership Program
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| INTL 4000 | Research Design and Quantitative Analysis in International Affairs | 3 |
| INTL 6010 ** | Research Methods in International Policy | 3 |
| PADP 4660 | The Power of Evidence: Evaluating Public Programs | 3 |
| PADP 7110 ** | Research Methods in Public Administration | 3 |
| POLS 4150 | Research Methods in Political Science | 3 |
**6000- and 7000-level courses have restricted enrollment to students participating in Double Dawgs Pathway or Honors College.
Students pursuing the Capstone Experience must complete two of the following courses (6 hours), whereas students not pursuing the Capstone Experience option must complete three of the following courses (9 hours).
Choose 6 to 9 credit hours from the following:
| INTL 2002 | Networks in International Affairs | 3 |
| INTL 4004 * | Data Analytics for International Policy | 3 |
| INTL 4005 * | Social Experimentation Around the World | 3 |
| INTL 4006 * | Qualitative Methods for International Affairs and Policy | 3 |
| INTL 4622R | GLOBIS Human Rights Research | 3 |
| INTL 7007 ** | Data Analytics and Presentation for International Policy Professionals | 3 |
| PADP 7120 ** | Data Applications in Public Administration | 3 |
| POLS 3220 | How To Predict The Future | 3 |
| POLS 3230 | Political Analysis in R | 3 |
| POLS 4155 | Analyzing Political Behavior | 3 |
| POLS 4156E | Web Analytics for Political Research | 3 |
| POLS 4157R | Survey Research Methods | 3 |
| POLS 4158E | Analyzing Online Social Networks | 3 |
| POLS 4641 | The Science of Cities | 3 |
*INTL 4000-level courses have a pre-requisite of INTL 3200 or INTL 3300. **6000- and 7000-level courses have restricted enrollment to students participating in Double Dawgs Pathway or Honors College.
Students pursuing the capstone option must complete one of the following opportunities. To be admitted to the Capstone Experience, students must have completed at least three (3) courses in the certificate program, one of those being their Core Quantitative Studies course. Students will be expected to coordinate the parameters of their Capstone Experience with a faculty supervisor. Completing the capstone requirement (-R course) will meet SPIA's Experiential Learning Requirement.
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| INTL 4622R | GLOBIS Human Rights Research | 3 |
| INTL 4960R | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | 1-6 |
| INTL 4990R | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | 1-6 |
| POLS 4960R | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | 1-6 |
| POLS 4990R | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | 1-6 |