Advanced Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Education facts

Code: SK2301

This is a course in advanced quantitative data analysis for the social sciences. The course provides practical tools for data analysis, statistics, and programming, with a focus on real-world data from social science research. The course covers concepts such as causality, operationalization, and prediction, as well as probability theory and specific statistical methods.

Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires a pass in at least 5 credits in quantitative methods or statistics at first-cycle level, or equivalent, as well as at least 7.5 credits from a core course at second-cycle level in a social science subject, or equivalent knowledge. In addition, language proficiency equivalent to English 6 or English Level 2 is required.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Advanced Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

  University of Gothenburg

  GÖTEBORG

  Start date: 4 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %