Program: Social Science-Interdisciplinary MS - University at Buffalo

Apr 09, 2025

WORKING 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

The MS in Social Science-Interdisciplinary program offers students the freedom to design a specialized graduate curriculum, gain advanced training in research methods, and complete a capstone research project. Candidates combine research in a core social science concentration with related course work in a second social and behavioral science discipline, including anthropology, communicative disorders and sciences, economics, geography, history, linguistics, philosophy, political science, psychology, and/or sociology.

First Area of Social Sciences (15 credits)

15 credit hours in an area of concentration selected from a Social Sciences department from:
- Anthropology (APY)
- Communication (COM)
- Communicative Disorders & Science (CDS)
- Economics (ECO)
- Geography (GEO)
- Linguistics (LIN)
- Philosophy (PHI)
- Political Science (PSC)
- Psychology (PSY)
- Sociology (SOC)
Including at least one graduate course in research methods or statistics, below.

Research Methods / Statistics Requirement (3 credits)

Select 1 from:

COM 504LEC - Research Methods Credits: 3
COM 518LEC - Statistics I Credits: 3
ECO 567LEC - Economics and Game Theory Credits: 3
GEO 501SEM - Research Design Credits: 1
GEO 502SEM - Geography/Survey Methods Credits: 3
GEO 505LLB - Univariate Stat in Geog Credits: 4
GEO 508LEC - Research Methods in Geog Credits: 3
GEO 509LEC - Multivariate Stat in Geog Credits: 3
GEO 597LEC - Geostatistics Credits: 3
GEO 605LEC - Spatial Statistics Credits: 3
PSC 508SEM - Basic Statistics for Social Sciences Credits: 3
PSC 531SEM - Intermed Stats for Soc Sc Credits: 3
PSC 631SEM - Advanced Stats for Soc Sc Credits: 3
PSY 607LEC - Adv Statistics Methods 1 Credits: 3
PSY 608SEM - Adv Statistics Methods 2 Credits: 3
PSY 609SEM - Multivariate Statistics Credits: 3
SOC 504SEM - Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences Credits: 3
SOC 607SEM - Multiple Linear Regression Credits: 3

Second Area of Social Sciences (15 credits)

15 credit hours in a second area of concentration selected from a Social Sciences department from:
- Anthropology (APY)
- Communication (COM)
- Communicative Disorders & Science (CDS)
- Economics (ECO)
- Geography (GEO)
- Linguistics (LIN)
- Philosophy (PHI)
- Political Science (PSC)
- Psychology (PSY)
- Sociology (SOC)
With prior approval up to 6 of these credits may be in area of Humanities, Natural Sciences or a Professional School.

Culminating Experience: Project (3 credits)

Total Credit Hours: 33

3.0 Degree GPA Required

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).