Advanced Quantitative Social Science: Minor

The minor in Advanced Quantitative Social Science (AQSS) provides doctoral students at Notre Dame advanced training in the application of psychometrics, social science data modeling, and state-of-the-art statistical and (big) data analysis techniques.  The minor capitalizes on the expertise of Notre Dame’s outstanding faculty who specialize in computing, data analytics, methodology, psychometrics, and statistics to provide graduate students with a thorough basis of advanced data analytical techniques and social science data modeling that will improve the quality of research in their substantive areas. AQSS also equips students with the statistical credentials that facilitate favorable placements in academic or industrial positions upon graduation.  

AQSS is housed in the Department of Psychology to capitalize on its strong faculty in quantitative psychology, statistics, and social science data analytics. This graduate minor is open to all doctoral students at Notre Dame.